re monitors in article mar news media mit edu fredm media mit edu fred g martin writes part of posting removed the sony cpd has better video circuitry than either of the other two monitors it can display apple x vga x vga x though this has hz flicker and apple x hz refresh no flicker at all it might be able to display apple s x but i m not sure about this and the pixels would be real small anyway so it might not be that useful note that with either sony monitor you will need the proper adapter which both connects the video signals properly but also informs the macintosh video hardware of which display mode to use part of posting removed fred martin fredm media mit edu ames st rm e epistemology and learning group mit media lab cambridge ma usa i m assuming that the cabling tells the mac at startup what kind of monitor is connected now i think i ve seen ads in popular mac magazines for products i m not sure if it s just a monitor just a video card or a package of both that allow you to change resolutions on the fly w o restarting the mac if you were to buy a would it be possible to switch back and forth between apple x and apple x without restarting the mac is this strictly a hardware startup function or can software intervene or does the mac hardware occasionally probe the cable setting and switch automatically thanks eric ivancich eecs umich edu
