MacBook white and Acer LCD display – which cable?

Does anyone know exactly which adapter to use, when I want to use an ACER LCD 2416w display with the white MacBook? Apple Mini DVI to DVI Adapter doesn't seem to work....

Hi,
I know the picture quality isn't as sharp with a VGA connector as it is with a DVI connector. However, I have not yet run across a monitor to which my MacBook (late 2006 C2D model) will not sync using a VGA connection. Depending on the MacBook model and graphics system in the MacBook, you may get different results. While is detectable in a side-by-side comparison, the DVI picture isn't that much better than VGA, even on a 24 inch 16:9 monitor.
I travel a fair amount, and almost any audio-visual installation has a VGA input, but DVI is much less common.
I wonder why Apple chose to put that annoying Mini DVI connector on MacBooks... and make it different than the newer video connector on MacBook Air? Is something wrong with using a standard? I don't buy the argument it was to save space. I have a little 2.5 pound Acer Aspire One, and it has a full size normal VGA port. I don't see the logic Apple has in putting a funky non-standard connector on a portable computer that is likely to need to plug in to various video ports as one travels about. I'm sure there would have been plenty of room if Apple had wanted to put a full size DVI port on the MacBook.
I'm really irritated that I have to use a fragile easily lost/forgotten little $20 dongle to connect up with standard A/V equipment when I give a presentation in a public place. Of course, you have to have that dongle and remember to carry it, because very few A/V staffs in hotels would be likely to have one to loan.
Apologies, but the Mini DVI is one of my major MacBook annoyances.

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