VGA Cable (Not Adapter)

My iBook is used as a desktop machine, connected to an external 17" panel via the VGA adapter which Apple supply.
The Apple VGA Adapter is only a couple of inches long and so you end up with an ugly VGA plug hanging down from the iBook. Does anyone know of a VGA cable (rather than adapter) is available. To connect the iBook to a VGA monitor directly i.e. With an iBook VGA plug on one end, and a normal VGA connector on the other ?
Paul

Apple does sell such an adapter:
http://store.apple.com/us/product/MD826ZM/A/lightning-digital-av-adapter
With that all you need it an HDMI cable. If you mean that you tried a lightning-to-30-pin adapter with existing cables you had, the specs for that adapter clearly state that it doesn't work with video.
Regards.

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When possibly infected e-mail files are found:
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Select "Reveal In Finder" from the pop-up menu.
When the window opens, double-click on the file to open the message in your e-mail client application.
Read the message and if you agree that it is junk/spam/phishing then use the e-mail client's delete button to delete it (this is especially important when the word "Heuristics" appears in the infection name).
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Apple computers: Troubleshooting issues with video on internal or external displays
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Reset the system
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Reset the resolution
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Start up in Safe Mode.
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Choose Displays from the View menu to open the preferences pane.
Select any resolution and refresh rate that your display supports.
Restart your computer.
Thank you for using Apple Support Communities.
Take care,
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Simply copy the iPhoto Library from the Pictures Folder on the old Machine to the Pictures Folder on the new Machine.
Then hold down the option (or alt) key key and launch iPhoto. From the resulting menu select 'Choose Library'
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This moves photos, events, albums, books, keywords, slideshows and everything else.
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Regards
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The original paper work is some where ?.
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does not say much for the laptop.
There is shown a VGA adapter for the iBook here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2721?viewlocale=en_US
yet finding it at the store ???
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http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9319G/A?mco=MTY3ODQ5OTY#overview
And then here:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TA27124?viewlocale=en_US
as copied and pasted here:
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http://store.apple.com/us/product/M9109G/A?mco=MTY3ODQ5OTY#overview
The adapter in the above link is the one you need.
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Hi,
Thanks for your response.
The shopman told me that "miniDVI-VGA" adaptor was out of stock, only "miniDVI-DVI" adaptor was available yesterday. At that time I thought I had to buy a connecting cable also (no matter it's VGA-VGA or DVI-VGA cable).
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