imac = no seconday monitor?

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Damon_Chambers
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imac = no seconday monitor?

Post by Damon_Chambers » Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:44 pm

i went and took a peek at them at best buy. i always just assumed they had a monitor port, but i didnt see one. :(

hereschenes
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Post by hereschenes » Sun Jun 15, 2008 11:57 pm

You can definitely drive a second monitor on an iMac. See the "mini DVI" port on the specs page: http://www.apple.com/imac/specs/

I set one up at my dad's shop - he uses the regular iMac monitor for work, while at the same time a Quartz Composition runs on a plasma TV (for ads and stuff). You can get all sorts of adapters and whatnot, for hooking up to HDMI or whatever you need.

Damon_Chambers
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Post by Damon_Chambers » Mon Jun 16, 2008 4:52 pm

ah, excellent. i appreciate the feedback! :) i wish we had some sort of rep system on here for good feedback.

vicz
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Apple mini-DV adapter

Post by vicz » Mon Jun 16, 2008 6:16 pm

You'll need one of these. Make sure you get the exact right one for your model iMac and type of monitor!

http://store.apple.com/uk/product/M9320G/A

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