Multiple Display From A Laptop

Well I have a client with a ATI Radeon X1200 in his laptop.

He has 2 22 inch monitors.

He wants to plug them into the vga port on his laptop. So I thought a splitter would work, but if I use a splitter, would I be able to plug a vga splitter into his laptop and have it display on two monitors as a dual display and shut off the laptop?

 

Fun thing about a dual screen is that you can work on two monitors.
A splitter duplicates the signal which means you will have the exact same screen on both monitors, which sounds to me a bit useless.

The video card is crap, but should do it.


And what you mean with shutting the laptop off? If it's off there is no screen.

 

Okay, let me try re-explaining.

He has a laptop, and yes, I know, the card is crap. But his business partner got him 2 22inch monitors for no reason. So he would like to turn the display off on his laptop and have it on the 2 monitors. But he wants the monitors to act like dual monitors, as in one being primary and the other being another desktop (extending to the other monitor.


So one monitor is primary, other is an extension of the primary. I don't have a second monitor connected to my computer at the moment, but this is what I am talking about.
it's useless, but I have the ability to do this without a secondary monitor on my computer, I just cant see the extended part, unless I take a screen shot or connect a secondary monitor.

http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/8243/91395936.jpg

Except that's just 2 displays on my laptop. He wants 2 displays on 2 monitors. Does that make more sense?

 

WTF are you up at 5:52am?

 

Got class at 7, class is an hour drive, had to get up, finish some homework, take a shower and wake up my roommate, Thanks for your input Penguin=]

 

I would actually love to know if this is possible as well.

 

My input deserves a cookie.

 

It's very possible, however not cheap. this is what you're after.

 

65 bucks on eBay, that's nothing for this guy .

 

FYI, you need the digital version, not the analog. The analog version won't support the 22" resolutions.

 

Thanks for the cookie babe.

 

Better enjoy that effin cookie.

and thanks nl

 

It made me jizz in my pants, so I'd say I moderately enjoyed it.

 

I used to have a set up like this. Dunno what I had to do. My dad set it up.

My uncle has four monitors set up. Crazy psycho. But I guess that's what happens when you are a Computer Software Designer.

 

Oh yeah, if the laptop has more than one video output (many later models will have both VGA/DVI and HDMI), and you could theoretically run 2 screens by utilizing both of them, but I think the Dualhead2go may be a simpler option.