hi, a friend of mine is interested in purchasing a new tft, specifically the new samsung 226bw. he has future plans to change from pc to mac and was unsure on the compatibilty of tfts and macs, can you just clarify that a mac will support the 226 and any other tft for that matter? thanks
macs and alternative monitors
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Quote:http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:...+macs+capability+tft&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=8&gl=uk
"Dual-monitor capability
Mac OS X's ability to run two monitors at once is a little known but hugely useful feature. Connect a second monitor and you can extend your desktop to cover both screens, allowing you to have enormous fun dragging windows between the two. Simon Miller uses his extra monitor to keep an eye on a database program at work. "I work for a pre-press/repro company and the extra monitor is primarily used for our workflow system," he says. "As it is used all the time it is far easier to have it permanently on another screen. We also have a retouching department, who primarily used it for the palettes in Photoshop."
Some people avoid dual monitors because Apple has deliberately crippled the iMac and iBooks to limit the use of external monitors - a feature it would like to remain exclusive to PowerBooks and Power Macs. Out of the box, they can only mirror their screen onto another monitor, with the resolution locked to prevent machines taking advantage of a larger display. However, a free utility called Screen Doctor removes this handicap, enabling iMacs and iBooks to not only extend their desktop onto an external monitor, but at a native resolution. "It works perfectly, and is - I would have to say - a necessity for people using iBooks," says MacFormat reader Phillip Allen, who uses Mac OS X's dual-monitor capability to run to a TFT TV. "It has always seemed a shame that Apple had to cripple the iBook output just to maintain the feature set differential between it and the PowerBook."
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Quote:http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:...+macs+capability+tft&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=8&gl=uk
"Dual-monitor capability
Mac OS X's ability to run two monitors at once is a little known but hugely useful feature. Connect a second monitor and you can extend your desktop to cover both screens, allowing you to have enormous fun dragging windows between the two. Simon Miller uses his extra monitor to keep an eye on a database program at work. "I work for a pre-press/repro company and the extra monitor is primarily used for our workflow system," he says. "As it is used all the time it is far easier to have it permanently on another screen. We also have a retouching department, who primarily used it for the palettes in Photoshop."
Some people avoid dual monitors because Apple has deliberately crippled the iMac and iBooks to limit the use of external monitors - a feature it would like to remain exclusive to PowerBooks and Power Macs. Out of the box, they can only mirror their screen onto another monitor, with the resolution locked to prevent machines taking advantage of a larger display. However, a free utility called Screen Doctor removes this handicap, enabling iMacs and iBooks to not only extend their desktop onto an external monitor, but at a native resolution. "It works perfectly, and is - I would have to say - a necessity for people using iBooks," says MacFormat reader Phillip Allen, who uses Mac OS X's dual-monitor capability to run to a TFT TV. "It has always seemed a shame that Apple had to cripple the iBook output just to maintain the feature set differential between it and the PowerBook."
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