Thanks to Neil for alerting me to the fact that G5 iMacs (and G4 ones too and some iBooks) can support dual monitors rather than just video mirroring. It appears to be one of the items that Apple "turn off" in some machines, I guess so that the more expensive ones appear more attractive to buyers. Now I just need a cheap LCD monitor to try it out with my G5 iMac.

For those interested here is a link for the discussion and hack to enable it:

        http://www.rutemoeller.com/mp/ibook/ibook_e.html

Cheers,

Mike