On Fri, Jul 27 2012, Paul Hartman wrote: > On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Allan Gottlieb <gottl...@nyu.edu> wrote: >> I forgot a big point. I have a very high res 30" monitor (2560x1600) >> and need to insure that the graphics card can drive the monitor at full >> res (I don't care about dvd's just software development and writing my >> lectures). I haven't received a definitive answer from dell about that. > > I think monitors with resolution that high usually require a DVI-D > dual link connection. Ensure your new computer supports that. If it's > a newer laptop, it might not have DVI at all, but DisplayPort or HDMI > instead. There are DisplayPort and HDMI to DVI adapters available, > though I'm not familiar enough with the specifics to say which would > be compatible with your monitor.
I am embarrassed to report that I again forgot to say everything needed. I have an "e-port-replicator", which is dell-speak for something you plug the laptop into and which then has a bunch of ports, including displayport. My current laptop plugs into the replicator fine and does indeed drive the 2560x1600 display. All the new machines I am considering do support the e-port-replicator so the only question I see remaining is whether the intel 4000 can drive all these bits. I haven't yet got a definitive answer from dell so was hoping someone here knew. Thanks and sorry for not giving the info initially. allan
