Isn't the vga cable a little too short?

i want to buy another display or projector, but how am I supposed to connect my macbook pro to it when the cable is only like 4 inches long?

The cable is an adapter from a DVI input to a VGA... When you get your monitor/projector and it supports DVI then you will not use the adapter. You will only use the adapter if you need to connect the vga cable from the monitor/projector to the MBP. Hope that makes sense.
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Hi there I am connecting a Canon 5D to my laptop trying to use it as a webcam trough camtwist.
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