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quiklee · May 23, 2006, 06:24 PM

I want to span to both monitors and still be able to use my macbook screen . . . call me greedy, but this would help my work so much more.

What will I need? How do I set it up?

icruise · May 23, 2006, 06:44 PM

I'm not sure that this is possible, especially on a MacBook, which can't use any kind of PC-card based solution (of course, the MacBook Pro can't either). I vaguely recall reading about some kind of splitting device that allowed you to use two VGA screens from one output, but I don't recall the details. The best solution of course, is to just get a bigger monitor and get rid of those 15" screens.

hsl · May 23, 2006, 07:05 PM

get a firewire videocard, they are out there somewhere, but they are slow.. :-)

breakbeat46 · May 23, 2006, 07:24 PM

you would need to use this.

http://www.matrox.com/mga/offhome/dh2go/home.cfm

icruise · May 23, 2006, 09:33 PM

That might be what I was thinking of, but it says Windows 2000 or XP only. Will it work on a Mac?

quiklee · May 23, 2006, 10:06 PM

I just emailed customer service and they said that it won't work with Mac OS . . . . . where's the spandoctor when you need him?

breakbeat46 · May 23, 2006, 10:09 PM

there are reviews with this being used with a mac mini.

http://voice.firefallpro.com/2006/02...ors-using.html

http://www.123macmini.com/news/story/437.html

brassplayersrock² · May 23, 2006, 10:17 PM

try this guy out. not sure if itll just mirror or can span http://www.gefen.com/kvm/product.jsp?prod_id=1403

hsl · May 24, 2006, 02:06 AM

Originally Posted by brassplayersrock

try this guy out. not sure if itll just mirror or can span http://www.gefen.com/kvm/product.jsp?prod_id=1403

one really bad thing, just as the matrox thing, it makes the 2 15" one screen and not 2 seperate screens, that sucks!