On Monday, February 13, 2012 12:56:56 Lonnie Olson wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2012 at 12:21 PM, James Noble <[email protected]> wrote: > > The end goal here is to have 2 external displays that are the same size. > > When you have one display that is a 15inch and the other is a 27 inch > > display it is a hassle dragging windows from one monitor to the next. Even > > the original example I gave with the USB to DVI adapter may not work > > because of screen resolution. > > Ok, that situation would require Thunderbolt displays. Though it's not really > a limitation on the Mac, it's a benefit that you can chain Thunderbolt > displays. PC laptops don't have that option. AFAIK. > > In order to run two external displays on a laptop you don't have a lot > of options.
I have a Lenovo W510 that I could run 2 monitors off via the DisplayPort. Now, for Macs, the dual DVI may or may not work. I don't know. I used a dual link DVI to run a 30" Dell with my MacBook Pro without Thunderbolt at my previous job. -- Jessie Adan Morris [email protected] (801) 210-1526 /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
