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Kensingotn Dual Monitor Adapter ?
Hi Folks,
I was just introduced to a Kensington dual monitor adapter for about 120 bucks (that I havn’t purchased yet!). It’s a box that I’m supposed to connect to my 15″ MacBook Pro 2.5 Dual Core (10.5.8) via USB and then to an additional monitor via VGA/DVI adapters, and supposedly I can run a 2nd external monitor this way. If I understand correctly, the adapter overwrites the Mac’s integrated display settings and is said to provide for similar display options (desktop & extended. Here is a description page from Kensington: https://us.kensington.com/html/14499.html.
Does any one have any experience with this or advice? Will I be faced with a compatibility issue since I’ll need to download the Mac Beta driver for the box? Will my DVI port still work additionally? My goal is to get 3 monitors this way: my MacBook Pro monitor, my current 19″ Fujitsu Siemens, a 3rd monitor via the Kensington adapter, and even my calibrated Sony PVM 14″ via firewire > player/camera.
Thanks for your feedback, Michael.
Michael Brown
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I would not want to try driving three monitors off a MacBook Pro. Can’t see much good coming from that in terms of performance. Not even sure if the MB Pro can even handle that or would show a third display.
But maybe someone here has tried it…..
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“Supports widescreen monitors up to 1440 x 1050 pixels; and standard monitors up to 1280 x 1024 pixels in 32 bit color” Hope you can find a 15″ monitor somewhere because that resolution is so low.
This product is to add a 2nd monitor to systems that don’t have the DVI out option that the MBP does, the video card would still need to be designed to handle a 3rd monitor.
Try and find these at a place that has a return policy and check it out but I will Walter, I think if it does work you are going to take a major performance hit.
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