On 18-Jun-04, at 1:39 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
A friend used a second monitor with his SE/30 (15 years ago) for
graphic work and he kept the artwork on the second monitor and the
palettes on the SE/30. The second monitor acted as if it was an
extended area to the left (or right) of the built-in monitor - the mouse
worked seamlessly between the two.
That was in the days of OS-6 and OS-7.
Frankoriol
Yes, this kind of ability to use a second monitor to expand the actual desktop space available is really handy, but it is not what video mirroring is about. Some of the PowerBooks, I believe, allow the user to specify whether they want to use the external video port to generate video mirroring or to allow for adding additional desktop space. But the iMacs and some other Macs don't provide the option to choose between the two and only allow for video mirroring. Still helpful in places like education where you want to be able sometimes to project the screen, but just not as helpful as having the choice between the two options.
Jim Foster
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