Can I swap a PC and a Mac monitor?

Hi. The monitor we currently own hooked up to our Mac G5 is way too small. We hold a nice 20" flat panel hooked up to a PC that is seldom used. Can we swap the two monitors and still expect them to function properly, or do we need to purchase a unknown monitor exclusively for the Mac G5? Thanks in finance.


Answer:

The mac should run on any normal monitor. Both my room-mate and I own standard PC monitors hooked up to our Macs, and many Mac users certainly go fore Dell monitors because nearby are some good deal there.



You lately need the proper nouns cables and ports (or suitable adaptors) which the G5 probably have if you're using a monitor.



Best of all there's no installation, the computer should directly recognize the monitor and start it working.
You can and the generic monitor will run fine on the MAC.
You should be ok. A monitor is merely an output device. Think of it. You can hook any printer to any type of computer and it still work. A printer is an output device just similar to the monitor. Go ahead and switch it out.
You can plug in any monitor to the Mac and it will authorize it. Darkchild is wrong, however, as the same is not true for printers unless it is a Mac/PC printer and after you still need the proper drivers from the OEM. Monitors do not require drivers though it is nice to hold them as they have extra features the built contained by drivers don't.