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| View Poll Results: What's your view/situation with Dual Monitors and the MacBook Pro (MBP)? | |||
| I own a MBP and want to run Dual monitors |     | 2 | 16.67% |
| I own a MBP and don't want to run Dual monitors |    | 2 | 16.67% |
| I don't own a MBP becuase they don't support Dual monitors |    | 1 | 8.33% |
| I don't own a MBP but think they should offer Dual monitor support |    | 3 | 25.00% |
| I don't own a MBP and think that this is not an issue |    | 4 | 33.33% |
| Voters: 12. You may not vote on this poll | |||
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#1
August 29th, 2006, 05:57 PM
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 Dual Monitors on the MacBook Pro So, after some extensive research I have discovered there are currently zero solutions to run dual monitors on the MacBook Pro with true functionality (ie. Not a splitter which basically makes two monitors one big one). So anyone have any thoughts on this? Anyone heard of any rumours of some solutions? An expresscard video card offering a multiple DVI connection would be perfect but one does not exist as yet and as far as I am aware there are no plans by anyone to create one.  |
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#2
August 29th, 2006, 06:23 PM
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| I guess most users can settle for a 17" internal and a 30" external screen, and if they have the money to buy vast amounts of expensive big TFTs, they could also buy a Mac Pro to handle more screens (and maybe buy an extra 13" MacBook for working on-the-go), since you won't exactly use two external 20 or 30 inch monitors while on a train or something... So... Yes, I think this is a non-issue, really...
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#3
August 29th, 2006, 07:12 PM
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| Just to clarify the situation for anyone reading this who's not completely familiar with the MBP: the problem owaters has is that the MBP cannot support two external monitors. The MBP does have dual-monitor support in that you can use the built-in monitor and a giant external monitor at the same time. But if you want to hook up TWO external (desktop) monitors, you're out of luck. I just want to make that clear, since otherwise this thread could be very confusing. As for the topic at hand, I've never really considered it before. Were there any solutions to this problem with PowerBooks?
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February 9th, 2007, 12:32 PM
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| But you can run two external monitors using ScreenRecycler (check Macupdate.com for link) and VNC. Use the external monitor out port to connect to your DVI monitor. Than use the ethernet or firewire port to connect to an old computer. Not a great solution but a good solution if you have an old computer to spare. Comments? |
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February 9th, 2007, 12:51 PM
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| Or you can run two monitors - sort of - with this. It basically splits the one external monitor you can support across two physical screen. Given the high res you can run outboard, 1900 by something, you could run two smaller screens as well as the internal screen.
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February 9th, 2007, 01:21 PM
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| i was thinking of replacing my dual G5 when the time comes with a pro portable, but i've got so used to dual monitors that it would be a problem. i did think that they could possibly find a way of splitting the dual-link DVI into two separate functioning monitors, but it appears not.
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February 9th, 2007, 01:48 PM
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| "I don't own a MBP and think that this is not an issue" and that's why I expressed my opinion !
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February 12th, 2007, 08:32 AM
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| maybe i don't really get the point here.. as ora pointed-out there IS dual (external) monitor support, even TRIPPLE monitor support. (pic) the only problem with the matrox solution is that it's VGA, not DVI, and that all 3 connected screens have to run the same resolution. but it's a great product. i've very succesfully used it for a theatre show a few months ago |
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