I just picked up a used 12" 1.33 powerbook. I want to get an external screen, and I'm toying with the idea of a Dell 2405FPW. I'm wondering if the powerbook will work ok with the display? It's supposed to support up to 2048 x 1536 on an external display, so I assume it'll do the 1920 x 1200 of the Dell? Does anyone else have this setup going?
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12" powerbook with a 2405FPW?
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You should be more than fine with that set-up.
My G5 still has the stock 64 MB GPU and it's plenty powerful enough to push my Dell 2405.
My G5 still has the stock 64 MB GPU and it's plenty powerful enough to push my Dell 2405.
It should work fine. It'll probably work better in clamshell mode as the entire VRAM can be dedicated to the external screen.
I get noticable slowdown on things like Expose when I have the internal screen on with my PowerBook (64Mb VRAM) and a 1280x768 external screen, so 1900x1200 would be worse.
I get noticable slowdown on things like Expose when I have the internal screen on with my PowerBook (64Mb VRAM) and a 1280x768 external screen, so 1900x1200 would be worse.
I have that laptop and i usually think of buying that screen and I have looked into this in the past and it should work (never actually bought the dell because I always happen to see the apple 20'' just before and although smaller it is so much more beautiful that I stop thinking dell 
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It will work fine, but just be warned that the fan will be running pretty much all the time. If that doesn't bother you, than go ahead. It's a great value. Make sure you use coupons to get it under $900 or $800 if you time it right.