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Topic: Mac/PC Monitors |
Tom Mortensen
From:
Nashville TN
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Posted 21 Dec 2004 3:30 pm |
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Is there a difference in monitors for Mac and PC or are they interchangeable.
If there are differences, what are they.
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Joey Ace
From:
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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Posted 21 Dec 2004 5:50 pm
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No difference,
at least not for my Mac Powerbook. I often connect it to my PC's monitor to have two displays. |
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Michael Barone
From:
Downingtown, Pennsylvania
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Posted 21 Dec 2004 6:43 pm
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Tom,
We had an experience in our shop (at school) once where we fried a MAC monitor (from a G-4) with a PC, to realize later that there is a conversion adapter available for this. But I'm just talking about somewhat older model MAC monitors. Over the years though, most modern MAC stuff is PC friendly, we found, which agrees with Joey's comments.
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Cal Sharp
From:
the farm in Kornfield Kounty, TN
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Posted 21 Dec 2004 7:24 pm
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A Mac won't conect to a VGA (PC) monitor without an adapter, but when you buy a Mac it's included.
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Mark Sonnabaum
From:
Denton, Texas, USA
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Posted 21 Dec 2004 9:48 pm
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The newer brushed metal Apple monitors are all DVI which some PC's have, otherwise you just use an adapter or get a better video card with DVI. The older more plastic-y looking Apple displays are ADC I believe which no PC has and you'd need an adapter for that.
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Bill Llewellyn
From:
San Jose, CA
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Posted 22 Dec 2004 9:42 am
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I bought a Mac G4 tower last year with a DVI flat panel monitor. The video card (ATI Radeon 9000 Pro) also has conventional monitor output. I didn't realize until a couple weeks ago that the card would talk to both the conventional and DVI outputs at once. I hooked up my old Princeton 17" PC monitor to the card using the supplied VGA adaptor and now have two working computer screens. Very cool. It's great when working with audio recording software.
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Bill, steelin' since '99 | Steel page | MSA U12 | My music | Steelers' birthdays | Over 50?
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Steve Hinson
From:
Hendersonville Tn USA
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Posted 23 Dec 2004 6:47 pm
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| I bought a G4 2 years ago...left MacAuthority...stopped at BestBuy and bought a PC monitor...took it home,plugged it in and have been recording and mixing in Pro Tools ever since...without a glitch!I wasn't aware of any adapter,etc.but I will defer to Cal...if he says it's there,it's there. |
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Cal Sharp
From:
the farm in Kornfield Kounty, TN
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