Sorry for the dumb question - connecting to external monitor

Ok, so I have a MacBook Pro 15". I want to connect it to my 23" HP L335 LCD monitor (which I believe has VGA and DVI-I connections). I'm generally pretty tech saavy but I keep seeing DVI-D vs. DVI-I and I know DVI is better than VGA but I never see DVI-I mentioned in the cables to connect my MBP to the monitor (I'm also not sure which port is on this... DisplayPort or MiniPort or whatever). If someone could let me know what it is I'm looking for that would be great!

Which model of MBP do you have, rtr12rtr?
If it is one of the "unibody" models, sold since late 2008, it will have a "mini Display Port", and you will need a "mini-display Port adaptor to DVI adaptor" to connect it to a Single Link DVI-D cable that connects with your display. (one usually comes with your display, so check the packaging if you haven't noticed one - the link is just for illustrative purposes - I know nothing about the quality of that particular brand).
You won't need a DVI-I plug on the display end, as it just has a few extra pins to receive an analog signal. You will be sending only digital signals from the MBP so it won't miss the analog pins. The Apple MDS to DVI Adaptor only has holes for a DVI-D cable, so a DVD-I plug won't fit at that end. See http://www.datapro.net/techinfo/dvi_info.html#Page06 for a good illustration of the different DVI plugs.
If it is one of the "pre-unibody" models, dating from before October 2008, then you won't need an adaptor at all as the computer has a regular DVI-I port. Just use the same DVI-D to DVI-D cable that you would use to connect to the adaptor in the later models. (A DVI-I cable would work just as well in this situations, as the earlier MBPs have a DVI-I socket, which can accomodate the extra analog pins, but it won't make any difference to the picture)
Cheers
Rod

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