iBook with external display?

[JarinS1]

I have narrowed it down to a 12" PowerBook or iBook (possibly 14"). I have heard that the PowerBook can take on the resolution of an external display and that the iBook cannot accomodate this. A couple of questions:

1) how would a Powerbook look on a 42" TV screen w/ S-Video and DVI.

2) how would an iBook look on any external display (preferably widescreen)? Would the "real estate" be the same?

Thanks.

JS

 

[russed]

well the powerbook nor the ibook would not be able to go on anything bigger than the 23" apple display as i know for the 30" it is only compatible with the powermac and some nvidia graphics card that costs a few hundred $'s. supposedly only the powerbook is able to have a second screen and the ibook is only meant to be able to mirror the main screen but there is a hack for this.


i think any display would look rather stupid on a 40some" display and you would have to sit about 10 metres away from it to be able to use it!

 

[Studawg7]

you can hook up the ibook to a monitor but its true that the resolution is the same as the ibook itself which is fine for a 19 inch or so monitor. you can use a projector as well, it works fine in those conditions.