Macbook Pro Retina to external monitor - which cable?

Hi, I have a Macbook Pro Retina and I want to connect it to my 22" Viewsonic external monitor - which has a VGA connection going into it. Looking at all the cables I'm confused at which one I should get? Any info would help!
Many Thanks

nchelliah wrote:
Thanks for your help What about a HDMI to VGA cable? Would this work?
Where would you find one of those? Never heard of that. That is not to say they don't exist. Why would you want to try that? That would mean you are taking a digital signal, converting it to analog, then converting it back to digital.
Stick with the common methods as I described. Tell us if your monitor has HDMI or DVI inputs and I can be more specific as to what cable to use.

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