Macbook external monitor woes
I turned in my MacBookPro yesterday to have its internal screen worked on (dead pixels and bruises). Earlier I bought a MacBook so that I wouldn’t be without a computer while my pro was being worked on (it will be a gift for my parents when I get the pro back).
I knew the MacBook couldn’t drive my 30 inch Samsung at full 2560×1600 resolution, but figured it would be tolerable at 1920×1200. When I plugged in the MB, no such luck, try as I might I could only get it to drive the 30 inch at 1200×800, I tried putting the MB to sleep and waking it, while it was close, I couldn’t get it to wake. Nothing I could do would give me a higher resolution on the 30 inch.
After some searching I found this, 305 T plus manual , after reading it I figured out that the monitor has two and only two resolutions 2560×1600 and 1280×800. So I will have to suffer until my MBP comes back. Interestingly enough the Apple Cinema HD 30″ has no such restriction, it can drive 2560×1600, 2048×1280, 1920×1280, 1280×800 and 1024×640.
What an annoyance.