Further to this post:
http://www.ehmac.ca/mac-ipod-help-troubleshooting/67530-combination-desktop-notebook-mac.html
I'm back on this idea again to use a MacBook as a "desktop" with an external display and keyboard/mouse.
Sounded like a straight forward set up, but I have two macBook Pros, a 2.2 and a 2.4 GHz Intel version where I tried to connect them to the DVI input of an Acer 32-inch TV and I couldn't get that to work with either MacBook Pro, so now I'm wondering why and if the MacBook will work with an external display the way I have envisioned it.
The 32-inch Acer worked fine with an older PPC Mini, but I couldn't get it to work with either of the MacBook Pros.
With the 2.2 GHz macBook Pro the display on the Acer kept saying no signal, no matter what resolution I tried - with the MacBook Pro 2.4 Ghz I got the screen on an intermittent basis but the dock for instance would not show up.
I did a bit of research on the net and found many people who had similar problems - some suggested that I need to connect a keyboard and mouse and close the lid and then wake up the MacBook Pro using the keyboard - tried all that, but nothng really worked - I never got the full proper screen and playing an.avi video which was my ultimate purpose to try all this, didn't work at all.
The video played fine on the MacBook Pro by itself, but connecting the Acer via the DVI cable just didn't work at all.
The Acer can handle up to and including 720p and 1080i video - worked fine connected to the Mini as I said, but wouldn't work with the DVI port of the MacBook Pro.
Any suggestions - comments?
http://www.ehmac.ca/mac-ipod-help-troubleshooting/67530-combination-desktop-notebook-mac.html
I'm back on this idea again to use a MacBook as a "desktop" with an external display and keyboard/mouse.
Sounded like a straight forward set up, but I have two macBook Pros, a 2.2 and a 2.4 GHz Intel version where I tried to connect them to the DVI input of an Acer 32-inch TV and I couldn't get that to work with either MacBook Pro, so now I'm wondering why and if the MacBook will work with an external display the way I have envisioned it.
The 32-inch Acer worked fine with an older PPC Mini, but I couldn't get it to work with either of the MacBook Pros.
With the 2.2 GHz macBook Pro the display on the Acer kept saying no signal, no matter what resolution I tried - with the MacBook Pro 2.4 Ghz I got the screen on an intermittent basis but the dock for instance would not show up.
I did a bit of research on the net and found many people who had similar problems - some suggested that I need to connect a keyboard and mouse and close the lid and then wake up the MacBook Pro using the keyboard - tried all that, but nothng really worked - I never got the full proper screen and playing an.avi video which was my ultimate purpose to try all this, didn't work at all.
The video played fine on the MacBook Pro by itself, but connecting the Acer via the DVI cable just didn't work at all.
The Acer can handle up to and including 720p and 1080i video - worked fine connected to the Mini as I said, but wouldn't work with the DVI port of the MacBook Pro.
Any suggestions - comments?