[george76]

http://www.newegg.ca/Store/Category.aspx?Category=38&name=Video-Cards-Video-Devices

[Slings and Arrows]

[Jeff F]

Two is nice - three is even better. I currently use two 30 inch HP flat screen monitors each running at 2560 x 1600 pixels and a 22 inch CRT running at 2048 x 1536. That adds up to desktop that is 7168 pixels wide.

[the_Watchman]

Connecting a second monitor to a laptop is usually a piece of cake. Simply plug it in and use the special keys to set the bios to two monitor mode. I have a second monitor in my office at work and a second monitor by my TV chair at home.

You will need to configure the second monitor in XP and tell it where it is relative to your primary screen. XP is pretty good about this. It detects the type of monitor plugged in and matches the settings based on what you usually do. My primary monitor is to the left of the laptop at work, but I use the laptop as the primary with a secondary on the right at home. XP has “learned” this and sets up my desktop automatically on the reboot.

[Attention Surplus Disorder]

been itchin’ to upgrade bump.

[TChad]

16 million pixels.

[eclecticEel]

Have people never heard of multiple desktops? I honestly don’t know how people get by without them; at work I often end up with 3-4 open windows per desktop, what a pain it would be if they were all stacked in a heap!

[Mariebl]

With today's PCs,

Or the Macs of 20 years ago....

[Little_shoe]

I just added a second monitor for my desktop. I am so much more efficent now especially since I have three computers attached to the left monitor through the kvm and the right feeding the huge desktop which is always on the right monitor.

[chuck_the_tv_out]

but we’re in the “greatest depression”!!?? how can ppl afford this! lol

[billorites]

I had been using multiple monitors for years with XP. I recently upgraded my system and bought a second NEC 2690WUXi monitor. Having two identical monitors means that they can both be calibrated independently at the level of the monitor instead of the video card. Color managed applications, Photoshop, Lightroom and printing, can be performed on either.

BTW, I'm using Windows 7 instead of Vista and it makes everything a snap. A little freebie program called John's Background Switcher manages different wallpaper backgrounds for the two monitors.

[gridlock]

We got new PCs with digital displays at work last year. The PC supports both a digital and analog monitor in the standard configuration. As they were taking the old unit away, I asked what they were going to do with the old, analog monitor. When they told me they were going to pitch it out, I offered to save them the trouble, and kept it.

Now I have two flat panel monitors driven off my work PC, and am the envy of all my co-workers. It was as simple as jacking the analog monitor into the available port and setting up the display properties by right clicking on the desktop.

[Big Giant Head]

I hook up our flat screen TV to a computer to stream Netflix all upon. I can’t do that with my new computer as it hasn’t the HDMI output, but I gave my old computer with HDMI to my wife....

I tested it by streaming Netflix movies over there while running my FLight Simulator over here. Worked great, I couldn’t believe it. I thought the sim would choke.

[Bloody Sam Roberts]

Think about how much time you spend switching from one application to another, searching for windows that are hidden behind other windows, or opening and re-opening applications.

Using Linux Mint 6.0 with Compiz Fusion desktop....no time at all.

'See'...The Cube.
'Be'...the Cube.

[Skooz]

I attached a second monitor to my pc at work a few months ago.

Can’t go back to one monitor. Just can’t do it.