silentnick
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Happy New Year everyone!!
I currently have a laptop (Acer TravelMate 2492) and was wondering if I could attach another monitor - to either use as a dual set up, or instead of the inbuilt one (only 15").
- Is it possible to do this with a laptop?
- Would I need to do anything inparticular or just plug and play? (eg new graphics card?)
- Could I change from having both plugged in to just the laptop with no fuss - ie basically turning it into a desktop when at my desk, laptop when out?
- Could I use a tv monitor or does it need to be a computer one?
- Anything particular I should look out for? (I'd be looking for 22" or so, dependant on price.... any technical bits I should look into?
Thanks for all the help, I'm fairly useless when it comes to computers (bar what I use them for)!
I currently have a laptop (Acer TravelMate 2492) and was wondering if I could attach another monitor - to either use as a dual set up, or instead of the inbuilt one (only 15").
- Is it possible to do this with a laptop?
- Would I need to do anything inparticular or just plug and play? (eg new graphics card?)
- Could I change from having both plugged in to just the laptop with no fuss - ie basically turning it into a desktop when at my desk, laptop when out?
- Could I use a tv monitor or does it need to be a computer one?
- Anything particular I should look out for? (I'd be looking for 22" or so, dependant on price.... any technical bits I should look into?
Thanks for all the help, I'm fairly useless when it comes to computers (bar what I use them for)!