[falc]

do such a thing as hot-swappable monitors exist? or is there any way to do that? i have a powerbook and i'd like to be able to run external monitors on it as well, but i don't want to always be having to shut down the machine every time i go to move. i'm on the move frequently and i use the machine constantly, so that would be a real pain.

thanks,
peter

[tooki]

Analog monitors will not be damaged by hot-plugging. (DO NOT hot-plug a digital display!!!)

However, as for monitor detection on a PowerBook: you don't have to shut down. Just put it to sleep. Connect or disconnect the monitor, and then wake it up.

On OS X, you don't even have to do that -- there's a button in the Monitors panel of System Preferences that lets you do it on the fly. One of the F keys does it too (I forget which).

tooki

[falc]

so my old 15" trinitron will work like that, then? i'm not sure what a you mean by digital display? (i've been out of the loop for a while now...)

thanks!
peter

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by tooki:
<strong>Analog monitors will not be damaged by hot-plugging. (DO NOT hot-plug a digital display!!!)

However, as for monitor detection on a PowerBook: you don't have to shut down. Just put it to sleep. Connect or disconnect the monitor, and then wake it up.

On OS X, you don't even have to do that -- there's a button in the Monitors panel of System Preferences that lets you do it on the fly. One of the F keys does it too (I forget which).

tooki</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">

[phantomdragonz]

</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="1" face="Geneva, Verdana, Arial, sans-serif">Originally posted by falc:
<strong>so my old 15" trinitron will work like that, then? i'm not sure what a you mean by digital display? (i've been out of the loop for a while now...)

thanks!
peter

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digital monitors are usually the new flat panel (LCD) displays made by apple using the ADC connector and some others using, i think the DVI connector. there different and require a different video card, they have been used on macs since the digital audio G4(seccond version of the G4's usually in the 400-550 MHZ range (i Think).

P.D.