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Mac Mini with 2 Monitors. Whats the max resolution on each?
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My understanding is that dual monitor mode, both are limited to 1920x1200. Only with a single display can you get 2560x1600 over MDP.
Here's from the Apple tech specs:
To me, that means if you have two displays, they're limited to 1920x1200.
To me, that means if you have two displays, they're limited to 1920x1200.
I see why you're reading it that way, but I don't think that's right. I read it as saying it simultaneously supports 1920x1200 on one connection and 2560x1600 on the other. To me, that's the natural reading of that language.
If that is true, then they have a grammatical error in their description (the semicolon). My money is still on two displays of 1920x1200 max. I suspect we need someone who's done it to chime in.
To those with greater technical knowledge, sorry if this is incorrect, but why would it get slow?
I have used an iMac with the 9400M and an additional 24" display and there was absolutely no slowdown.
On running 1920x1200 and 2560x1600 simultaneously, why would there be any issues?
On the tech specs for the iMac it states:
so again, it wouldn't be the 9400M causing problems, would it?
Look, I don't know, which is why I asked. I just remember a 1,6GHz Core Duo Mac Mini being pretty slow on a 1680x1050 monitor. It only had 1GB RAM and a slow hard drive, though. For some reason I have a feeling that OS X requires a decent graphics card to just run properly, although I have no data or anything to back that up. It's just a feeling I'm having.
Umhh.. It won't unless you play games with dual monitors... 9400M isn't ****, it's great intergraded GPU, something that netbooks have dreams about.
Which iMac are you talking about? One with its own dedicated graphics card?
On the Mini tech specs that I found on the Apple Store page it is this:
Breaking this down by grammatical rules yields two statements:
This, to me, indicates either two monitors at 1920x1200 each OR one monitor at 2560x1600. It sure isn't clear on Apple's page.
As far as a limitation of the 9400, I suspect it is but I cannot locate any info on nVidia's web page about dual monitor resolutions.
I think you might be reading too much into the semicolon in the spec page for the mac mini.
There is nothing on the tech specs for the iMac or the 17" Macbook Pro that states you must run dedicated graphics to get 2560x1600 on an external display plus native resolution on the built-in display.
Edit: for what it's worth, I just talked with Apple since I have contemplated something like a 30" and 24" running off a Mini since March and they confirmed it would run both as long as you have the dual link adapter.
Display port to VGA adapter
Hey guys,
I'm trying to hook up my iMac to VGA, and every minidisplay port adapter I've tried won't plug into the back of my computer - which looks like this
http://twitpic.com/ltvhf
I think the product I need should look like this, but I'm not sure
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...d=1041912&p_id=4850&seq=1&format=1#largeimage
can anyone help?
danieljm41@gmail.com
Hey guys,
I'm trying to hook up my iMac to VGA, and every minidisplay port adapter I've tried won't plug into the back of my computer - which looks like this
http://twitpic.com/ltvhf
I think the product I need should look like this, but I'm not sure
http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...d=1041912&p_id=4850&seq=1&format=1#largeimage
can anyone help?
danieljm41@gmail.com
