Connecting an extra monitor.

I want to connect a Samsung Syncmaster215 to my MBP. Digital connection. Now my MBP has the Geforce 8600M GT video card.
Can I configure this card in such a way that the the screens of both my MBP and the samsung form one screen. So not 2 simular screens.
If yes, how do I do this? If no, is there a way around it (extra hard/software)?
peterwillem

Certainly. Connect the display with an appropriate cable (DVI, probably), then in System Preferences > Displays > Arrangements tab, make sure the 'Mirror displays' box is UNchecked. You'll then have an 'extended desktop' with each display at its native resolution. Note that in that same preference pane, you can drag the icons of the displays around so the external is to the left or right of the internal (to match your physical layout), and drag the little white strip at the top of one (representing the menu bar) to the other, making the external the 'primary' (with the menu bar, dock, etc.).

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