Dual Display

Avid6eek · Avid6eek #1 (**permalink**)

01-31-2005, 10:00 PM

I've been toying with the idea of getting an Apple 30" LCD, but have decided that it just isn't worth it. I can get the same screen area with 2 x 20" 1600x1200 displays, for a little over $1k. For the price of the single 30" monitor I could have five 20" displays.

How does the Mac handle the Dock on the bottom of the screen? does it split it? or put one on both, or just in the center of the first display? I'm looking for some screenshots, but haven't been able to find any. Any suggestions?

trpnmonkey41 · trpnmonkey41 #2 (**permalink**)

01-31-2005, 10:12 PM

if the dock is set to be at the bottom middle of the screen then it will place it on the screen that you choose as the active screen. The bar at the top of the screen only goes on one screen

Avid6eek · Avid6eek #3 (**permalink**)

01-31-2005, 10:22 PM

Is the "active" screen something I set, or whenever I click on an application, whichever screen that application is on, the doc will appear on the bottom of that screen? Thank you for your help.

trpnmonkey41 · trpnmonkey41 #4 (**permalink**)

01-31-2005, 10:30 PM

The dock will always stay at the bottom of one screen. You choose what screen you want as your active screen in system preferences and that screen will always have the dock and the top bar with all the menus

Avid6eek · Avid6eek #5 (**permalink**)

01-31-2005, 10:31 PM

Once again, thank you for your help.

Avid6eek #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 13, 2005 Location: Albany, NY Posts: 350	01-31-2005, 10:00 PM I've been toying with the idea of getting an Apple 30" LCD, but have decided that it just isn't worth it. I can get the same screen area with 2 x 20" 1600x1200 displays, for a little over $1k. For the price of the single 30" monitor I could have five 20" displays. How does the Mac handle the Dock on the bottom of the screen? does it split it? or put one on both, or just in the center of the first display? I'm looking for some screenshots, but haven't been able to find any. Any suggestions? Desktop Specs: Core 2 Quad Q6600@ 4.0Ghz \| Asus P5E X38 Motherboard \| 4GB PC8000 DDRII \| EVGA GeForce 8800GTX \| CL x-Fi Fatal1ty \| 4 x Hitachi 73GB 15,000rpm SAS HDs (RAID 0) \| Adaptec 3805 SAS Controller \| Dual Sony 16X DVD-RW’s \| Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24" LCD \| Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Speakers
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trpnmonkey41 #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 22, 2003 Location: Hamilton College Posts: 7,003 Mac Specs: 20" iMac C2D 2.16ghz, 13" MacBook 2.0ghz, 60gb iPod vid, 1gb nano	01-31-2005, 10:12 PM if the dock is set to be at the bottom middle of the screen then it will place it on the screen that you choose as the active screen. The bar at the top of the screen only goes on one screen Don't forget to use the new User Reputation System
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trpnmonkey41 #4 (permalink)
Member Since: Jul 22, 2003 Location: Hamilton College Posts: 7,003 Mac Specs: 20" iMac C2D 2.16ghz, 13" MacBook 2.0ghz, 60gb iPod vid, 1gb nano	01-31-2005, 10:30 PM The dock will always stay at the bottom of one screen. You choose what screen you want as your active screen in system preferences and that screen will always have the dock and the top bar with all the menus Don't forget to use the new User Reputation System
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Avid6eek #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 13, 2005 Location: Albany, NY Posts: 350	01-31-2005, 10:31 PM Once again, thank you for your help. Desktop Specs: Core 2 Quad Q6600@ 4.0Ghz \| Asus P5E X38 Motherboard \| 4GB PC8000 DDRII \| EVGA GeForce 8800GTX \| CL x-Fi Fatal1ty \| 4 x Hitachi 73GB 15,000rpm SAS HDs (RAID 0) \| Adaptec 3805 SAS Controller \| Dual Sony 16X DVD-RW’s \| Dell UltraSharp 2405FPW 24" LCD \| Logitech Z-5500 5.1 Speakers
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