Samsung monitor (2253LW 22") & iBook G4

I saw this Samsung monitor at Costco (Samsung 2253LW 22" 1680x1050 native resolution), it has both DVI & VGA connections. It's got really great reviews from a lot of websites. I would be using the VGA connector. I guess the resolution on my iBook is 1024x768. What are your thoughts?
Thanks for your time and attention.
ck

You may be able to get some sort of support with the iBook trying
to power up that large of a display; it probably isn't recommended.
SwitchResX software may give you a few options, but I would
be skeptical on going out without some more information from
people who have some experience; since a portable computer
has no upgrade options, so the place you'd buy such a screen
from should have a great returns policy if you can't use it!
SwitchResX- about: http://www.madrau.com/html/SRX/About.html
Good luck & happy computing!

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