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• Hands-on: Vibook Usb Monitor Support For Mac Windows 10
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• Hands-on Vibook Usb Monitor Support For Mac

Share this story. USB monitor support for Macs is nothing new. Last year, Display Link debuted for Mac OS X, finally allowing Mac users to add monitors without having built-in video cards.

This was a huge boon for Mac mini users who previously had no officially-sanctioned way to crack their boxes and add new display cards. Just this December, VillageTonic introduced its ViBook unit, which works along the same lines.

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To use the hardware, you install drivers and reboot your system. You can then connect your system to a new monitor using the supplied USB cable. This was my first time ever using a USB-driven monitor, and unfortunately, I have to say that I was a bit disappointed by the results.

I tested the ViBook with two OS X configurations: a standard Mac mini and a Dell Mini hackintosh. The ViBook worked on both, allowing me to hot plug on the fly and offering full integration with the standard System Preferences' Display panel. I had no problem hooking up a variety of monitors and detecting their supported resolutions. I could mess with the monitor arrangements, move items between screens and pretty much do everything you would expect with a multi-monitor setup on OS X. System Preferences treated the ViBook display like any other monitor. The offers an OS X-compatible USB device that connects to DVI or VGA monitors, offering up to 1680x1050 or 1600x1200 pixel output. Unfortunately, the display quality fell short of what I had hoped for.

Hands-on: Vibook Usb Monitor Support For Mac Windows 10

A big (and repeatable) failure occurred when I attempted to play out EyeTV video on the ViBook screen. Video out stuttered, faltered, and then froze. While I had no problem displaying most OS X windows, the EyeTV proved to be a ViBook killer. Attempting to use the Hulu video streaming service in Safari was noticeably laggy, but didn't seem to cause the same kind of crashes.

Still, watching it might give you a migraine due to the flickers. On the suggestion of a friend of mine, Niklas Saers, I tried running the display with Time Machine backing up to an external USB drive. Much to my dismay, Time Machine's USB demands caused the display to start to flicker on updates, even when I was just doing simple text editing. At $130 for the cable alone, ViBook is a pretty huge investment, considering that Mac minis retail for around $500-$800 and that Hackintoshes cost even less, even taking the cost of a non-bundled Leopard license into account.

Hands-on Vibook Usb Monitor Support For Mac Os X

From a functionality viewpoint, that $130 purchase expands the way you can work, just as any multiple monitor solution would. Adding another monitor allows you to spread across several displays. For example, you can review reference materials without jumping between active applications. You can switch from project to project without having to hide or overlap windows. If you can, I encourage you to try before you buy.

Hands-on Vibook Usb Monitor Support For Mac

The big reason for buying a USB monitor cable is because you're on an older, limited system. There's no reason to buy this for, say, a Mac Pro with its easy-to-upgrade tower. With the quality on offer, however, I just don't feel comfortable pushing USB drivers as a day-to-day solution, particularly if you own and use external USB drives and use Time Machine.