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Dual Monitors
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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I have a stock ibook G4 12", can I attach an other monitor thru the VGA and run the dual monitor? If not, what do I need to do to make this happen
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Teaneck, NJ
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VGA cable should have come in the box. The ibook only (officialy) supports monitor mirroring, but there is a hack to get monitor spanning. search for spanning hack and you should find the directions, I don't use it so I don't know off hand where it is.
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Toronto, ON
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install Screen Spanning Doctor, you can get it off versiontracker.com
it will let you do screen spanning, and also allow you to have your ibook rubnning with its lid closed (if you choose to)
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MacBook Pro | 2.16 ghz core2duo | 2gb ram | superdrive | airport extreme
iBook G4 | 1.2ghz | 768mb ram | combodrive | airport extreme
iPhone 3GS | 32 GB | Jailbreak, or no Jailbreak
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Join Date: Aug 2005
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thank you very much, those are two things I wanted to do, and one program will be awesome.
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Sep 2005
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does this program help u turn off the LCD monitor but still let the external monitor turn on with signal coming from ibook ?????????????
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Toronto, ON
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It lets you close the lid of the iBook (thus turning it off) and have your second monitor serve as ur only monitor.
the drawback, is some of the heat venting on the ibook/pb is done through the keyboard. So, as with any hack, weigh the risks.
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MacBook Pro | 2.16 ghz core2duo | 2gb ram | superdrive | airport extreme
iBook G4 | 1.2ghz | 768mb ram | combodrive | airport extreme
iPhone 3GS | 32 GB | Jailbreak, or no Jailbreak
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Teaneck, NJ
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I've never used the app before, can anyone confirm that all 32mb of vram goes to the external monitor and that its not split?
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: Beaumont Texas
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32GB iPad 2 | 32GB iPhone 4 | 11' MacBook Air 1.6 i5, 4GB, 128GB SSD
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Jul 2005
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This is kinda on the subject of screen mirroring...
Is there any way to increase my resolution past what my options are now? I got a iBook G4 1.07 Ghz.
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Originally Posted by SSharon
I've never used the app before, can anyone confirm that all 32mb of vram goes to the external monitor and that its not split?
If you use screen "mirroring" then, yes, all 32 goes to the external. It's just shown twice.
If you're using a capable monitor, then SSD will allow you to increase the resolution.
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Toronto, ON
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its actually split. You have 32 mb of ram on the video card, if you have 2 monitors (the built in LCD & the external) then its split in half 16mb to each display. Check out the thread linked a few posts up for details on the splitting of video ram.
as for resolution, you can't change the resolution of an ibook's monitor, its stuck at 1024x768. But the external you can change to whatever it is capable of.
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MacBook Pro | 2.16 ghz core2duo | 2gb ram | superdrive | airport extreme
iBook G4 | 1.2ghz | 768mb ram | combodrive | airport extreme
iPhone 3GS | 32 GB | Jailbreak, or no Jailbreak
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Jul 2005
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oh...  . Thanks anyway.
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Junior Member
Join Date: May 2005
Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Originally Posted by mpancha
its actually split. You have 32 mb of ram on the video card, if you have 2 monitors (the built in LCD & the external) then its split in half 16mb to each display. Check out the thread linked a few posts up for details on the splitting of video ram.
as for resolution, you can't change the resolution of an ibook's monitor, its stuck at 1024x768. But the external you can change to whatever it is capable of.
Really? That's odd.. Enlightening, thanks.
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