USB 2.0 to SVGA Adapter- Extend your Desktop Across 2 Monitors
We’ve all seen dual monitor setups and several of us use dual monitors which is very nice to have. Well the conventional way to run a dual monitor setup is to either have a video card that supports two monitors or to install two video cards in your machine. I know you’re thinking…”yeah yeah yeah, I already know this”. Anywh0, a year or so ago a few fellow Average Adminers researched high and low to find a way to run a true dual monitor setup on a laptop (two external monitors). Why…you ask? So that we could use a laptop as a primary workstation and have the same or similar feel as a desktop, by using dual monitors, a docking station, etc, and have mobile computing at the same time. Simple task you would think. Well not so simple we later found out. After lots of research we found a device or two that would allow you to run dual or two external monitors on a laptop, BUT if i remember correctly neither one worked exactly how we envisioned they would and not only that, they were very very pricey. One of the devices was in the $400 range I believe. And none of the devices were capable of displaying very high resolution. Ouch!…needless to say, we laid that idea to rest. Well it seems now (at least a year or so later) that there are some better more affordable solutions available. One that I accidentally ran across recently is a USB to SVGA adapter. I don’t personally own one so who knows how well it really works and handles multiple monitors but it sounds like this would have done the trick. It’s USB so that’s convenient, capable of displaying 1280X1024, and pretty affordable at only $79.99. Got pretty good reviews as well. Where was this a year ago?