dual monitor with different window on a notebook, what do I need?
 

What device do I need so that I can view two windows on two svreens (either the notebook screen and a monitor or two external monitors)? And no I cannot replace the video card on my notebook.

thanks

my guess : a splitter

costs about 50dollars.

the problem is the signal gets worse when splitted

Won't I be seing the same stuff in duplicate with a splitter?

Yes.


What kind of connectors do you have on your laptor (Video Out, etc)?

depends on your graphic adapter whether you see the same screen on your notebook monitor and the external monitor or 2 different screens.

just a 15-Pin VGA like any other notebook.

Using the second VGA output of the laptop:
A lot of laptops have a VGA port for an external monitor, and by default the external monitor will show the same image as the built-in monitor. If the laptop has a video chipset with multi-monitor support (and the necessary drivers), you can choose to use the external monitor as a second monitor instead of a mirror of the built-in monitor.

Windows XP: make sure you get the latest drivers, the default drivers may not have multi-monitor support
Windows 2000: not all video chipsets will have drivers with multi-monitor support, newer ones most likely will though, for example Nvidia
Chipsets with multi-monitor support include: ATI MOBILITY RADEON, RAGE MOBILITY and RAGE LT PRO, NeoMagic MagicMedia 256AV, Nvidia GeForce Go and Quadro Go series, S3 Savage and ViRGE, Trident Cyber 9525DVD.

The following chipsets do not support multiple monitors: NeoMagic 128.

So you're saying if my graphic card is not one of those mentioned above or support multi-monitor, there's no device I can't buy view two different windows?

Many laptops will support dual display via their standard VGA ports. If not, this might be useful:

http://www.digitaltigers.com/sidecar.shtml

Have you seen the price for SideCar (Web price: $1,299) :disgust About as expensive as my notebook and monitor combined!

Yeah, not cheap. Have you checked what video card you have in your laptop?

One has a S3 Unicrome; And I don't know for the other notebook but it also displays the same shit on both monitors.

my note book has a duel card, does yours? most do . .

Correct. Your onboard chipset must support multi-monitor support. If it does, windows xp will automatically see the multi-monitor setup and give you the option to clone (mirror) or extend your desktop.

with two VGA?

Unless of course I get a cheaper version of the "SideCar" :winkwink:

I just found http://www.targus.com/us/product_det...sp?sku=ACP50US a docking station for $150 that will allow me to have a different window per monitor. :thumbsup