Developer Transition Kit: DVI-VGA adapter cable? Non-Apple monitors?
Developer Transition Kit: DVI-VGA adapter cable? Non-Apple monitors?
- Subject: Developer Transition Kit: DVI-VGA adapter cable? Non-Apple monitors?
- From: "Dan Smith" <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 02 Aug 2005 14:44:05 -0400
I, too, told my management that the Developer Transition Kit would cost only
$1000, and did not notice that it will not work with an ordinary monitor. Does
anyone know what the options are?
--will the $19 Apple DVI to VGA Display Adapter, part number M8754G/A, work
with the Developer Transition Kit hardware and allow a regular VGA
analog-signal monitor to be used with it? (If not, why not?)
Description says:
The Apple DVI to VGA display adapter was specially designed to allow users to
connect their DVI equipped Mac mini, PowerBook G4, or Power Mac to an external
VGA monitor or projector for 24-bit video-mirroring or dual display. The DVI to
VGA adapter plugs into the DVI port built into the new Mac mini, a PowerBook G4
or into Power Mac with NVIDIA or ATI Radeon graphic cards which feature DVI
ports.
--Can I use a moderately-priced 17" display like an HP L1740, which costs about
$360 and has "connector type: 24-pin Digital DVI; Interface (Output) DVI-D?"
--Or am I forced to break the news to management that I need Apple's no doubt
worthy but pricey $800 20" Cinema and that what I told them was a $1000
purchase is actually going to end up costing nearly twice what I told them?
(Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know... the power savings will pay for itself eventually
etc).
(Actually... hmmm... the specs say it consumes 65 watts while operating, 3
watts in energy saver mode... the CRT I'm using now consumes 120W operating, 3
watts in "active-off" mode... assume it's "operating" 2000 hours per year...
the Apple will save 55 watts = 110 kilowatt-hours per year at $0.15 per kwh =
$16.50 per year... yeah, right, it will pay for itself in just forty-eight
short years).
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