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Help with picking a system, Macbook Pro vs. iMac
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<blockquote data-quote="krs" data-source="post: 1846781" data-attributes="member: 67742"><p>Yes, when I read AirBear's reply again, that's probably what he wanted to do - my misunderstanding <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p><p></p><p>However, would the resolutions and aspect ratios of the screens have to match somehow?</p><p></p><p>I ran into an interesting issue just a couple of weeks ago - wanted to connect an external monitor to a 2017 MacBook Air to get a bigger screen to watch a movie.</p><p>Couldn't bring an image up on the external no matter what I tried with the display settings on the MacBook Air.</p><p>The MBa detected the external monitor but I could not get an image to show on it. I finally gave up and we watched the movie on the 13-inch MBa screen.</p><p></p><p>After the movie was done I decided to connect the monitor again to see if I could figure out why it didn't work, but then the image on the monitor came up just fine.</p><p>What seems to have happened was that the movie had such an extreme wide-screen aspect ratio - on the MBa it played with big black bars top and bottom -that the monitor somehow couldn't handle it and all I got wasa blank screen, not even some distorted image which would have provided a clue of what was wrong.</p><p></p><p>I also sometimes run into similar problems when hooking up a projector where aspect ratios and resolution don't match.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="krs, post: 1846781, member: 67742"] Yes, when I read AirBear's reply again, that's probably what he wanted to do - my misunderstanding :D However, would the resolutions and aspect ratios of the screens have to match somehow? I ran into an interesting issue just a couple of weeks ago - wanted to connect an external monitor to a 2017 MacBook Air to get a bigger screen to watch a movie. Couldn't bring an image up on the external no matter what I tried with the display settings on the MacBook Air. The MBa detected the external monitor but I could not get an image to show on it. I finally gave up and we watched the movie on the 13-inch MBa screen. After the movie was done I decided to connect the monitor again to see if I could figure out why it didn't work, but then the image on the monitor came up just fine. What seems to have happened was that the movie had such an extreme wide-screen aspect ratio - on the MBa it played with big black bars top and bottom -that the monitor somehow couldn't handle it and all I got wasa blank screen, not even some distorted image which would have provided a clue of what was wrong. I also sometimes run into similar problems when hooking up a projector where aspect ratios and resolution don't match. [/QUOTE]
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