Matrox DualHead2Go External Multi-Display Adapter Works with 15" PowerBook G4

Well, it has been tested successfully by Fabrizio Pilato with a 1.5GHz 15" PowerBook G4 according to his email to us. The PowerBook G4 is not on Matrox's list of compatibile laptops, probably because they have not fully tested them. But here is a list of known compatible graphics chips:

ATI Radeon X600
ATI Mobility Radeon 7500
ATI Mobility Radeon 9600
ATI Mobility Radeon X300
ATI Mobility Radeon X600 SE
ATI Xpress 200M series / Radeon X300
nVidia GeForce Go 6200 TE 64M
nVidia GeForce Go 6600 TE 128M

The Matrox DualHead2Go is "...the world's first commercially available multi-display upgrade of its type...." according to Matrox. It brings dualhead capability to desktops and laptops with a resolution of up to 2560x1024 shown across two displays. The only drawback is that it only works with analog, not digital, displays. The adapter is small, about 3.9 x 3.7 x 1.0 in, and light, about 4.7 oz so it easily carried with a PowerBook.

Fabrizio hooked up 19" and 23" LCD analog monitors to his PowerBook G4 to create one large desktop which you can see in his review of the DualHead2Go posted on MobileMag.com. The Matrox DualHead2Go was released in mid-November 2005 with an SRP of $169. [Bill Fox]