Nick, Your option 3 sounds viable as could do that. On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 1:22 PM, Nick Peelman <n...@peelman.us> wrote:
> Concur with Dan. There isn’t a solution to this problem that approaches > acceptable, in my experience. USB adapters “work”, but can [read: will] > cause system instability, unpredictable graphics behavior, and generally > terrible experience (unless your standards are rock-bottom-low). > > Your options are basically: > * upgrade your current displays to the highest-res your laptop can drive > two of > * work on a desktop (and enjoy being able to drive > 2 displays ad > infinitum) and keep the laptop for mobile tasks > * Set up a NUC or something to drive an additional display, and use a tool > like Synergy (http://symless.com/synergy/) > > Personally I’m a fan of option 3, regardless of the states of option 1 and > 2, especially for things that are relatively static views you want in > sight, but need interactivity frequently enough to merit having a > keyboard/mouse attached. > > -nick > > — > Nick Peelman > n...@peelman.us > > > > > On Nov 4, 2016, at 1:14 PM, john boris <jbori...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Dan, > Thanks. I understand that. I mostly need it for comparing spreadsheets or > even having another window open for monitoring. This past year I have been > on so many conference calls that I got fed up sliding windows back and > forth where that third one to handle the conference call would have been > handy. > > On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 12:59 PM, Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> wrote: > >> On Fri, Nov 04, 2016 at 12:41:12PM -0400, john boris wrote: >> > I currently have a dual monitor setup. I had planned to use the laptop >> > monitor as my third monitor and have two monitors connected to the two >> DVI >> > ports. I quickly found out that the video card on the laptop only >> supported >> > 2 monitors. So the laptop has stayed closed in my docking station. I now >> > have a larger desk setup and an extra monitor so I thought I would >> revisit >> > this. I have seen people's setup with multiple monitors with laptops as >> > their desktop so I know they didn't add an extra card to it. Does anyone >> > have any suggestions of a good/decent usb device/dongle etc that would >> > allow me to add a third monitor? I am running Windows 7 on the laptop in >> > question.It is running an INtel i7-2600 and 32gb of RAM. I understand >> there >> > is a latency when using these devices but that isn't an issue as I have >> > found instances where the 3rd monitor would have come in handy. >> >> There are no good USB2 devices for this purpose. (There are many >> such devices.) The typical problem is that it can't even keep up >> with your typing. >> >> I haven't tried many of the USB3 devices, but I haven't found a >> good one there, either. >> >> Sorry. >> >> -dsr- >> >> >> > > > -- > John J. Boris, Sr. > > _______________________________________________ > Tech mailing list > Tech@lists.lopsa.org > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > > > -- John J. Boris, Sr.
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