Dell in2020m widescreen monitor and a MacBook Pro I'm buying a MacBook Pro soon but have a Dell IN2020M widescreen monitor with 16:9 aspect ratio. Can I hook up my MacBook Pro to this?

The supported resolutions for MacBooks seem to be as follows.

Supported resolutions at 16:10 aspect ratio:


1440 by 900 (native)
1280 by 800
1152 by 720
1024 by 640
800 by 500 pixels 


Supported resolutions at 4:3 aspect ratio (stretched and non-stretched):


1024 by 768
800 by 600
640 by 480


Supported resolutions at 3:2 aspect ratio (stretched and non-stretched):


720 by 480 pixels
The supported resolutions defined on the Apple pages are for the built-in screen which is, pardon the pun, comparing apples to oranges in this case.

Plugging an external monitor in will show those resolutions that the monitor supports and you will be able to achieve the maximum resolution of the Dell monitor which is 1600x900