Wednesday, June 27. 2007
hey hey you you i don't like your girlfriend
the dell 2007wfp 20 inch ultra sharp wide screen lcd monitor is pretty cool. for the past three days my macbook is running in clamshell mode, with no side effects. doing this is pretty easy. first you gotta have the mini-dvi to vga cable (duh!). then turn on mirroring (press F7). os x will automagically detect the monitor and adjusts the resolution accordingly. the highest resolution for this monitor is 1680 x 1050 @ 60 hz - i am not sure if you can get higher than this with macbook pro - i only have macbook. after connecting the monitor, keyboard and mouse, close the lid, and the macbook will go to sleep. the screen will blank. wait approximately 10 seconds, then tap on the keyboard and voila, the macbook will wake up and you're set. you can open the lid and confirm that your macbook monitor is off. the clamshell mode works on with and without the power adapter.
temperature wise, i notice an increase of between 5 - 7 degrees, thus the obvious thing to do is to open the lid of the macbook once in a while to lower the temperature.
temperature wise, i notice an increase of between 5 - 7 degrees, thus the obvious thing to do is to open the lid of the macbook once in a while to lower the temperature.
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You just got yours?? Cheap ****. I got my Acer 22in when it was expensive.. Now its at RM899 only!!
I connect my Acer 22in 1680x1050 to my Dell D600 (Piece of Crap) laptop and it it as my main monitor when I'm at home as the "work" screen as well as the "Cinema" screen.
It has a radeon card and I use the radeontool software to turn off the backlight using a script/shortcut key which calls
sudo radeontool light off
and everything works.
I connect my USB keyboard/Mouse/3.5in External/Notebook Fan via USB and I use everything as external. Sort of like a docking station for my laptop.
I connect my Acer 22in 1680x1050 to my Dell D600 (Piece of Crap) laptop and it it as my main monitor when I'm at home as the "work" screen as well as the "Cinema" screen.
It has a radeon card and I use the radeontool software to turn off the backlight using a script/shortcut key which calls
sudo radeontool light off
and everything works.
I connect my USB keyboard/Mouse/3.5in External/Notebook Fan via USB and I use everything as external. Sort of like a docking station for my laptop.
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