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Running a second display

Voodu Child · 2007-11-04 22:23:03

I have a fairly old Acer laptop (1.73ghz Pentum, 1.5Gb ram, Intel 900GMA) that has a monitor port on the side. I know it's no powerhouse, will be upgrading in the new year, but would a computer with those specs be able to comfortably run a second (larger/higher-res) monitor? (using music-editing software ie not graphically…

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04-11-2007 11:23pm

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Voodu Child

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I have a fairly old Acer laptop (1.73ghz Pentum, 1.5Gb ram, Intel 900GMA) that has a monitor port on the side.

I know it's no powerhouse, will be upgrading in the new year, but would a computer with those specs be able to comfortably run a second (larger/higher-res) monitor? (using music-editing software ie not graphically intense)?

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#2 05-11-2007 10:30am
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I don't see why not. Running a second monitor doesn't need any horsepower - why, back in my day, I used to run a dual monitor setup with my trusty Thinkpad 600.

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#3 05-11-2007 4:23pm
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Alright, thanks Tom

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