AL2216WBD monitor on a mac anybody running this monitor on a mac os X?Looks great, but waking it up from sleep takes 30 seconds. My last one (an LG) snapped on in 2 seconds. There are no Mac drivers that I know of.Anybody have a solution? AL2216WBD monitor on a mac anybody running this monitor on a mac os X?Looks great, but waking it up from sleep takes 30 seconds. My last one (an LG) snapped on in 2 seconds. There are... » Read More AL2216WBD monitor on a mac anybody running this monitor on a mac os X?Looks great, but waking it up from sleep takes 30 seconds. My last one (an LG) snapped on in 2 seconds. There are no Mac drivers that I know of.Anybody have a solution? « Show Less
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i upgraded to a Mac Mini with Leopard OS and it works fine. Wakes up quick and turns off on sleep.Must be a Tiger driver issue.
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I have an acer al2216wbd running as a secondary monitor on my Mac Powerbook running OSX 10.4. When it works, it works great, but... there is this one issue where the monitor refuses to work after the computer has been put to sleep. It blinks on for less than a second, then goes black. The only way to get it back is to plug the monitor into another computer, have it autoconfig, then plug it back into my powerbook. To avoid this issue, I have to turn off the monitor before the computer's display is put to sleep. I believe it has something to do with drivers, but there's little info out there.Update: I returned it, turns out I had a defective monitor. Replaced monitor doesn't have the aforementioned issues. I have an acer al2216wbd running as a secondary monitor on my Mac Powerbook running OSX 10.4. When it works, it works great, but... there is this one issue where the monitor refuses to work after the computer has been put to sleep. It blinks on for less than a second, then goes black. The only way to get it back is to plug the monitor into another computer, have it autoconfig, then plug it back into my powerbook. To avoid this issue, I have to turn off the monitor before the computer's display is put to sleep. I believe it has something to do with drivers, but there's little info out... » Read More I have an acer al2216wbd running as a secondary monitor on my Mac Powerbook running OSX 10.4. When it works, it works great, but... there is this one issue where the monitor refuses to work after the computer has been put to sleep. It blinks on for less than a second, then goes black. The only way to get it back is to plug the monitor into another computer, have it autoconfig, then plug it back into my powerbook. To avoid this issue, I have to turn off the monitor before the computer's display is put to sleep. I believe it has something to do with drivers, but there's little info out there.Update: I returned it, turns out I had a defective monitor. Replaced monitor doesn't have the aforementioned issues. « Show Less
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I'm sorry I don't have an answer to your question, but thanks for posting it. I'm looking for a great monitor for my Mac, and this is good to know. Best of luck to you!
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Hm, I was thinking about getting this for a Mac Mini. Can you explain this problem in slightly more detail? Does it take 30 seconds to turn on at all? Or 30 seconds to get to full brightness? Thanks.
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30 seconds for the computer to turn on. Full brightness is very fast. The problem is waking up your computer to send a signal to the monitor isn't stable. Sometimes I'll get lucky and it'll work within seconds. Other times, I had to lift my laptop display. The thing is there are no drivers, which apple or acer have to address. Other than that the monitor is good.Does anyone besides me run this monitor on a mac?
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Ohh, interesting. Thanks for the quick reply! I think I can likely deal because the price sure is right. I wonder if anyone more experienced in this area knows if Apple (or Acer) is fairly reliable about getting proper drivers out?
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It was this display or the Apple display for me. I even considered buying a 27 inch iMac to replace my MacBook, but I purchased this screen for around $600 less than the apple screen at the time, and I have not regretted it one bit. I am a Mac guy, but this screen is absolutely brilliant. Like another reviewer said, it would be worth the cost at twice the price; but I don't want Asus getting any ideas!
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Not sure about Mac connections but the monitor only comes with a std SVGA cable, I would assume that something else is required for MAC.
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You are giving up having a larger viewing area for your monitor. Also, probably Macbook Pro you have has a faster CPU and maybe a faster HD. You cannot replace those on a Macbook. If your Pro has a 7200 rpm HD then that is much better than the 5400 HD that's available on the Macbook.Combine that with a 2.8 GHz cpu and you have a much faster laptop.If you are talking about weight the Macbook weighs 4.5 lbs and the Pro probably a lb or more than that. Bottom line, unless you are doing a lot of graphics of photoshopping that require a lot of cpu time and HD space I would say that an aluminum Macbook would be just fine for you.
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I haven't worked withi this monitor on a new iMac 5k. I have worked with it on a 15" 2010 MacBook Pro, a 15" 2012 MacBook Pro, and a 2014 Mac Pro. No issues with macs whatsoever.
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Forget it, they dropped support a long time ago. I sold it as soon as I found out there would be no new driver for Mac. I think the latest one works with Leopard or something.
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yes, easily and it works very well but video may be an issue as the bandwidth is slow. The Displaylink drivers adjust the screen constantly to improve the experience. However you need to use a regular monitor to set it up. Unlike a regular monitor, it needs to load a driver, so when you boot there's a blank screen until the OS is running fully. I've used this setup and timed it to enter a password on a blank screen (USB driver hasn't loaded at password prompt), and although you can do this, it's obviously better to not have a password . Also, if something goes wrong you will need a regular monitor to fix things. But you really need to try this and see. I've used it this way and it's really great (with a mac mini and windows 7 ). Not fiddly at all. I do have a backup as you would be crazy to depend on something like this, for reasons I just pointed out.
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Let me clarify. It works ok. Go to the display link Mac OS drivers website and take a look at their known issues. For me when my computer goes to sleep and it comes back up the adapter doesn't work correctly. I have to unplug it and plug it back in. From what I understand this is the best one on the market though.
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I use this monitor with my MacBook Pro. I had to buy a Thunderbolt/mini-display to HDMI adapter (or Thunderbolt to DVI, or Thunderbolt to VGA) but the expense was minimal and well worth it.
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I have not had great success with the new macbook pro. The extended monitor goes black and I have to unplug the cable and reattach to get the extended screen back up again. The extended monitor is a PB278Q ASUS. I don't know if the cable is the problem. Apple support told me that they only support dual dvi with their adapter for 2560 x 1080.
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yes just google display link drivers you will get to the displaylink website. Im running one on a mac book 13in retina. its great because its portable and i throw my iMessage email and voip soft phone on it when i setup on a table for a long work session. does not take to much battery power i would say a 15-20% overall hit but i have not let it run all the way down on battery only with monitor connected.
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Time for an authoritative answer: on Yosemite, the touch screen works, but ONLY single-touch. That makes the monitor kinda-useless for most touch-screen purposes, since you can't do two finger scroll or pinch-to-zoom, while the scroll-bar is microscopic. Surprisingly, there is no good, inexpensive multi-touch screen driver for the Mac. There is a nasty looking driver from touch-base for $150, and there are a couple of github projects that you could try compiling from source. I tested none of these - they could work, they might not.
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Dirk. I know nothing about the MAC...I'm a PC user and I can't find the paperwork that came with the monitor so I can look up the spec info you need, so I really don't have a clue if it is compatible with a MAC or not. Why wouldn't it be? Maybe if you check online with Samsung with this model number, that might give you your answer. Sorry I can't be of more help.
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I just ordered a sister model (AWUS036NHV) on for my Macbook Air with Yosemite 10.10.2. Downloaded drivers from Alpha site...Works fine... but not until I tried 5 different USB Cables (including the one included with the unit), and it finally kicked in with a short super heavy-duty USB cable from my Garmin. Maybe the USBports on my macbook Air don't provide enough power? But it is working now and doing a nice job.Would like to use a long cable to place the unit closer to the window... gonna check into usinga powered usb hub with a longer cable. Anyone have any experience with using a powered hubwith this unit? I just ordered a sister model (AWUS036NHV) on for my Macbook Air with Yosemite 10.10.2. Downloaded drivers from Alpha site...Works fine... but not until I tried 5 different USB Cables (including the one included with the unit), and it finally kicked in with a short super heavy-duty USB cable from my Garmin. Maybe the USBports on my macbook Air don't provide enough power? But it is working now and doing a nice job.Would like to use a long cable to place the unit closer to the window... gonna check into usinga powered usb hub with a longer cable. Anyone have any... » Read More I just ordered a sister model (AWUS036NHV) on for my Macbook Air with Yosemite 10.10.2. Downloaded drivers from Alpha site...Works fine... but not until I tried 5 different USB Cables (including the one included with the unit), and it finally kicked in with a short super heavy-duty USB cable from my Garmin. Maybe the USBports on my macbook Air don't provide enough power? But it is working now and doing a nice job.Would like to use a long cable to place the unit closer to the window... gonna check into usinga powered usb hub with a longer cable. Anyone have any experience with using a powered hubwith this unit? « Show Less
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I'm afraid I can't answer your question, but it sounds like you might be able to answer mine. I connected the monitor to a DVI to DVI cable, and connected that to a DVI-Mini-display adapter to my 2011 MacBook Pro. But the monitor isn't recognizing that there's a digital connection and the computer isn't recognizing any external display (and I rebooted both and disconnected and reconnected all cables). Samsung tech support told me that if I wasn't having any luck, then it meant the machines weren't compatible but they couldn't confirm that for sure -- they essentially shrugged. It sounds like you had success with the connection (even if not calibration). Can you confirm and describe your set up? Thanks in advance.
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Like on Window's PC's, you will have to download the right drivers. It took me about 4 hours to get my new 1080p monitor to work right, had to download 3 or 4 drivers. Make sure that you go to the ViewSonic page to update all your current drivers first, the disk that it comes with does not have the updates on it. You will probably have to go to Apple to get the right Mac drivers too. It's a pain, but the monitor works awesome once you get it set up. I'm extremely pleased with mine, the side viewing is just as good as direct on viewing. One of my laptops that I have set up for this monitor only has 1GB of Ram, and it works just fine with it.
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Just to clarify your question: this is not a monitor. It is a computer. If you need a just a monitor this isn't for you, as there is a computer built into this. If you need an all-in-one computer with a low glare monitor your options may be limited. This is probably better then most. But, I think you would be better with getting a computer and monitor separate. Either a mac mini or mac pro and a better monitor. Hope this helps.