Re: [WAMUG] External Monitor for MacBook Pro

2022-05-17 Thread Neil Houghton
From: on behalf of Rod Blitvich Reply-To: WAMUG Date: Wednesday, 18 May 2022 at 09:10 To: WAMUG Subject: Re: [WAMUG] External Monitor for MacBook Pro Thanks to everyone for your useful advice. So I’m thinking it doesn’t seem essential to spend big bucks. Nor does it seem the monitor need

Re: [WAMUG] External Monitor for MacBook Pro

2022-05-17 Thread Peter Crisp
riginal Message - From: wamug@wamug.org.au To:"WA Mac User Group Mac User Group" Cc: Sent:Wed, 18 May 2022 09:04:35 +0800 Subject:Re: [WAMUG] External Monitor for MacBook Pro Thanks to everyone for your useful advice.So I’m thinking it doesn’t seem essential to spend big bucks.Nor

Re: [WAMUG] External Monitor for MacBook Pro

2022-05-17 Thread Rod Blitvich
tions – and there is no need >> to spend $600, or more, on the monitor – I paid $227 for the 27” Full HD >> Phillips and $355 for the 32” curved Lenovo (flat is even cheaper) with 2560 >> x 1440 resolution – all at OfficeWorks. >> >> Cheers >> >> &g

Re: [WAMUG] External Monitor for MacBook Pro

2022-05-16 Thread Neil Houghton
the 32” curved Lenovo (flat is even cheaper) with 2560 x 1440 resolution – all at OfficeWorks. Cheers Neil From: on behalf of Peter Crisp Reply-To: WAMUG Date: Monday, 16 May 2022 at 16:34 To: WAMUG Subject: Re: [WAMUG] External Monitor for MacBook Pro Hi Blitto, I bought a

Re: [WAMUG] External Monitor for MacBook Pro

2022-05-16 Thread Daniel Kerr
Hi Rod There’s a huge range of choice out there when it comes to monitors. But a few things I’d definitely advise to keep in mind - not all monitors are the same. So even sometimes a 27” monitor can have different resolutions (eg 1920x1080 which some refer as “HD” versus another 27” that can us

Re: [WAMUG] External Monitor for MacBook Pro

2022-05-16 Thread Peter Crisp
Hi Blitto, I bought a pair of Lenovo 24” regular monitors around 18 months ago when I had to work from home due to you know what. I use my Windows work laptop but they work equally well on my Macbook by plugging into an HDMI port. Mac OS figures out what you’ve got and does a pretty good job of

[WAMUG] External Monitor for MacBook Pro

2022-05-15 Thread Rod Blitvich
Hi Folks Please can anyone give recommendations on an external monitor for a 2021 MacBook Pro? Can one buy any external monitor (~$600) or does it have to be mac compatible (~$1000)? Thanks Blitto Rod Blitvich - Amy & Sam’s Dad . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . rb...@ii