Macbook pro mid 2009 to Samsung 27'' Curved Screen

[georgerice]

Hello Macfriends,

The title kind of tell you everything..
I have a macbook pro mid 2009 13'' and i spend like half of the day in front of it working at home.
13'' screen is becoming more and more difficult task for me to handle, because of the amount of work i have in front of it.
I start thinking to connect my macbook pro with a new Samsung Curved screen i saw online, purchase an apple magic keyboard and magic mouse.
My question to you is the following: Does my macbook pro 13'' mid 2009 can handle all 3 of above external devices (wireless keyboard & mouse, screen monitor) with the ports that already have, or not?

I posted a photo of my macbook's ports.

I am looking forward for your answers.

Many regards,
George

 

[EugW]

Nobody can tell you unless you tell us which screen it is.

 

[georgerice]

Nobody can tell you unless you tell us which screen it is.

Is it about graphics card?
Monitor model is the following: Samsung LC27F390

 

[EugW]

Is it about graphics card?

I'm assuming you have MacBookPro5,5 or something very similar. (About This Mac --> System Information)

If so, you can handle up to 2560x1600, via DisplayPort.

EDIT:

That Samsung monitor doesn't have a DisplayPort input. However, you can use an HDMI adapter for that model, to convert the Mini-DisplayPort signal from your MacBook Pro to HDMI for that monitor.

Monitor model is the following: Samsung LC27F390

That monitor is 1920x1080, so it should work fine. However, for a 1920x1080 monitor, I would consider getting a smaller size, something like 22". That would get you a pixel density of 100 ppi.

A 27" 1920x1080 monitor has a pixel density of 81 ppi which means the text would be huge, and if you sit close it'd be easy to see the pixelation. The lower the pixel density, the larger the default text size, and the easier it is to see individual pixels.

OTOH, if you have bad eyesight, having bigger text would be helpful. I suspect that's not really the case for you though, since you're using a 13.3" 1280x800 laptop monitor right now, at 113 ppi.

BTW, if you indeed have a MacBookPro5,5, you can run 10.12 Sierra or 10.13 High Sierra on that machine, with a patch. 10.12 Sierra is completely free of issues. 10.13 High Sierra has a minor video driver issue on that model though, which can cause garbled h.264 video playback in rare instances. (However, this is not an issue due to the patch. It's an issue also with fully supported Macs with the same GPU for 10.13, so hopefully Apple will update the driver in a later version of 10.13.)

 

[georgerice]

I'm assuming you have MacBookPro5,5 or something very similar. (About This Mac --> System Information)

If so, you can handle up to 2560x1600, via DisplayPort.

EDIT:

That Samsung monitor doesn't have a DisplayPort input. However, you can use an HDMI adapter for that model, to convert the Mini-DisplayPort signal from your MacBook Pro to HDMI for that monitor.


That monitor is 1920x1080, so it should work fine. However, for a 1920x1080 monitor, I would consider getting a smaller size, something like 22". That would get you a pixel density of 100 ppi.

A 27" 1920x1080 monitor has a pixel density of 81 ppi which means the text would be huge, and if you sit close it'd be easy to see the pixelation. The lower the pixel density, the larger the default text size, and the easier it is to see individual pixels.

OTOH, if you have bad eyesight, having bigger text would be helpful. I suspect that's not really the case for you though, since you're using a 13.3" 1280x800 laptop monitor right now, at 113 ppi.

BTW, if you indeed have a MacBookPro5,5, you can run 10.12 Sierra or 10.13 High Sierra on that machine, with a patch. 10.12 Sierra is completely free of issues. 10.13 High Sierra has a minor video driver issue on that model though, which can cause garbled h.264 video playback in rare instances. (However, this is not an issue due to the patch. It's an issue also with fully supported Macs with the same GPU for 10.13, so hopefully Apple will update the driver in a later version of 10.13.)

I run Yosemite. I am a bit afraid of trying a new software because i dont want to be laggy. It wont work properly if i still use Yosemite?

 

[EugW]

I run Yosemite. I am a bit afraid of trying a new software because i dont want to be laggy. It wont work properly if i still use Yosemite?

What software?

Yosemite is fine for now.

However, if you have an SSD and 8 GB RAM, 10.13 runs very well. Check my sig. I have a 2008 MacBook5,1 and a 2009 MacBookPro5,5 on 10.13 High Sierra. Both machines have an SSD and 8 GB RAM.

The main issue is some older software is not fully compatible with 10.13. However, most is compatible up to 10.12. BTW, if you have MacBookPro5,5 it officially supports 10.11 El Capitan.

 

[georgerice]

What software?

Yosemite is fine for now.

However, if you have an SSD and 8 GB RAM, 10.13 runs very well. Check my sig. I have a 2008 MacBook5,1 and a 2009 MacBookPro5,5 on 10.13 High Sierra. Both machines have an SSD and 8 GB RAM.

The main issue is some older software is not fully compatible with 10.13. However, most is compatible up to 10.12. BTW, if you have MacBookPro5,5 it officially supports 10.11 El Capitan.

I upgraded from 2 to 4 GB of RAM. So i dont have 8 RAM at the moment.
So the main issue of mine right now is the following. If i keep running my macbook on Yosemite, i will have problem with the monitor i want to purchase??

 

[EugW]

I upgraded from 2 to 4 GB of RAM. So i dont have 8 RAM at the moment.
So the main issue of mine right now is the following. If i keep running my macbook on Yosemite, i will have problem with the monitor i want to purchase??

Should be fine. But you may find that even with Yosemite, 8 GB would be a very good upgrade, if you’re running a lot of apps simultaneously, esp. if you add a second monitor.