Want to make switch but very confused about something

[AcousticDoc]

I'm about to make the switch to apple (hopefully when the new ibooks come out!) but I am perplexed about connecting an ibook to an External monitor. Right now I have a crappy HP laptop which I use with a 19inch LCD. If I use the ibook will I only be able to 1024 res on a 19 inch ibook? Isn't there a way to turn off the ibook screen without hack and bump up the external monitor res? Or am I just wrong about everything?

-very confused

[homerjward]

http://www.rutemoeller.com/mp/ibook/ibook_e.html is what you're looking for. it should work fine with that "hack."

[ham_man]

Or if you are warry about the hack, any PowerBook can run an external monitor at higher resolutions...

[Mavimao]

The hack is just software based so it won't harm your system. The only reason the iBooks won't let you spawn is because of a limitation in the OS. The hack just tells the OS to ignore that limitation.

Stupid marketing.