Hi all,
I was prompted to sign up to ask a question that seems to have no straight answer, even less so the more one Googles it..
I just repackaged a Dell 24" inch U2410 with Premier Colour monitor, after receiving it this afternoon. I am sending it back tomorrow.
I had ta number of problems (the first of which I am at least aware was due to my own stupidity):
I ordered it thinking it would fit in the space I have . It didn't.
However even if it had, I still could not get it to work properly with the Macbook pro. In Mirror mode, on the highest macbook resolution, the clarity on text and all OSX interface on the monitor was fuzzy and looked awful.
If i did not set it to Mirror mode, the OSX interface simply was not visible - all I could see was the desktop image (in correct res). This remained the case when trying all resolutions for both macbook and the external monitor.
I was also unable to bring my Macbook out of sleep mode by pressing the keys on an external usb mac keyboard as instructed in the only video i could find on how to set up on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xes-kOQj1e0). Therefore the only way I could get anything on the Dell was by leaving the macbook open.
My question is, does ANYONE out there use an external 21'' 3rd party monitor, preferably Dell, connected to the 15" macbook pro? And if so can they please tell me which it was and how it was set up?
I would certainly also consider an older apple display - the new cinema display has been ruled out due to shiny screen and now because I slo know it would be too big (particularly as it is far less flexiable than the dell I am about to return).
Thanks in advance for any help whatsoever on this.
Cheers
I was prompted to sign up to ask a question that seems to have no straight answer, even less so the more one Googles it..
I just repackaged a Dell 24" inch U2410 with Premier Colour monitor, after receiving it this afternoon. I am sending it back tomorrow.
I had ta number of problems (the first of which I am at least aware was due to my own stupidity):
I ordered it thinking it would fit in the space I have . It didn't.
However even if it had, I still could not get it to work properly with the Macbook pro. In Mirror mode, on the highest macbook resolution, the clarity on text and all OSX interface on the monitor was fuzzy and looked awful.
If i did not set it to Mirror mode, the OSX interface simply was not visible - all I could see was the desktop image (in correct res). This remained the case when trying all resolutions for both macbook and the external monitor.
I was also unable to bring my Macbook out of sleep mode by pressing the keys on an external usb mac keyboard as instructed in the only video i could find on how to set up on youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xes-kOQj1e0). Therefore the only way I could get anything on the Dell was by leaving the macbook open.
My question is, does ANYONE out there use an external 21'' 3rd party monitor, preferably Dell, connected to the 15" macbook pro? And if so can they please tell me which it was and how it was set up?
I would certainly also consider an older apple display - the new cinema display has been ruled out due to shiny screen and now because I slo know it would be too big (particularly as it is far less flexiable than the dell I am about to return).
Thanks in advance for any help whatsoever on this.
Cheers