Insignia 1.8m (6 ft.) VGA to VGA Monitor Cable (NS-PV06501-C) - Only at Best Buy

I wanted a iMac but wasn't ready to pay the iMac price O_o, so instead I decided to be creative and create my own iMac experience. I purchased the Insignia™ - 6' HDDB15 Male-to-Male PC Monitor Cable - Black and its working very well for me. Nothing very fancy about this but the price was competitive. Perhaps when Apple gets more innovative and have more competitive prices, I'll switch out my iMac set up with MacBook Pro for an actual iMac :) FYI I have a Macbook Pro and also purchased the following items for my iMac set up (which also allows for dual monitors): Apple - Magic Keyboard - Silver Apple - Magic Mouse 2 - Silver Insignia™ - 6' HDDB15 Male-to-Male PC Monitor Cable - Black j5create - SuperSpeed USB 3.0 to VGA External Video Adapter - White AOC - i2779vh 27" IPS LED FHD Monitor - Black/silver

This is very long, ten feet long to be exact. It's also very high quality, it looks very professional. It's an old technology VGA cable, so basically you should buy the cheapest one of these that you can, like this one, because expensive wires on old technology deliver about the same performance as inexpensive wires. And, if you're wondering, a Male to Male VGA cable means that you plug one end into your monitor and one into your computer. A Male to Female is an extender.

Contrary to the overwhelming level of positivity for this cable, for me, it turned out pretty bad. Now, I use this cable with a laptop and external monitor, so the cable is between them where there can be a lot of heat and interference. If you were using this for a TV or behind a monitor in a desktop situation I don't think this will apply. But if you have a similar setup, this might help. The lack of shielding and ferrite cores left the cable constantly losing the red channel to interference from the laptop and monitor. And that gets extremely annoying when you're an artist and rely on the VGA cable to do color sensitive work. And what's more, when I use f.lux and the monitor goes cyan, it hurts my eyes to look at. So if you're in a similar situation, I'd recommend getting a different cable, because this one won't cut it.