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anon2828

macrumors newbie
Original poster
Feb 4, 2008
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Making the switch to Mac as soon as the new MBA comes out.

Wondering: Can the current 13" MBA drive the Apple Cinema Display and also still drive its own display at the same time? (Of course if the current MBA will handle this I assume the new one will - correct? Or do I need to worry about the new Intel GPU?)

I'd like to run simple productivity apps on the ACD such as a browser with several tabs open, mail, and word processor (all of those apps open) while on the MBA's native screen run/watch a video either a video stream from the Internet (YouTube) or use Slingplayer (which I understand is only available in the browser as a plug-in on Macs as opposed to a native app as in Windows) to view my Slingbox.

Thanks in advance for the smart replies seen here so often - very helpful!
 

GGJstudios

macrumors Westmere
May 16, 2008
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Making the switch to Mac as soon as the new MBA comes out.

Wondering: Can the current 13" MBA drive the Apple Cinema Display and also still drive its own display at the same time?
You need look no farther than the technical specs on the MacBook Air page on Apple's site:

http://www.apple.com/macbookair/specs.html
Dual display and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 2560 by 1600 pixels on an external display, both at millions of colors
 
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