Xmas Gift Help!

Want to buy a monitor(please no apple monitors as they are too pricey) that is 17" and up, a keyboard ( http://tinyurl.com/3at7az
this one is nice, problem is that this person uses XP most of the time), a cable that would connect the monitor, and probably an external HD (is it possible to use it with both xp and leopard?).

Oh....Is there a notebook cooler for Macs? As there are no holes at the bottom!

The lappy is a MacBook.

Suggestions please. Thank you.

Midkhan

 

1. look at newegg, and keep it under 22 inches because i dont think the card in the macbook can power anything bigger
2. keyboard wait for other people, but that should be fine
3. any cable with the proper connections is fine
4. yes it is, and theres many different ways to do it. it depends on whether or not you want to share files on the external between to the OS's, or just back up the 2
5. any cooler will work

 

Keep in mind that the keyboard you point out is not a standard layout and does not have a 10 key. For a Macbook, you will need a mini-DVI to DVI connector sold by Apple to connect to a monitor. Search the forums about formats between Win XP and OS X, you will find a lot of info. Any cooler will work, although it may not be necessary.

 

Yes, you will need a Mini-DVI to DVI connector from Apple, but other than that any display will work. And just a note, Apple doesn't offer any 17-inch Cinema Displays anyway .

If you want to share an external hard drive between Macs and PCs, just format it in FAT32, and both operating systems can read and write to it.

 

fat32 cant be bigger than 160GB however so keep that in mind as well, i had to make 3 partitions on my 500 gb 2 for my music 1 for other stuff
unless anyone knows a way to make it one partition?

 

Yeah use something like MacDrive on Windows, or share the disk over a network. There are also NTFS drivers out there for OS X, but I think MacDrive for Windows would be a little more reliable.

 

wow cant believe i forgot about the adapter. haha o well

 

Graphics and video support

* Intel GMA X3100 graphics processor with 144MB of DDR2 SDRAM shared with main memory3
* Extended desktop and video mirroring: Simultaneously supports full native resolution on the built-in display and up to 1920 by 1200 pixels on an external display, both at millions of colors


Size in INches doesnt matter, as long as it doesnt need Dual link-dvi


http://www.apple.com/macbook/specs.html

 

ok coolers you dont need, i went from having an asus gaming laptop that i had to use a cooler really to use (i left it on my bed and the bottom melted) to a macbook that in my mind is cool to the touch so dont waste money there

 

Thank you all for your input. I really appreciate the effort!

Lets hope I make the right decision.

 

seriously? does that go for the gma to?

 

Somebody, please help me choose a monitor! I want the best bang for the buck.

 

Ok. I just learned that the Mini Dvi to Dvi is a Dvi-D (single link) which is 18 pin. Now I'm on Newegg and can't figure out which monitors supports the Dvi-D Single link! It just says Dvi-D!? Does this mean that the monitor supports both single or dual link? Please help.