Dual Monitor(s) ??s

[Joe Malin]

I use an IBM/Lenovo T43P in a docking station. The docking station has a 
VGA port and a DVI port. This particular laptop has the ATI Mobility 
FireGL V3200. Most video cards these days support dual monitors.

Peter Courlis wrote:
> When using dual Monitors, what video card do you use?
>
> -pc
>
> */Joe Malin <jmalin at jmalin.com>/* wrote:
>
>     A slight hijack: for people who are using dual monitors, what
>     configuration do you use? Here at work, we have people using dual LCD
>     displays. I see the following configurations in use:
>
>     * Horizontal side-by-side, most often "tilted back" (top back,
>     bottom up) but sometimes also straight up and down. This is what I
>     use.
>     * Vertical side-by-side. A LCD monitor is easy to rotate, of course.
>     These are most often straight up and down. I tried it but it felt
>     cramped.
>     * Horizontal /one above the other/. I kid you not. I usually see
>     this configuration with the upper monitor tilted /forward/ (top
>     forward, bottom back) and the lower monitor tilted opposite. The
>     configuration has a very futuristic/spaceship look.
>
>     I have seen a few quad monitor setups, which are most likely from
>     multiple machines.
>
>     In my current configuration, I devote the left-hand panel to all my
>     normal work, and use the right-hand panel exclusively for e-mail. I
>     think that the biggest hurdle to overcome is switching my mindset.
>     I am
>     just not used to having this much screen space, so I do things in an
>     old-fashioned style. I often find myself switching between app
>     windows
>     rather than moving one off to the second display.
>
>     Joe
>
>     John Posada wrote:
>     > --- Richard Doll wrote:
>     >
>     >
>     >> As many of you have touted the advantages of dual monitors . . . My
>     >> ??s follow:
>     >>
>     >
>     > Richard...you're thinking too much. :-)
>     >
>     > As a long-time user of multiple monitors, consider it one big
>     > desktop. Simply drag whatever application window you want to
>     whatever
>     > screen you want. You'll be able to drag from the left monitor to the
>     > right monitor and vice versa. I'm continually moving things around.
>     >
>     > With the mouse, when you move it past the right boundary of the left
>     > monitor, it will appear on the right monitor.
>     >
>     > As long as you don't restart your machine with only one monitor,
>     when
>     > you reboot, each application will (usually) reopen on the monitor
>     > where you left it before you shut down.
>     >
>     > John Posada
>     > Senior Technical Writer
>     >
>     > "I think the problem, to be quite honest with you, is that
>     you've never actually known what the question is."
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