HP's Mini 1000 certainly hasn't had much difficultly attracting its share of fans, but it looks like those wanting to hook the netbook up to an external monitor have been having their patience ...

Update: As of mid-2011, HP no longer sells this cable. If you’re looking for a VGA adapter for the HP Mini 1000 you may be able to find a new or used adapter on eBay.

HP’s finally offering the VGA cable necessary to hook a Mini 1000 up to an external display. HP launched the Mini 1000 several months ago and has taken way longer than usual to roll out ...

As it is, I have a Mini with a VGA port, but no way to use it, because the only seller of the required cable — HP — no longer apparently makes it or even acknowledges it. That’s bad.

The first is that VGA displays hooked up to a Mini DisplayPort via Apple's adapter were suffering from the same kinds of issues that displays hooked up via the company's Dual Link DVI adapter were.

The Mini DisplayPort to VGA (MDP2VGA) adapter allows you to connect a VGA monitor. It sells for $29. Editor’s note: Updated 5/25/10 to correct information about audio support on the new MacBook Pro.