If you put the adapter at the other end, IE you are connecting an HDMI port on the laptop to a monitor with a DVI port, connect the adapter to the monitor, and connect the HDMI cable between.

Ok, that was my original question, so he'd just have to buy an adapter.

 

 

 

I had limited brightness on battery, but then I adjusted the limit in the BIOS. I was able to get the screen much brighter than the CCFL counterparts in the house. At the moment, I have 3 laptops with CCFL backlights, and 1 with LED. The LED is MUCH brighter.

Ok then, let me rephrase. He's not going to notice much if any difference on the MacBook or MacBook Pro. At best, it's marginally brighter than my old CCFL, without tweaking and marginally darker.

How can I find out what VGA my motherboard supports? I want to buy a new vidio card but I'm not sure which VGA it supports. (PCI-E, AGP etc.) How can I find this out? I have a Dell Integrated motherboard as of now.

 

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Thanks heaps for all the replies and tips everybody. I'm pretty certain I'll be getting the HP Pavilion dv5-1010tx that OldJoe posted. :)

Got any links to a couple of Austrailian computer dealers?

 

 

Hey OldJoe

 

Officeworks Computers

MSY

Landmark Computers

JB Hi-Fi

 

Those are my top four atm. Check them out

Don't get a macbook. If you don't mind waiting and want something more powerful, the new ASUS G53SW should be out soon, with Sandy Bridge mobile, which absolutely rips the first-gen i7 processors, and a 460m GPU, which is like a GTX 450 desktop, and will play any games at somewhat reduced settings.

 

@merch - Here's a pic for reference.

 

If you still cant tell, anything later than 08 should have pci-e 16x, and anything pre 06-07 should have AGP.

Don't get a macbook. If you don't mind waiting and want something more powerful, the new ASUS G53SW should be out soon, with Sandy Bridge mobile, which absolutely rips the first-gen i7 processors, and a 460m GPU, which is like a GTX 450 desktop, and will play any games at somewhat reduced settings.

 

@merch - Here's a pic for reference.

 

If you still cant tell, anything later than 08 should have pci-e 16x, and anything pre 06-07 should have AGP.

 

 

hmmm, that's the first time I have ever seen a board with all three slots. Curious, where did you find this picture?

 

 

 

 

In response to the thread though, DVI and HDMI carry the same electrical video output by design - a 2 dollar physical adapter is all that is necessary to convert between the two.

Don't get a macbook. If you don't mind waiting and want something more powerful, the new ASUS G53SW should be out soon, with Sandy Bridge mobile, which absolutely rips the first-gen i7 processors, and a 460m GPU, which is like a GTX 450 desktop, and will play any games at somewhat reduced settings.

 

@merch - Here's a pic for reference.

 

If you still cant tell, anything later than 08 should have pci-e 16x, and anything pre 06-07 should have AGP.

 

 

hmmm, that's the first time I have ever seen a board with all three slots. Curious, where did you find this picture?

 

 

 

 

In response to the thread though, DVI and HDMI carry the same electrical video output by design - a 2 dollar physical adapter is all that is necessary to convert between the two.

I don't know where he took the picture, but I do know that a lot of motherboards had all of them when the transition was being made between AGP and PCI-e for video cards.

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