On Saturday, February 1, 2003, at 07:30 AM, Thomas D. Kearns wrote: > what is spanning and what is mirroring? > '
Mirroring is what iMacs do- simply show an exact copy of the screen on an external monitor- handy for showing, movies, presentations, etc. on a larger monitor. Spanning is using an external monitor as an continuation of your present screen- this is useful for many reasons- having 2 whole, open documents open, side- by - side, or having an image open on the main screen and having toolbars and palettes open in the other, etc. Typically Apple doesn't allow spanning on consumer models, but only on professional models. The OF hack we discussed was devised by a very clever guy <http://www.rutemoeller.com/mp/ibook/ibook_e.html> (the page is back up, BTW) who found a way to enable spanning on the most recent (those with Radeon Mobility 7500 and 32 MB VRAM) iBooks and actually, which I forgot to mention before, the 17" iMacs. So spanning *is* possible on at least one iMac model. I did it on my iBook and it works fantastic, but changing OF settings probably isn't for the faint of heart and could possibly render your machine inoperable. dave -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
