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.