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External Displays Only Video Mirror on New iMacs
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I just read the specs on the new iMacs and external displays are only supported with video mirroring. I hope that is a mistake. The previous iMacs supported extended desktop.
Can anyone with a new iMac verify?
Kelvin
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This had better not be true!
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Originally Posted by Kelvin 
I just read the specs on the new iMacs and external displays are only supported with video mirroring. I hope that is a mistake. The previous iMacs supported extended desktop.
Can anyone with a new iMac verify?
Kelvin
where'd you get that? from the apple imac page:
Support for external display in extended desktop mode
Digital resolutions up to 1920 by 1200
Analog resolutions up to 2048 by 1536
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And that is what you all are: inverted Nothings...with potential" (Sun Ra)
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Yes, it's a mistake!
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So its not true then yeh?
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No, it's not true.
The tech specs page clearly says it supports both extended desktop and mirroring.
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I don't have a Mini-DVI to VGA adapter, so I can't confirm or deny this myself, but I spotted this picture on the ArsTechnica unboxing that seems to show the iMac spanning to a Cinema Display on the right (you can make out part of an iTunes window).
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Even if you get an iMac and it says that ONLY mirror mode is applicable, don't fret. It's only a temporary glitch. You can download a script that forces the imac to extend desktop to both displays. I don't have the link at the moment, but if someone really needs it I can gladly scrounge and dig up where it was on the net.
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Originally Posted by fox-orian
Even if you get an iMac and it says that ONLY mirror mode is applicable, don't fret. It's only a temporary glitch. You can download a script that forces the imac to extend desktop to both displays. I don't have the link at the moment, but if someone really needs it I can gladly scrounge and dig up where it was on the net.
 no new imac will say it supports only mirror mode, so...
see above posts!
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Let's be honest. That will never happen. Don't fret.
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