--- Jim Foster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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 >
I work in a three person 4 color print shop and I do the typesetting, digital prepress, estimating and run the two color press so with so many hats and so I can actually go home when we are really busy my main machine is a 1GHz G4 iBook. In my situation video mirroring is essential. You can't accurately color correct CMYK color on an iBook screen so I have an external monitor connected that I do that on. In Panther or Jaguar its easy to seperately calibrate them. Just go to the Displays in the System Preferences and then the color tab. One will appear on each screen with the name of it and you can calibrate them seperately. Thats the only part where it doesn't just mirror and they have different things on each. Matt aka HamletUSMC iMac Bondi/333, iMac Blueberry/350, iBookG4/1G, PB3400/180 http://www.geocities.com/hamletusmc __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect you from nasty viruses. http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail -- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------
