Two screens hooked to one laptop

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Published on 2010-12-28T18:43:54Z Indexed on 2010/12/28 18:55 UTC
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Hi, I'm thinking of getting rid of my desktop, and using my (much better) laptop instead. I'm only wondering if I would be able to hook the two screens I have with it, so I'd end up with three screens. I've seen people doing it to desktops, but am not sure the same could be accomplished with a laptop.

My laptop is a sony vaio, and it's got both a VGA output, and an HDMI output.

It'd be great is I could simply hook two screens to it, and have three independent screens (not mirrored). on my desktop, I have pretty much the same thing, but with an extra DVI port. I connect the DVI to one screen, and the VGA to an older one. Trying to connect anything to the HDMI simply mirrors whatever is on the DVI (I've tried it a long time ago)

So I was wondering if with the laptop I'd be able to do it, and end up with three independent screens.

I don't know if there's anything else I could be using instead (i.e. any extra hardware), so recommendations are more than welcome.

Thanks in advance,

Marcos

Two screens hooked to one laptop

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