[pcdit]

Hi there I am in need of some hardware to connect my Mac to my display and TV at the same time as I am newly converted to the Mac from windows I have no idea of what I need where to get it and what is good the tele has got the usual scart svideo and and the little yellow one whatever that may be called I would ultimately like to play video on the TV whilst still being able to work on my Mac at the same time like I could on the pc if any could help me out and point me in the right direction I would be most grateful.

[analogika]

Don't they have punctuation on Windows yet?

Macs have had punctuation since 1984. Welcome to Macintosh.


Which Mac? Various different Macs had/have different kinds of video outputs, which require different adapters to hook up to a TV.

The iMac and iBook will not support the kind of use you're looking for (called "screen spanning", since it uses the second monitor as an ADDITIONAL area, spanning the desktop across both, as opposed to "mirroring", which they can do - same image on both monitors ONLY) without hacking. There are iBook and iMac "screen enhancer" programs out there that will switch on spanning in the graphics card, but note that neither machine is built for this. So, the graphics chips are untested for this function, and cooling isn't designed to handle the additional load to the graphics chips. You will void your warranty and *may* fry your system. Use that software at your own risk ONLY.

For the iMac and iBook, you will need the Apple mini-VGA to video adapter.

For the Mac mini, there is no way to hook up an additional monitor, at all.

Powerbooks can do spanning, but which adapter you need depends on the model.

Same with PowerMacs.