Hooking MacBook to non-widescreen monitor

Hey guys!

As some of you know, I recently won a MacBook in a web design contest for high school students. I'll be receiving the MacBook soon, but I just want to be prepared . I'll certainly write a review for it .

I'd probably want to hook up my MacBook to an external monitor as Photoshop is quite hard to work on 1280x800. But the problem is all the monitors I have are all standard size, and not widescreen. Will the MacBook hook up and look normal on a standard display? Will there end up being "black bars" along the top and bottom like in some movies?

Or should I go and buy a new widescreen display for it? Of course I'd rather not, as it costs money I don't really have , unless it really doesn't work or display normally on a standard monitor.

Thanks guys!

 

No problem. All you need is an adaptor for the mini-DVI port to whatever port your monitor uses.

 

Thanks for the reply Budding.

But I mean, as in how will a MacBook, which is widescreen, display on a standard display? Will there be black bars along the top and bottom, like in some movies, or will the MacBook "adjust" somehow so the normally widescreen Mac OS X is displayed in a standard screen format?

 

You can change the resolution to match the screen, so everything should be OK. Some icons and Windows might resize, but that's about it.

 

Hey, congrats on (finally) getting a Mac! The external monitor should work, just change the res to fit the screen (like in windows). Not really that difficult.

I'm looking forward to that review!

 

If it is like the MBP, it will automatically change the res to match the monitor it's on. For instance, my MBP automatically runs at 1280x1024 on 18".