IBook G4 - External Display - Sony HS75P

Hiya,
I am thinking of buying a new external display for my iBook G4 (bought some 2 years ago). The display I have chosen to buy is Sony HS75P which seems to have great reviews.
My question is - will my iBook G4 be good enough to handle the big 17" monitor? HS75P has both Analog and Digital inputs, so I don't have a compatibility problem. But, will the graphics suffer in any way compared to the iBook display itself?
As such I have no plans to upgrade my Mac for atleast a year from now.
Please help me decide.
Cheers,
Shankar.
iBook G4 14" Mac OS X (10.4.7) 768MB;40GB Lacie Firewire;AirPort Express;iWork;Mighty Mouse

Hi,
Welcome to the Discussions.
when I'm using my external monitor, whether my iBook will go into sleep mode when I close the lid.
No it won't. There's a reed switch by the screen controlled by a magnet on the top case that will cause it to sleep. Yet you can connect your external monitor and wake it with the mouse.
Check:
http://discussions.apple.com/message.jspa?messageID=4515471#4515471
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