New Macbook Pro, I don’t think I like it….

[torledo]

Someone on another forum has suggested a Mac Mini; does anyone know if it can does a "Presenters View" and a clean projection view using adapters of which I know not?

 

the mac mini should really should offer a Y-cable option for dual displays. The dual2head thingy domino mentions maybe the only option but it's really inelegant. No word on what the next iteration of the mac mini will feature. Could feature a full on displayport adapter who knows ?

[Domino]

so you could in theory open two copys of the same document and always have the copy on the laptop screen one screen or slide ahead of the one on the main display ie the projector.

 

the issue hes asking about, is that mac mini only has one output. an adapter makes no difference.

 

As for the two douments thing, most presentation software (and especially keynote for the mac) has a 'presenter' mode which shows the current, and also next slide as well as your notes, to allow you to properly talk - while the main display shows just the main output.

 

Of course, you need two seperate (not cloned) displays for this to work.

 

..unless i'm getting the wrong end of thestick.

 

Personally, for most mac mini users I don't think this is an issue. and if you particularly want presenter view a macbook may be a better solution, but the dualhead2go does make it a hell of a lot cheaper to use a mini