[Leica] Mark, your new NEC screen

[richard at richardmanphoto.com (Richard Man)]

I think for Windows users, the primary use of an external screen is for
presentation.

On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:29 PM, John McMaster <john at mcmaster.co.nz> 
wrote:

> My MacBook Pro runs across an external monitor as well as internal if I
> use it on-site. You would have to make the external monitor the main one so
> as to get the taskbar and dock move over to it, however I can see no reason
> to not want the laptop display as well as I have used multiple displays for
> well over a decade ;-)
>
> john
>
> ________________________________________
> We only have a Mac Pro desktop. The only Mac laptop I have is an ancient G4
> so I don't know whether it supposes to work that way or not, but on Windows
> laptops, you have the option of turning off the builtin screen and in fact,
> that's the default behavior when you plug in an external monitor.
>
> On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 10:52 AM, John McMaster <john at chiaroscuro.co.nz
> >wrote:
>
> > There is no name for it, just not Mirror.
> >
> > The screen can be left to auto turn off in System Preferences > Desktop
> and
> > Screen Saver - I use Hot Corners to put my displays to sleep.
> >
> > Energy Saver will do this automatically, or did you mean that you wanted
> > the
> > laptop display off and just use the 23"? Not sure that can be done or why
> > you would ;-)
> >
> > john
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> >
> >
> > I'm frustrated now becuae I cant turn the laptop screen off.
> > So if I turn "mirror" off what is the name of the setting that I would
> use?
> > Thanks John!
> > --
> > Mark R.
> > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/lugalrabs/winterdays/
> >
> >
> > > From: John McMaster <john at chiaroscuro.co.nz>
> > > Reply-To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > > Date: Thu, 2 Feb 2012 17:44:39 +1300
> > > To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
> > > Subject: Re: [Leica] Mark, your new NEC screen
> > >
> > > Might have needed to click "detect displays". In arrangement the
> "Mirror
> > > displays" means the same thing on both, I suspect that you will want to
> > take
> > > that off and use the 23" for images and the laptop for palettes and
> other
> > > things....  You can just drag'n'drop the displays for which is left and
> > > right or top and bottom.
> > >
> > > john
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > >
> > >
> > > It was pretty much dead out of the water till I clicked "mirror".
> > > Which does not mean left to right instead of right to left as a
> > photographer
> > > might think.
> > > HULU movies now look pretty darned good but no way can I use it for a
> > > photograph I crutch every morning and put up on my  LUG gallery. I
> still
> > > have to use my macbook pro 13" built in for that.
> > > Until I get a flash of lucidity in the monitor set up department.
> > >
> > >
>
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