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Use laptop as a monitor

  • 28-01-2008 7:46pm
    #1
    big_moe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭


    i have a MacBook that i use everyday but i would like to use it as a monitor for an external input.

    i remember seeing a small box that took a VGA input to a USB output. it allowed you to use a laptop as an external monitor.

    i've tried googling but cant come up with anything... lots of forums about physically removing the panel from a laptop and rewiring etc..

    does anybody know such a device or have any other info??

    cheers

    adam


Comments

  • #2
    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    What are you trying to connect to the laptop? If you want to use its screen as a secondary screen for another computer, there is software that does this over LAN...

    Theres no way to put video into 99% of laptops though....


  • #3
    big_moe
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,985 ✭✭✭big_moe


    yeah i've seen that maxi-something software for laptops but it wont work for my purpose.

    yeah i would have thought that 99% of laptops wouldnt, but this yoke was a box that takes in VGA and outputs USB into a computer (laptop) and then the software that comes with said box displays the image on the laptop screen.

    cheers for the reply,

    adam


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