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What all do i need to use my macbook to a VGA monitor?

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Ozzhead

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I cant aford another mac but i want to hook it up to my monitor and use my external keyboard and such. all i should need is just my dvi to vega adapter right?

also is there anyway of keeping the mac off sleep even with the lid close?

thanks Ozzhead
 
Yes, a miniDVI to VGA adapter will work. (If that's the type of Monitor you have)

Once the Mac is hooked up to an external keyboard and monitor, it will not sleep after closing.
 
its not the brand new gen ones. But is the one right before it. Or how would i find out exactly? im still new to mac's. And yes my monitor is both vga/dvi but i think i'll use the dvi for the mac.
 
Ozzhead said:
its not the brand new gen ones. But is the one right before it. Or how would i find out exactly? im still new to mac's. And yes my monitor is both vga/dvi but i think i'll use the dvi for the mac.
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You have a miniDVI port then. And if you want to use DVI, you'll just need the MiniDVI-DVI adapter and a DVI cable to the monitor.
 
Connect the mac to external screen---->close the lid...--> wait---> press buttons on external keyboard, to wake it from sleep! then only the extrnal monitor gets powerd, until you unplugg it again :apple::apple::apple:
 
Ok so you have a port like this:
Kobushi-mini-dvi.jpg


If your Monitor has a plug like this:
vga2.JPG

You will need this:
Mini-DVI to VGA M9320G/A
Q58359-2.jpg

And be careful to not buy the one for the iBook I did that by mistake.


However if your Monitor plug looks like this:
1149.jpg

You'll need this:
Mini-DVI to VGA M9321G/B
Q72488-Big.jpg
 
Thanks for this thread. My brother got the new Aluminum Macbook recently (the 2.4ghz) and is coming from a PC where he was addicted to Counter Strike. He plays some older version and needs the higher refresh rate so he wants to keep using our old Dell Trinitron CRT monitor. I think it's a Dell P780. So from this thread, seems all we need to order is this:

http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9320G/A

(as qacjared posted).

Other than that, I should be good to go, right?
 
Rizvi1 said:
Thanks for this thread. My brother got the new Aluminum Macbook recently (the 2.4ghz) and is coming from a PC where he was addicted to Counter Strike. He plays some older version and needs the higher refresh rate so he wants to keep using our old Dell Trinitron CRT monitor. I think it's a Dell P780. So from this thread, seems all we need to order is this:

http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9320G/A

(as qacjared posted).

Other than that, I should be good to go, right?
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No, not that one.

You need the Mini-Display Port one.
 
acfusion29 said:
eBay if you wanna wait, and since it's fairly new it won't be that much of a deal.
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guess I'll just suck it up and pay the $29 to get it from Apple. 🙁

But at least my brother can play his game with his full refresh rate or whatever he needs the CRT for 😱. Maybe this will help me go to heaven.
 
acfusion29 said:
Yes, but the connector to the Mac has to be Mini DisplayPort:

http://store.apple.com/us/product/MB572Z/A?fnode=MTY1NDA3Ng&mco=MjE0ODQ2NQ

That's the one you will need. The other one is for the older MacBook's (pre Alu.)
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Thanks for all the help acfusion29. Just placed my order:

Mini DisplayPort to VGA Adapter
Part Number: MB572Z/A
1 $29.00 $29.00
Ships: within 24 hours
Delivers: Jan 21 - Jan 26

Order Subtotal: $29.00
Shipping Charge: $4.00
Estimated Tax*: $1.98

Estimated Total: $34.98
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