home recording/macbook/fan noise/external monitors

[john floridis <john@johnfloridis.com>]

I have been having a dilemma in trying to find a way to record  
acoustic guitar with/without voice and was curious if anyone had any  
ideas.  Long story short-

Present set up is:
2007 Macbook,
Mbox 2,
one external monitor screen

Using macbook to run either Logic or Pro Tools and saving files to  
external drive.

When recording with open mics, fan comes on in macbook to the point  
that it makes recording either solo guitar pieces or even guitar/voice  
recording rather pointless.  In these cases nothing else would be  
added to the recording, so nowhere to hide.

I've come to the conclusion that I simply need to put macbook in  
closet next to recording space.  I know this will work sonically, but  
I'd still like two monitor screens, and one needs to mirror the  
macbook screen or at least have the menu bar.  I did find this  
product-  http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/dh2go/   and  
I'm curious if anyone has any experience with such a device.  The tech  
support seemed to think it would work for what I'm trying to do.

The other question is .... Is there something I'm missing here?

Finally, given what I'm trying to accomplish - recording quiet music  
with access to two monitor screens - what are some other setups people  
are using?  I've heard the new iMacs are amazingly silent, but the  
idea of having something with a fan that could come on makes me  
nervous.  I'd rather make what I have work.

By the way, looping would come into play once I get all of this to work.

Any input is appreciated,

John