Reviews for Apple Mini DVI to VGA Adaptor

As with most people, I always thought to keep my accessories from previous MACs to use on newer models.
That doesn't work this time. I had kept my mini DVI to VGA cord from my iBook G4 to use with my 2007 Macbook. I just found out today that the ports on these two models are different.
So, now I have to cough up more money to buy a cord that will work. And I believe there is no mention of this change as the ports are just referred to as "mini DVI" ports...not "mini DVI 2" like they refer to USB 2.0 or Firewire 400 and/or 800.

I recommend to everyone; before you get excited at the prospect of watching your Family Guy episodes you downloaded from iTunes on your new flatscreen TV, make sure you know if you have the proper cord (if you kept one from a previous Mac).
Best of Luck.

I am currently living and working outside the US, where there are no Apple retail stores. I need to use my Macbook with multiple projectors daily, so when my video output showed signs of discoloration and intermittent failure, I nearly panicked. I guess can order a new one, but they are terribly expensive and difficult to find where I am. Besides, I've only had my adapter for about 3 months--will a new one last as long? It seems they just aren't built to last.

If not for this fatal flaw, I would have given the adapter at least 4 stars in quality and workability. In short, I'm sorely disappointed.

I cracked my iMac screen right in the middle, rendering 80% of it useless. Alright, so it was in the back of the car, and a book-bag got thrown on it. It was "just" an accident! But never again...

Fixing the iMac with a new screen would have cost about $700-$900, which gave me great pause for thought. But I had an old VGA monitor that I had bought years ago, so I got the DVI to VGA Adapter from Apple. IT WORKS PERFECTLY!

As an added bonus (and I don't know if this is software driven or adapter driven), the desktop size automatically adjusted PERFECTLY for the size of my VGA monitor.

(1) Apple sure knew what it was doing when it made this adapter.

(2) Under this number (2), I had written a whole section praising Apple's technical support department, but when I read the "terms and conditions" for posting reviews, I had to delete it because the terms don't allow me to write about the service. Thanks anyway, you guys!

i use this on projectors and LCD HDTVs. it is very universal and works with not just computer monitors, it works on flat panels, projecors and a lot of other things. works great with my 13" MacBook

Worked well connecting my 12" G4 PowerBook - it's the ONLY way to connect an external monitor. UNTIL the adapter turned a year old. Poor cord design resulting in some kind of short in the adapter. Now the only way to see anything but an all-purple (or red or yellow) monitor screen is to twist the adapter's cord into a crazy pretzel. Very shoddy manufacturing. If Apple's continuing the use of mini-DVI, they need to devise a better solution than this!

There was almost no effort to this setup. I plugged the adapter into the back of my old iMac, then plugged into the back of my Dell monitor (from an old PC that had long since broken down-surprise, surprise). The iMac automatically detected the type of monitor that I had plugged in and it was ready. Twice the desktop space in about 3 minutes. It looks great and is very helpful when editing videos, music, etc. it makes multitasking much easier.

It seems like a good product, and i'm not sure if I just have settings wrong on my macbook, my monitor or if i'm doing something else wrong. Either way I can never get the screen resolution right. I've tried all the different resolutions and they all either stretch windows horizontally or vertically. I've read about other people having similar problems but i've never read a solution.

The adapter is just a simple pair of plugs and a cable. What's truly amazing, though, is what OS X can do with it. I never would have known that OS X has dual monitor support built right in. I can have two monitors (the one on lid of my 12" PowerBook and the other one on my desk) then have them arranged any way I want them (side-by-side, top-to-bottom) and pick which one has the menu bar and dock. Or, if you are using it with a projector, you can have both of them mirror one another. Configuration is completely idiot-proof (if anyone can break something, I can.). This is extremely cool. If you use your Apple notebook at your desk a lot, this feature alone makes it worth getting another monitor and one of these adapters. Get a keyboard and mouse as well. You also can't use a projector without one of these adapters.

Got it, took it out of the package, plugged my mini-DVI into the back of my Imac, plugged the VGA into a VGA cord (Duh since it's not very long), plugged the other end into my extra monotor that was just sitting around and wow. It was up and running in LITERALLY seconds, easily changed the resolution in system pref. and it works perfect. Yay Apple.

I just read a lot of bad reviews about this product. I just bought mac mini and macbpro. I have used it with the mac mini for 3 months now and it works fine. I used it with dell 15" flat screen and now with and old envision 16" box of a monitor and worked with both with no problems. I hope it continues to and think it will, don't know what goes on with those that say it doesn't work for them.