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Originally Posted by Plan9
Hey, Tech Peoples of TFP...
I love hypothetical situations. Today's: Let's say I'm in a pretty important management position in a pretty hectic job where I'm stuck in a really crappy place but need to be super productive with various reports and spreadsheets. And now let's say I came to the conclusion that I need a secondary flat screen monitor to run next to my laptop to extend the Windows desktop to assist in the massive amounts of clerical cat herding I engage in.
All the monitor needs to do is handle Word/Excel and a little sand. Size should be around 18" or so. What type of monitor would you kids recommend? Last year's LCD? And how cheap can I go? $150? The thing is probably going to be left behind when I'm done with this job. Whatever you can carry.
Thanks. I'm currently nosing around NewEgg and BestBuy online.
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I dock to an external all the time, so I can use a real keyboard and have a numeric keypad. I hate the feel of laptop keyboards, and especially hate doing numbers work without a number keypad, which my 13" laptop doesn't have. Make it easy on yourself. You should be able to get a windows keyboard for under $15 and a mouse for under $10. I think I remember seeing a 22" Dell on Buy.com for about $150 not too long ago. Or this
Buy.com - Acer V193W EJbm 19" LCD Monitor from today.
I use a MacBook Pro that will let me use the external either in place of the laptop display or as a larger desktop spanning both screens. Windows should be able to do this also, right??
I just use the external. When I try using both, I keep losing track of where the cursor is.
Lindy