MBP 13" powering apple LED display

[cpnotebook80]

I currently have an imac and its slow.Its the first intl 2.16 ghz white one. I would like to use my new 13" macbook pro for my photoshoping and video editing needs since its pretty fast. I was wondering, if the graphics card is powerful enough to connect to the new LED apple display 24" i believe.
An advice.

 

[sy-83557]

I do believe so, yes.
I use it often on a 20.5 inch display that has a resolution of 1680*1050, so I can't imagine you'd have difficulty on that monitor, whose resolution I'd guess is 1920*1080.

 

[cpnotebook80]

yea the website says
# Supported resolutions:

* 1920 by 1200 pixels
* 1280 by 800 pixels
* 1024 by 640 pixels

on the apple led
1280x800 is my mbp 13" resolution which is good too.

 

[alphaod]

Yes I drive a large display all the time with the GPU on that computer.

 

[zw-gator]

Watch out for the heat, you'll use more juice with a bigger monitor

 

[cpnotebook80]

Watch out for the heat, you'll use more juice with a bigger monitor

but the battery shouldnt matter if the magsafe is connected to the mbp while its powering the acd?unless there is a seperate plug to power the acd.

 

[Tallest Skil]

Watch out for the heat, you'll use more juice with a bigger monitor

YOU'RE NOT POWERING THE MONITOR WITH THE COMPUTER.

You plug the Cinema Display into the wall and then plug the MagSafe from the display into the computer. The display really powers the computer, not the other way around.

 

[cpnotebook80]

ahh ok
that would make sense then.