How to Add Two Monitors to New iMac?

[johnharris]

Hi,

I am a Windows person who just purchased my first 24' iMac. It will be arriving in a couple of weeks (looks like the Radeon card delays shipping in Canada).

Anyway, I would like to add my two Dell monitors to the iMac. Are there enough display ports and I do I need any adapters? If there is not enough ports, any recommendations on what device to purchase so I can add two monitors?

Any help for this new Mac user would be greatly appreciated.

John

 

[Eidorian]

You'll only be able to use one independent external display.

 

[Tallest Skil]

You also need the Mini DisplayPort to single-link DVI adapter for all displays 1920x1200 and smaller.

 

[johnharris]

You also need the Mini DisplayPort to single-link DVI adapter for all displays 1920x1200 and smaller.

Thanks for your help. There is no external switcher box that I could purchase that would allow you to add two displays?

 

[flopticalcube]

Matrox DualHead2Go. Its about CAD$300. The problem is that you are still limited to the resolution of the DisplayPort so about 1250 on the horizontal for each monitor.

 

[Tallest Skil]

Thanks for your help. There is no external switcher box that I could purchase that would allow you to add two displays?

There is, but it's DVI only. It's called the Matrox DualHead2Go.

I don't know, but doubt, that you could use the Mini DisplayPort to DVI adapter to connect to this at all. Has anyone tested it?