External Display help please

[beerglass007]

Hi all

I have a unibody 15" MBP and looking for an external display. I'm not wanting to pay loads of money and don't really want something too big.

If I was to get something like a 22" samsung monitor which has a higher res than the mac book pro would the mac book pro display this higher res on the external monitor?

As the MBP is 1440 x 900 would this be the max the MBP go display on the external monitor. Because if the MBP can't display the native res of the monitor it might look a little rubbish

Thanks

 

[msprouls]

Apple handles multi display very well, you just need an adapter.

The external monitor res is independent of the laptop's display, as long as you don't mirror the display. I have an external 24" running at 1920x1200 while my laptop display is running at 1440x900. You just get an extended desktop and it's very addictive.

 

[beerglass007]

thanks

Ok many thanks

So basically your get a bigger desktop because of the RES.

What's the highest RES the video card in the MBP will support just so I know not to get anything to high.

So monitors seem to go very high these days

 

[Eddyisgreat]

From apple's MBP tech specs site :

Dual display and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on an external display, both at millions of colors.

For reference, the 2560 x 1600 are the 30 inch displays.

 

[alphaod]

It'll support any display except the IBM T220 (and variations)