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felixen
May 3, 2009, 12:39 PM
Can you? I have my TV as primary screen and right now I have my old PC screen on the desktop so I figured I might as well hook it up since its easier to work when you sit by a table



Shake 'n' Bake
May 3, 2009, 12:49 PM
Yes. Use one display per port.

felixen
May 3, 2009, 04:34 PM
Yes. Use one display per port.

yeah its just there's no VGA port, and I didnt get the manual with my mini, so I can't see it in there

Shake 'n' Bake
May 3, 2009, 04:39 PM
yeah its just there's no VGA port, and I didnt get the manual with my mini, so I can't see it in there

Do you have the new mini? If so, get a mini Display Port to VGA adapter or a mini DVI to VGA adapter.

felixen
May 3, 2009, 05:56 PM
Do you have the new mini? If so, get a mini Display Port to VGA adapter or a mini DVI to VGA adapter.

ah okay, cool. So can you have both screen identical? Or is the secondary screen just an extension?

pjashley1
May 3, 2009, 06:23 PM
ah okay, cool. So can you have both screen identical? Or is the secondary screen just an extension?

Either way. It's your choice.

harrychang
May 5, 2009, 06:17 AM
try monoprice for the mini display port to vga/dvi adapter. i just got one and it works flawlessly. also its about $10 cheaper than the one sold by apple.

felixen
May 5, 2009, 01:18 PM
cool, where did you get it?

Apocrathia
May 7, 2009, 01:56 PM
cool, where did you get it?

monoprice. rtfp, lol. I got my mini displayport -> vga adapter form there to hook my mac mini into my sony kdl-46xbr4. I'm probably going to get the minidvi -> hdmi adapter and use that though, displayport is a tad bit shaky it seems.

felixen
May 10, 2009, 08:22 AM
monoprice. rtfp, lol. I got my mini displayport -> vga adapter form there to hook my mac mini into my sony kdl-46xbr4. I'm probably going to get the minidvi -> hdmi adapter and use that though, displayport is a tad bit shaky it seems.

lol my bad I thought monoprice was a brand but I guess that's the store :D