Simply put, an ibook comes with a VGA adapter, which means it should
work with most monitors. There is another adapter for $20 to plug it
in to a TV, and I think a similarly priced one for hooking up to a
newer, more advanced flat screen LCD monitor. Plug the two together
and that's it.
that's the simple part- plug it in and it will work. The complex
part is that when you plug the iBook in it will do video mirroring,
which means that whatever is on the iBooks screen will be what will
show up in the external monitor, and it will show up exactly the
same. If you want to extend the desktop, or work on the other
monitor at a different resolution, you will need a hack to do so.
Don't worry, though, this hack is easy to set up and use, should you
choose to use it.
Brian
On Jun 20, 2005, at 2:16 PM, Nancy Lawrence wrote:
Hi. I finally got my best friend to switch and she wants to buy an
iBook but she wants to be able to occasionally use it on an
external monitor. She is completely not tech-savvy and when she
went to the local Apple store and told the Apple "Genius" this he
didn't listen and went into great gobs of detail, so much so that I
couldn't make any sense of it when she got back. So I thought I'd
turn to you all for help.
Can anyone tell me a quick and reliable place to go for which
models can run external monitors with which cables, etc.? I would
really appreciate it because this information will make or break
the deal for her to buy the iBook.
Thanks in advance,
Nancy
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