At the moment i have a late 2008 uMBP 15" 2.4Ghz 2GB memory baseline model. i love the machine.
it has a sweet spot not too small (13") and not too large (17")
(and considering my 15" horizontal resolution is the same as the 27" vertical resolution and seems like enough)
I got it to replace my first gen MacPro as i really wanted good portability; so left behind was the 30" display I had for the MacPro.
At the price I paid it would have been nice if it did something else. and now these new imacs come out itd be nice to have the dispaly + a system doing some processing for excessive stuff while using my MBP on the road and something to access and for a back up.
So my questions are should i just hold onto the 30" ACD or snatch up the 27" iMac 3.06 512MB GPU (as thats plenty fine for my usages) it will be on par with my MBP for picking up the slack. the new displays in the displays are spectacular (even on the portables).
- If i plug it in via MiniDP to MiniDP to use the 27" screen is it capable of Dual-Display so i could hvae my 15" MBP open and use that screen as well as the 27" ??
- Is this cable perfectly fine to use instead of the 30$ Belkin?
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10246&cs_id=1024602&p_id=5991&seq=1&format=2
- Would my MBP need to have Snow Leopard to use the display? as im running Leopard on it for certain applications not compato with SL yet.
- is the 16:9 vs 16:10 (ACD 30") worth the trade?
any suggestions would be great, thanks!
it has a sweet spot not too small (13") and not too large (17")
(and considering my 15" horizontal resolution is the same as the 27" vertical resolution and seems like enough)
I got it to replace my first gen MacPro as i really wanted good portability; so left behind was the 30" display I had for the MacPro.
At the price I paid it would have been nice if it did something else. and now these new imacs come out itd be nice to have the dispaly + a system doing some processing for excessive stuff while using my MBP on the road and something to access and for a back up.
So my questions are should i just hold onto the 30" ACD or snatch up the 27" iMac 3.06 512MB GPU (as thats plenty fine for my usages) it will be on par with my MBP for picking up the slack. the new displays in the displays are spectacular (even on the portables).
- If i plug it in via MiniDP to MiniDP to use the 27" screen is it capable of Dual-Display so i could hvae my 15" MBP open and use that screen as well as the 27" ??
- Is this cable perfectly fine to use instead of the 30$ Belkin?
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10246&cs_id=1024602&p_id=5991&seq=1&format=2
- Would my MBP need to have Snow Leopard to use the display? as im running Leopard on it for certain applications not compato with SL yet.
- is the 16:9 vs 16:10 (ACD 30") worth the trade?
any suggestions would be great, thanks!