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I am considering getting a Macbook Pro (17") and adding Windows 7 via bootcamp. I do a lot of developing and Excel work and find it very useful to have 2 screens in an extended desktop setup. I have seen this is possible on this forum, but that is using the Laptop screen and an external screen.
I have a Dell laptop from work and a docking station. When I dock the laptop with the lid closed I can output to 2 identical external monitors. This is nice as they are the same size and line up next to each other.
Is it possible to have extended desktop on 2 external monitors using the proposed setup?
Also failing that - Is it possible to use the Apple LED Cinema Display as the second screen when in the windows config, or does that screen only work when in the Apple OS? Vise Versa, if I just buy a simple PC monitor for the second screen, this should work in windows, but will it work in the Apple OS?
Thanks in advance,
Mike
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Welcome to our forums. Whether your MBP will support extended desktop monitors depends on whether there's a driver that supports that for your specific MBP model. It may not be supported by the Apple driver. Check out the specs for the computer you're looking at getting, then see whether the video system manufacturer has a driver that does what you want.
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dual screens will work just fine in Windows.
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I think you are asking if a MacBook Pro can support two external monitors: No.
You also asked if Parallels can display Windows on an external monitor: Yes. Parallels is just a Mac application and the Mac OS supports windowing on multiple displays. You can freely move Parallels (Windows) windows (!) between displays.
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You can add a second external display using a USB monitor adapter, though I'm wary of anything that bastardizes USB to do yet another thing it was never designed to do.
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Yeah. I wouldn't trust a USB adapter because I think you're counting on the manufacturer to provide device specific drivers. I don't consider that a serious option.
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Originally Posted by Spheric Harlot 
You can add a second external display using a USB monitor adapter, though I'm wary of anything that bastardizes USB to do yet another thing it was never designed to do.
Yeah, I think it was discovered that resolution is limited this way too.
I'm not sure how Parallels enter the picture, but I would definitely look at Virtualbox first before shelling out money for Parallels.
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