posting on my girlfriend's behalf..
"My dad had an unused 15" (i think) Apple Studio display lying around that he wasn't using, so he's let me borrow it to use as an external monitor on my 12" ibook 500 to lessen the strain on my eyes.
I have the little converter that came with my ibook, that converts to VGA. The external monitor is DVI though. I've found converter boxes on the net.. but they're an upwards of $300! I've also found VGA to DVI "adaptors" for a much more reasonable $25 or so. I know next to nothing about monitor connections, is the expensive converter box the only option? Or would an adaptor work fine?"
any ideas? macworld forums were not helpful (yet..)
-Mark