bestbuy.com, get an Asus "netbook/Notebook". We picked a few up for $270 - $340. They have external VGA ports, come with XP Home, WiFi, Ethernet, I get up to 1920 x 1200 (I run 1920 - 1080 for the Wide Screen TV, er, I mean, "monitor"), with either the Celeron M or Atom CPU they are plenty quick and came with 1Gb DDR2 RAM. A lot less $$$ than a Dell, unless you catch an Outlet Store or promotional deal. But, be careful, not all the Asus units have 1920 x 1200 resolution on the external video port. Lynda's unit has only 1920 x 1080, which is fine for the TV, but if you really need 1920 x 1200, check the specs carefully. I know my 10" screen Atom CPU unit has 1920 x 1200 for sure.
I have both a Mac Mini and the Atom CPU Asus connected to one each of several VGS/HDMI video inputs for the "big assed TV/Monitor", and both perform quite nicely with NetFlix, Internet in general and local processing. I could not imagine the Asus not doing a fine job for the project at hand. Ciao! Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com > [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com]on Behalf Of Michael Madigan > Sent: Monday, March 30, 2009 3:34 PM > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: Re: [NF] Dual display control options > > > > Yep, that will be the problem. I would buy a cheap dell laptop > with the appropriate video capability. > > > > > --- On Mon, 3/30/09, Joe Yoder <j...@wheypower.com> wrote: > > > From: Joe Yoder <j...@wheypower.com> > > Subject: Re: [NF] Dual display control options > > To: profox@leafe.com > > Date: Monday, March 30, 2009, 2:45 PM > > We actually have several laptops that > > could nicely retire for that > > purpose. The only problem is that they don't support > > the full screen > > resolution of 1920x1200. - Joe > > > > On Monday, March 30, 2009 2:10 PM, Stephen Russell > > wrote: > > > > > >Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 13:10:18 -0500 > > >From: Stephen Russell > > >To: profoxt...@leafe.com > > >cc: > > >Subject: Re: [NF] Dual display control options > > > > > >On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 12:57 PM, Joe Yoder <j...@wheypower.com> > > wrote: > > >> Thanks to each one who responded. You are all > > suggesting a second PC > > >> which we have plenty of. It's really more a > > question of finding the > > >> space to locate the PC. If we could use the > > receptionist's machine the > > >> space problem would be solved. > > >> > > >> I had hoped someone would know about a way to > > drive a video card remotely > > >> from a terminal services session or an application > > that uses two > > >> separate video cards in the same PC for this > > purpose. It is probably > > >> better to figure out a place to locate a second PC > > and figure out a way > > >> to have staff power it on and off as appropriate. > > >------------------------------ > > > > > >Would a laptop fill the bill? Just mount that > > with the lid open under a desk? > > > > > >-- > > >Stephen Russell > > >Sr. Production Systems Programmer > > >Web and Windows Development > > >Independent Contractor > > >Memphis TN > > > > > >901.246-0159 > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/ogemjejenhfgjkphaodnoekjblab.mrgmh...@rochester.rr.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
