Robert Terzi wrote: >If you use the advanced docking station, you don't need a W500, many thinkpads, >I've used a T500 & T61, will drive two monitors, one DVI (digital) and one VGA (analog).
>I believe I've tested, but don't remember for sure now, that starting with the T500 >you could drive two monitors *without* the docking station since the machine >has both a display port connector and a VGA connector. >I don't know if ATI or Nvidia graphics are required. I have a T410 with the onboard graphics and the docking station: it will drive the two external screens, but NOT the ThinkPad screen itself at the same time. I now have a lovely T420s with the NVIDIA graphics, and it will drive all three. The only weird part is that the cursor comes into the ThinkPad screen from the TOP of the (much larger) monitor next to it. Since the ThinkPad is smaller and lower, it *feels* like it should come in from the bottom, so it took me a while to get used to being able to move to the ThinkPad screen without taking several tries. If that makes no sense, trust me, you'll grok it if you tried it :-) Anyway, it's a nice setup. ...phsiii _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
