If it would only take you a few minutes to see if the external monitors worked on the 7450 with a mint usb stick, I would definitely appreciate it.
I thought Dell wasn't making anything but the usb-c and thunderbolt docks now and I read some pretty bad reviews that led me to believe I needed to give up on using a dock and just get something with 2 decent video outs on it. Purcell On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 2:31 PM, Matt McKenzie <lnxkni...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, May 2, 2018 at 12:19 PM c <cbpurc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > I'm starting to research laptop options for my new work machine. I like > to > > run ubuntu and I really want to get a laptop that I can connect to my 2 > > desktop monitors for most of my use. (yes I basically want something that > > functions like a docked machine/desktop, except for the ability to take > it > > to meetups, travelling, etc.) > > > > > For this kind of use case, I would suggest look into a laptop that can use > a dock. > You mention Dell Precision, that is one way to go. > > I would also suggest looking into Dell Latitude, if you are not opposed to > used models. > The current Latitudes no longer have the Dell e-port that supports the > hardware dock (that connects directly to the motherboard PCI bus, not USB). > The last e-port capable Latitudes I think are 7470 or somewhere around > there. > Our current issue laptops at $work are 7480s and have USB-C for docking, no > more e-port dock. > > But if you go with say a 7470, or 7450, and an e-dock, you can connect dual > monitors with DisplayPort or DVI, and its connected directly to PCI bus and > not USB. > > I have a 7450 here with dock and monitors, I can throw a live Fedora or > Mint USB stick on it and test if you would like the results. > > > > > I think that as long as I get something with a discrete video card, I > > should be fine with connecting 2 external monitors with one rotated 90 > > degrees. I tried with a laptop with onboard graphics and rotated monitors > > would never work. From some research it looks like. Other people have had > > luck with multiple external monitors and rotation on linux as long as > they > > were using nvidia cards. > > > > Anyone on the LUG running a Dell precision laptop with multiple external > > monitors? Just curious if anyone had found they had an easy or a > miserable > > time with them. > > > > Thanks, > > Purcell > > _______________________________________________ > > > > > Matt M. > LinuxKnight > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > -- Darkness spoons with you. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
