Summary
While most onboard graphics cards can drive the notebook’s LCD and an external monitor, the Dual/TripleHead2Go series can drive the LCD and two or three external monitors, depending on the model you choose.
Target Apps
Video editing, effects, e-mail, etc., running on a single laptop
What It Costs You $169
What's Cool
Easy to set up; does what it’s supposed to
What's Missing
Clearer instructions
Specs System Requirements:
Single VGA output connector, on a compatible system, Intel, NVIDIA- and ATI-enabled graphics chipsets or NVIDIA and ATI graphics cards. Operating systems: Microsoft Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows XP x64bit, Windows Vista, and Mac OS X v10.4. Display driver support for 2048 x 768 or 2560 x 1024 resolution.
Matrox has been doing a lot of "out-of-the-box" thinking in the past few years. The company has three families of external graphics devices— the high-end Exito line, essentially an external remote graphics unit for PCs; the MXO, for getting HD video out of a Mac; and the Dual/TripleHead2Go series for Windows and now Mac OS notebook users who need more screen space. While most onboard graphics cards can drive the notebook’s LCD and an external monitor, the "2Go" series can drive the LCD and two or three external monitors, depending on the model you choose— I looked at the DualHead2Go.
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