Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Doing CF development on a MAC

2008-04-12 Thread Derrick Peavy
Hm. Ok, I see. Wasn't thinking that way. Yes, the laptops can mirror to any size display, but there is only one video out port, so you would have to split. Isn't that the case with --most-- laptops? Looks like the thread has some good info about how the hardware works and what is doe

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Doing CF development on a MAC

2008-04-12 Thread Howard Fore
Yes but the dual monitor support on most non-Apple laptops comes through a docking station. At least that's how I've done it on the last three Windows laptops I've used (Dell, HP, IBM). The docking station had both VGA and DVI and the video chipset would support driving both (although not the built

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Doing CF development on a MAC

2008-04-12 Thread Steven Ross
I bought a laptop stand and use my 17" macbook pro with a wireless keyboard and mouse. No complaints here. 17" is plenty big enough for hacking out CF etc. It would be nice to have a 20+ inch widescreen but, honestly who needs dual monitors with a desktop manager? On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 1:59 PM,

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Doing CF development on a MAC

2008-04-12 Thread Darin Kohles
alt-tab On Sat, Apr 12, 2008 at 3:58 PM, Steven Ross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I bought a laptop stand and use my 17" macbook pro with a wireless keyboard > and mouse. No complaints here. 17" is plenty big enough for hacking out CF > etc. It would be nice to have a 20+ inch widescreen but, hone

Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Doing CF development on a MAC

2008-04-12 Thread Robert Occhialini Jr.
I've been reading this thread with some amusement. I have used a Mac OS X machine for CF development for a very long time. There's absolutely no reason why you can't use a Mac OS X machine as your primary CF development machine. Your mileage might vary a little, as Howard pointed out, de