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[AcuNett]

I'm looking to get a laptop that can be hooked up to two monitors for Dual Monitor support. I'm not talking about the laptop's LCD being one of them. I mean two actual monitors.

Right now my workstation uses a Nvidia 7900GT which has two DVI ports so I can hook up two monitors.

Does anyone know if IBM or DELL has any laptops that offers this feature?

I'd prefer to go with them, but the dual monitor support is top priority so I'd switch companies for it.

Ronny

[Mike V]

A co-worker suggested a USB monitor. (http://www.tomshardware.com/2005/06/...tor_using_usb/) Or it looks like some Dell laptop bays let you add a PCI card...

http://www.dell.com/content/learnmor...=popup&ref=CFG

[AcuNett]

That link shows a monitor and the laptop monitor. Can it be used with two independent monitors?

[jhadley]

You can buy small devices which plug into the laptop's VGA and offer multiple monitor support.

[PCTechMe]

I use a Toshiba Dynadock and it works great. It allows me to use my notebook monitor, a second monitor plugged into my VGA port on my notebook and a 3rd VGA connected to the Dynadock. The only limitation I know of on the Dynadock is that it will not support widescreen aspect ratios although I have not tried. I use a 19" LCD @ 1280x1024 on it. Definately not for gaming but great for everything else I do. I picked it up at Office Depot for ~$150.00 knowing I could return it if it did not work as I expected. I have since installed several of these in small offices in order to clean up the employees workstations.

[AcuNett]

Thanks exactly what I'm looking for. Docking stations are fine as long as it can support dual monitors. Anyone use a Lenovo or Dell docking station that can share your experience?