I currently have a 12" 900MHz iBook and a 20" cinema display that I am forced to run off my PC at the moment
I am considering upgrading to a 12" powerbook so I can run my mac on the display. Does anyone have any experience on how well the nvidia graphics cope with a cinema display? Is it noticable slow with monitor spanning? Much faster just using the external monitor? Also is it possible to turn off the laptops display without closing it. ie like lid closed operation but with the lid open (I'm worried about the heat damaging the screen). I just wish they'd put the ATI 9600 in the 12".
I really love my iBook and would be very sad to see it go, its the perfect portable/couch computer in my view (long battery life without much heat) but I really need to be able to use my mac screen with my mac. So any other suggestions? Nothing in the whole Apple line up really shouts out at me for this purpose, I cant afford a dual G5 and dont want a single one for the prices theyre asking. The dual G4s are tempting but just feel like they'll go out of date much quicker than the G5, and the bigger powerbooks are just not what I'm after. Oh how I wish for a G5 cube at a reasonable price.
Damn those new iBooks mine must have depreciated a good £200 yesterday
I am considering upgrading to a 12" powerbook so I can run my mac on the display. Does anyone have any experience on how well the nvidia graphics cope with a cinema display? Is it noticable slow with monitor spanning? Much faster just using the external monitor? Also is it possible to turn off the laptops display without closing it. ie like lid closed operation but with the lid open (I'm worried about the heat damaging the screen). I just wish they'd put the ATI 9600 in the 12".
I really love my iBook and would be very sad to see it go, its the perfect portable/couch computer in my view (long battery life without much heat) but I really need to be able to use my mac screen with my mac. So any other suggestions? Nothing in the whole Apple line up really shouts out at me for this purpose, I cant afford a dual G5 and dont want a single one for the prices theyre asking. The dual G4s are tempting but just feel like they'll go out of date much quicker than the G5, and the bigger powerbooks are just not what I'm after. Oh how I wish for a G5 cube at a reasonable price.
Damn those new iBooks mine must have depreciated a good £200 yesterday