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Apple Mini DVI to VGA Adapter

Geeeeeeeeeeeeeeez!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Written by KG from Denville

Oct 4, 2006

This is insane i got it last night and hooked up my old moniter to my new Macbook and it is awesome i keep itunes and ichat opened on the old and do schoolwork on the new. It is so insane worth more ten $20.00!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

16 of 53 people found this useful

Apple Mini DVI to VGA Adapter

Works good

Written by SR from Bedford

Sep 30, 2006

It works great for my MacBook to my old Dell display. I can't get it to take up the full space on the Dell screen, though. I guess because it needs to be proportional to the MacBook display.

15 of 37 people found this useful

Apple Mini DVI to VGA Adapter

HELP!

Written by BA from Los Angeles

Sep 24, 2006

I can't get anything but a bunch of rainbow lines on the TV. I've tried different display settings - but still no dice. Any suggestions?

12 of 53 people found this useful

Apple Mini DVI to VGA Adapter

Works great!

Written by CY from Los Angeles

Sep 21, 2006

I got this adapter so I could hook up my macbook to my hdtv. Everything works as advertised and I even tried seeing if I could output when booting in windows XP and I was pleasantly surprised to see there were no issues extending or mirroring the desktop onto the tv.

53 of 66 people found this useful

Apple Mini DVI to VGA Adapter

A MUST HAVE!

Written by DO from Plymouth

Sep 19, 2006

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.

25 of 40 people found this useful

Apple Mini DVI to VGA Adapter

No problems

Written by DH from Waterloo

Sep 15, 2006

Works fine for me. I can't speak for its durability (haven't had it long enough), but as long as you make sure you've picked the right one, it should work fine.

13 of 24 people found this useful

Apple Mini DVI to VGA Adapter

Excellent.

Written by AT from Winston Salem

Aug 20, 2006

This product worked exactly as it was supposed to. I love the way you configure the two monitors in System Preferences.

21 of 33 people found this useful

Apple Mini DVI to VGA Adapter

OK, but not Energy-star compliant

Written by DC from OTTAWA

Aug 7, 2006

I've been using an LG LCD panel as an external display on my first-gen TiBook. Bought a new MacBook, and ordered the Mini-DVI to VGA adaptor so I could continue to use my LCD display. The Adapter works fine, but with one problem - when I sleep (or power-down) the MacBook, the LCD display does not go into low-power mode like it did on the TiBook. The LCD stays on in full-power mode, with a little pop-up warning "no signal". This is disappointing, since Apple claims the MacBook is Energy-star compliant. The MacBook may be, but its accessories should be as well.

37 of 68 people found this useful

Apple Mini DVI to VGA Adapter

Bridging two standards

Written by PB from Oakland

Jul 18, 2006

We use these a lot with our 12" powerbooks, they haven't had any problems at all. However, a warning to those using DVI-based projectors - make *sure* to use a mini-DVI to DVI instead of DVI to VGA to the projector's DVI to VGA cable. This adapter cannot make heads or tails of a converted projector signal, only the original signal.

79 of 109 people found this useful

Apple Mini DVI to VGA Adapter

Luv it and YES it does work in Windows XP Pro

Written by TS from London

Jun 29, 2006

Got my Cable about a week ago. Plugged it and it worked perfectly. I just installed boot camp, with Windows XP Pro and running Dual monitor ( Extended Desktop ) perfectly. Forgot to say I am running the new Macbook and loving every minute of it. The only reason why I have windows on it is because I have clients I show this to every day.

44 of 60 people found this useful

Apple Mini DVI to VGA Adapter

To SC From San Francisco

Written by CC from Lexington Park

Jun 1, 2006

To use this in Windows, you need to find some drivers for your video card that support monitor output.... Not sure where you should look, but with some digging you should find something I would think

17 of 36 people found this useful

Apple Mini DVI to VGA Adapter

Doesn't support Windows mode

Written by SC from San Francisco

May 24, 2006

Although this adapter works perfectly in MacOS, I can't get it to work in Windows Mode on a MacBook Pro running Boot Camp. Anybody know of a device driver in beta test that I can use?

29 of 53 people found this useful

Apple Mini DVI to VGA Adapter

video adapter cables in general

Written by OK from Arlington

May 16, 2006

I have two ibooks and I can confirm the reviewers complaints about the durability of the "to VGA" adapters. Both of mine failed (each one had an internal cable broken). Also the one I tried as a replacement had had the same problem. I bought a new one and the first thing, I did is stiffen the cable with tape and handle it very carefully. It is the bending which kills these video adapters rather quickly.

44 of 63 people found this useful

Apple Mini DVI to VGA Adapter

Apple Store Man sucks!

Written by CD from Scottsdale

Mar 29, 2006

I just went way out to my "local" apple store and I told the guy working there that I had an iMac G4 and I wanted to get a mini DVI to VGA adapter for it. He showed me this one and I asked at LEAST 3 times if he was absolutley sure that it would work and he said "yes" everytime. I went all the way back home and I try to hook it up and it doesn't fit!! I'm really ticked off!

55 of 192 people found this useful

Apple Mini DVI to VGA Adapter

Lasted over two years

Written by CM from Missoula

Feb 21, 2006

I assume this is the one I have because it says 12 inch PB G4 in the description. Mine just recently, after more than two years, began to loose its connection. It has been indispensable to me for teaching and I am ordering a new one right now.

102 of 161 people found this useful

Apple Mini DVI to VGA Adapter

Works ok

Written by AH from Lodi

Nov 6, 2005

it dose exsactl what it say it will do cant ask for much more. Good Product

35 of 57 people found this useful

Apple Mini DVI to VGA Adapter

Video Adapters should last longer than 4 months

Written by RS from Ann Arbor

Sep 20, 2005

If you order one of these treat it very gently, be careful how you pack it when traveling, etc. My first one broke in 4 months (the wires internal to the rubber cable enclosure shorted - so the screen would drop out certain colors). And then, when I ordered and paid for a replacement, the wrong adapter was shipped to me. The sales web page does not bother to mention that there are different versions of the PowerBook G4, which use different types of video ports (mini-DVI and mini-VGA). Make sure you know which one you need before ordering. An improved sales web page would at least show all the VGA adapters in one place, so one could see all the choices.

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