[tavilach]

DVI cables, and all video cables in general, have those little knobs that you need to spin in order to plug them in. Personally, I think that's a pain in the ass to do every time I bring my laptop back to my room. I want to bring my external monitor to school, but I would want things to be as quick as possible, for a reasonable price. Is there any type of adapter I could buy that would let me plug it in without using those screws? Perhaps a DVI to USB adapter that would let me plug it into my USB hub? I know of one solution: I could pay $150 for a laptop dock, where I would plug the DVI cable into the VGA port with an adapter, and plug the dock into my laptop via USB. That's way too expensive, though.

Any ideas?

[osxisfun]

apple needs to bring back the duo connector concept. I was looking at a gateway the other day and they have one for goodness sakes.

ps: i seldom screw in the dvi cable. seems to be fine.

[tavilach]

Wow! I don't need to screw it in! In any case, USB would be better. Those docks seem to sell real cheap on eBay. Maybe I'll go that route.

[f1000]

Get a 12" PowerBook with a mini DVI connector.

[MaxPower2k3]

yeah, the screws don't actually do/transmit anything. they just hold the plug in. if it's not in danger of being knocked or pulled out, the screws aren't necessary.

[tooki]

USB is in no way capable of carrying a DVI signal. DVI carries orders of magnitude more data than USB can do.

Just don't screw the screws. Plug it in and leave it, as MaxPower2k3 said.

tooki