MacBook - MacBook AND Multiple Displays

spd32177 · spd32177 #1 (**permalink**)

10-01-2007, 02:27 PM

I know that you can have Multiple Displays with a MacBook Pro, but I was wondering if there was a way of making that happen with just a regular old black MacBook? What I want is to have my MacBook on my desk with two nineteen inch flat panels, one being the primary and the other being the extended desktop. Any help here would be fantastic!

Zoolook · Zoolook #2 (**permalink**)

10-01-2007, 02:34 PM

I know you can have mirroring and extended desktop on the MacBook (this is the 1st time the consumer notebook can do both) and I THINK you can have 2 external displays, where one is a mirror and the other is extended... but I am not 100% sure.

spd32177 · spd32177 #3 (**permalink**)

10-01-2007, 02:39 PM

There is just one mini DVI output on the MacBook so there has to be some third party cable that can split the signal into two?

MacMyk · MacMyk #4 (**permalink**)

10-01-2007, 07:26 PM

http://www.villagetronic.com/vtbook/index.html

This guy is selling it for $70: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showth...hreadid=105377

spiccy · spiccy #5 (**permalink**)

10-01-2007, 09:11 PM

^ That will not work with a MacBook, since a MB has no PC Card slot.

spd32177 · spd32177 #6 (**permalink**)

10-01-2007, 09:13 PM

That is for a PCMCIA slot which the MacBook doesn't have. Any other ideas? Or am I missing something?

nick/chuck · nick/chuck #7 (**permalink**)

10-01-2007, 09:58 PM

we have these cables at my work where its one vga that plugs into the computer then splits to two female vga slots to hook up two monitors.

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Member Since: Sep 24, 2006 Location: Brooklyn, New York Posts: 2,743 Mac Specs: 15" MacBook Pro, i7 2.66Ghz, 8GB RAM, 512GB SSD; iPad 32GB, iPhone 3GS	10-01-2007, 02:34 PM I know you can have mirroring and extended desktop on the MacBook (this is the 1st time the consumer notebook can do both) and I THINK you can have 2 external displays, where one is a mirror and the other is extended... but I am not 100% sure. In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death. - Joan D. Vinge
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spd32177 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 01, 2007 Posts: 3	10-01-2007, 02:27 PM I know that you can have Multiple Displays with a MacBook Pro, but I was wondering if there was a way of making that happen with just a regular old black MacBook? What I want is to have my MacBook on my desk with two nineteen inch flat panels, one being the primary and the other being the extended desktop. Any help here would be fantastic!
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MacMyk #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 20, 2004 Posts: 56 Mac Specs: 15" Macbook Pro 2.2Ghz 2GB	10-01-2007, 07:26 PM http://www.villagetronic.com/vtbook/index.html This guy is selling it for $70: http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showth...hreadid=105377
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spiccy #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Nov 14, 2006 Location: VA Beach, VA Posts: 82 Mac Specs: MacBook Pro	10-01-2007, 09:11 PM ^ That will not work with a MacBook, since a MB has no PC Card slot.
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spd32177 #6 (permalink)
Member Since: Oct 01, 2007 Posts: 3	10-01-2007, 09:13 PM That is for a PCMCIA slot which the MacBook doesn't have. Any other ideas? Or am I missing something?
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nick/chuck #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 02, 2007 Location: Scranton Posts: 74 Mac Specs: 2.0ghz 3gb Ram C2D Black Macbook	10-01-2007, 09:58 PM we have these cables at my work where its one vga that plugs into the computer then splits to two female vga slots to hook up two monitors.
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