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<blockquote data-quote="walkerj" data-source="post: 393458" data-attributes="member: 9385"><p>The Macbook will do dual monitor spanned in any configuration you want with each monitor at it's best resolution with a $20 Mini-DVI to VGA or Mini-DVI to DVI connector. The mouse will span across both monitors as if it were one big one which is the combination of the two, and OS X will just make that happen as soon as you connect the external monitor. When you disconnect the external monitor you're back to the internal screen when you want to go mobile. There is even a 'gather windows' option if you've "left" anything on the external monitor should you forget to drag them back to the internal LCD. To be candid, it's pretty freakin' cool.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>A while ago long before Apple even had Mac OS X I had a Toshiba Libretto which was a ridiculously small computer that ran Windows 95 that because of the smallness I was able to take it with me very easily and all the time. Think just a little bigger than a VHS cassette tape, and not particularly heavy. That was my portable computer because of the incredibly small size. My Macbook is not anywhere near that small, but it is significantly smaller than my employer supplied Dell, and because it has the capability of running Windows in Parallels (or Bootcamp; I use Parallels and for that matter I can run any other Intel based operating system under Parallels such as any distro of Linux) I have the option of using Mac OS X which I have come to love while at the same time, if necessary, using the Windows applications that my employer requires (in my case Lotus Notes, IE, Sametime, and some other Windows specific apps) wherever I happen to be, with no show stopping issues and at more or less native speeds. Because of this capability which is offered by no other computer manufacturer my Macbook goes with me wherever I might need a computer and does everything any computer would be able to do. And more.</p><p></p><p>I dropped my Libretto accidentally a couple of years ago rendering the screen useless, but the Macbook offers a pretty small but very capable standalone do-everything-I-would-ever-need-a-computer-to-do form factor, so yes it is the one computer I would use if I needed to travel anywhere in the world. While being reasonably small, it is monumentally powerful in that it can run every operating system that runs on Intel hardware, and run it well. So yes, it's something I take with me everywhere I go and guard closely so that nobody will steal it. I have routinely left the employer-supplied Dell at home while taking my Macbook because I know that I'll be able to use it to get work done remotely with one machine that can do, well, <strong>everything</strong>. Dell, HP, Gateway, Toshiba, and all the other PC notebook manufacturers simply cannot do that. The Macbook can. The Macbook Pro can do that too. In fact, the only thing the Macbook Pro can do that the MB can't is have an aluminum case and be bigger (with a requisite larger screen, but I've already addressed the screen size issue.)</p><p></p><p>Plus the Macbook seems to be extraordinarily capable of pulling in wireless connections in ways that my employer supplied Dell cannot seem to match.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="walkerj, post: 393458, member: 9385"] The Macbook will do dual monitor spanned in any configuration you want with each monitor at it's best resolution with a $20 Mini-DVI to VGA or Mini-DVI to DVI connector. The mouse will span across both monitors as if it were one big one which is the combination of the two, and OS X will just make that happen as soon as you connect the external monitor. When you disconnect the external monitor you're back to the internal screen when you want to go mobile. There is even a 'gather windows' option if you've "left" anything on the external monitor should you forget to drag them back to the internal LCD. To be candid, it's pretty freakin' cool. A while ago long before Apple even had Mac OS X I had a Toshiba Libretto which was a ridiculously small computer that ran Windows 95 that because of the smallness I was able to take it with me very easily and all the time. Think just a little bigger than a VHS cassette tape, and not particularly heavy. That was my portable computer because of the incredibly small size. My Macbook is not anywhere near that small, but it is significantly smaller than my employer supplied Dell, and because it has the capability of running Windows in Parallels (or Bootcamp; I use Parallels and for that matter I can run any other Intel based operating system under Parallels such as any distro of Linux) I have the option of using Mac OS X which I have come to love while at the same time, if necessary, using the Windows applications that my employer requires (in my case Lotus Notes, IE, Sametime, and some other Windows specific apps) wherever I happen to be, with no show stopping issues and at more or less native speeds. Because of this capability which is offered by no other computer manufacturer my Macbook goes with me wherever I might need a computer and does everything any computer would be able to do. And more. I dropped my Libretto accidentally a couple of years ago rendering the screen useless, but the Macbook offers a pretty small but very capable standalone do-everything-I-would-ever-need-a-computer-to-do form factor, so yes it is the one computer I would use if I needed to travel anywhere in the world. While being reasonably small, it is monumentally powerful in that it can run every operating system that runs on Intel hardware, and run it well. So yes, it's something I take with me everywhere I go and guard closely so that nobody will steal it. I have routinely left the employer-supplied Dell at home while taking my Macbook because I know that I'll be able to use it to get work done remotely with one machine that can do, well, [B]everything[/B]. Dell, HP, Gateway, Toshiba, and all the other PC notebook manufacturers simply cannot do that. The Macbook can. The Macbook Pro can do that too. In fact, the only thing the Macbook Pro can do that the MB can't is have an aluminum case and be bigger (with a requisite larger screen, but I've already addressed the screen size issue.) Plus the Macbook seems to be extraordinarily capable of pulling in wireless connections in ways that my employer supplied Dell cannot seem to match. [/QUOTE]
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