Do I have to buy a mac monitor?

technostatic · 02-22-2007, 12:23 AM

Hi. If I buy a Mac, do I need to buy a mac monitor, or will any monitor work? I could buy two monitors for the price of the cheapest mac screen.

ArturoYee · 02-22-2007, 08:45 AM

No - you do not have to. There are other monitors that will work with the Mac.

sinclair_tm · 02-22-2007, 12:28 PM

depends on the mac what you have to do. but if its a new mac, then you can get any monitor with dvi or vga to usse with the mac. but if the monitor is a vga, you may need to also get a dvi to vga adapter to use it, as i believe that all macs only have dvi connectors on them now. if you like, let us know which mac and which monitor you are thinking of getting, and we can tell you if it will work.

ArturoYee · 02-22-2007, 01:10 PM

I think if you buy a new Mac, the adapters comes with the machine (at least on the MiniMacs).

02-22-2007, 12:23 AM	#1 (permalink)
technostatic Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 9 OS: XP	Do I have to buy a mac monitor? Hi. If I buy a Mac, do I need to buy a mac monitor, or will any monitor work? I could buy two monitors for the price of the cheapest mac screen.

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ArturoYee Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 134 OS: XP Home, OS X 10.5 MacBook	No - you do not have to. There are other monitors that will work with the Mac.

02-22-2007, 01:10 PM	#4 (permalink)
ArturoYee Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 134 OS: XP Home, OS X 10.5 MacBook	I think if you buy a new Mac, the adapters comes with the machine (at least on the MiniMacs).