1. Jan 22, 2012 #1

   sarah25

   

   I have a laptop and I want to run my laptop screen and two external monitors.
   Can I do this with just a vga splitter and cables?

    

   sarah25, Jan 22, 2012
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3. Jan 23, 2012 #2

   MATLABdude

   

   Science Advisor

   As long as you want the two external monitors to display the same thing, that's fine.
   
   Otherwise, you probably want a USB to VGA or DVI or HDMI adapter:
   http://www.ncix.com/search/?categoryid=0&q=external+video

    

   MATLABdude, Jan 23, 2012
4. Jan 23, 2012 #3

   jhae2.718

   

   Gold Member

   I used a USB video card for extra screens on my laptop for a while. I had one of these. It worked well, but I never did get it to work with X on *nix.
   
   There's probably a better USB video card out there now, though. The one I have is a few years old.

    

   jhae2.718, Jan 23, 2012

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