The Notebook Review forums were hosted by TechTarget, who shut down them down on January 31, 2022. This static read-only archive was pulled by NBR forum users between January 20 and January 31, 2022, in an effort to make sure that the valuable technical information that had been posted on the forums is preserved. For current discussions, many NBR forum users moved over to NotebookTalk.net after the shutdown.
Problems? See this thread at archive.org.

    Using a laptop for an addition monitor.

    Discussion in 'Alienware 17 and M17x' started by CoreyFluke, Jun 1, 2010.

  1. CoreyFluke

    CoreyFluke Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    0
    Messages:
    35
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Hello, I have a Alienware M17x and an Alienware M9750, is there a way I can

    use my Alienware M9750 as an addition monitor for my Alienware M17x?

    There both 1440x900.


    -Corey
     
    CoreyFluke, Jun 1, 2010
    #1
  2. m00t

    m00t Notebook Enthusiast

    Reputations:
    21
    Messages:
    46
    Likes Received:
    0
    Trophy Points:
    15
    Unless the M9750 has some sort of video input, then no.. it's not really possible. I say "not really", because if you were really determined, you could theoretically disconnect the M9750's LCD's input cable from the video card, then attach some kind of insane adapter to it and connect it to the M17x's VGA out, but that would be quite a bit of trouble. The screen would also still require a power source.

    In short, there's no simple way to do it.
     
    m00t, Jun 1, 2010
    #2
  3. Wattos

    Wattos Notebook Deity

    Reputations:
    968
    Messages:
    1,200
    Likes Received:
    3
    Trophy Points:
    55
    depends what you would like to do.

    You could make use of a NFS (e.g. Sharing in MS Windows) and therefore you would have the same data on both pc's. Moreover, you could also install a tool like Synergy which would allow you to use only 1 mouse and 1 keyboard on both systems depending on the focus.

    This could pretty much emulate having a second screen, but both systems would still be independent.
     
    Wattos, Jun 2, 2010
    #3