Laptop Shopping - Suggestions?

[Cleo]

Originally posted by Opti
I like the sound of that feature... Do you know if all mac laptops do that Cleo?

All the Powerbooks do, but the iBooks only support video mirroring.

On the Powerbooks with the 15" and 17" have a DIV monitor connector and come with a DIV to VGA cable. The 12" has a special monitor connector but does come with both a VGA and DIV adaptor.

The iBooks have, at least the newer ones, also have a special connector and come with a VGA adaptor for video mirroring only.


Powerbook Video and graphics support
http://www.apple.com/powerbook/specs.html
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go5200 graphics processor with AGP 4X support and 64MB of DDR SDRAM video memory (12-inch models)

Dual display and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports up to 1024 by 768 pixels on the built-in display and up to 2048 by 1536 pixels on an external display, both at millions of colors (7)

ATI Mobility Radeon 9700 graphics processor with AGP 4X support and 64MB of DDR SDRAM video memory, optional 128MB of video memory on 1.5GHz (15- and 17-inch models)

Dual display and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports up to 1280 by 854 pixels on the built-in display and up to 2048 by 1536 pixels on an external display, both at millions of colors (7)

ADC output using optional Apple DVI to ADC Adapter (6)

Mini-DVI port (12-inch models)

DVI output using included mini-DVI to DVI adapter (12-inch models)

VGA output using included mini-DVI to VGA adapter (12-inch models)

S-video and composite video output using mini-DVI to video adapter (sold separately) (12-inch models)

DVI output port (15-inch and 17-inch models)

VGA output using included DVI to VGA adapter (15-inch and 17-inch models)

S-video output port (15-inch and 17-inch models)

Composite video output using included S-video to composite adapter (15-inch and 17-inch models)


iBook Video support
http://www.apple.com/ibook/specs.html
VGA video output for video mirroring on an external display or projector (24-bit color) with included Apple VGA Display Adapter.

S-video and composite video output to TV or projector (requires Apple Video Adapter, sold separately)