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How well does it support multiple monitors? I like to be able to plug in two monitors and use the laptop screen to have three total displays.

chimeracoder 14y ago
Perfectly - I implied that when I mentioned presentations, but I guess that wasn't clear. If you want only a second monitor, it's completely plug-and-play, with auto-detection. I've only tried n = 2 monitors with this computer, which works, but in my experience with Linux, if you have any issues it'll be with going from 1->2, not 2->3 (or more). Ubuntu's had good support for this for a while.
- singlow 14y ago
  This is entirely dependent on the video hardware. Some laptops video cards can support two external displays while the internal display is active and others cannot. While the Intel HD 4000 supports 3 displays, according to the docs, it only supports them when used with series 7 chipsets and the specs on this ultrabook say it uses the QS67 which is a series 6 chipset. So I would bet that the answer is NO. EDIT: REFERENCE LINKS http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/intelhdgraphics4000_2500/sb/CS-033714.htm http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/intelhdgraphics4000_25... http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/performance-chipsets/mobile-chipset-qs67.html http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/performance-...
  - chimeracoder 14y ago
    Interesting - in the past I've only ever tried 2 external displays when I've turned the internal display off, come to think of it. So the XPS13 definitely works with 1 external + 1 internal, but maybe it won't work with a second external after all.
    - sahaskatta 14y ago
      How are you connecting TWO external displays? I only see one DisplayPort on the specs. Is that via a USB display or can you daisy chain a DisplayPort?
      - chimeracoder 14y ago
        > How are you connecting TWO external displays? I'm only connecting one with my XPS13 - I've connected two in the past on my other computers (which is what I was referring to). > can you daisy chain a DisplayPort? No idea, though this page suggests the newer ones can: http://www.displayport.org/faq/ http://www.displayport.org/faq/
    - singlow 14y ago
      Looks like 2 external will work, with the built-in display disabled. This is how my Thinkpad W700 works also.

chimeracoder 14y ago

Perfectly - I implied that when I mentioned presentations, but I guess that wasn't clear. If you want only a second monitor, it's completely plug-and-play, with auto-detection. I've only tried n = 2 monitors with this computer, which works, but in my experience with Linux, if you have any issues it'll be with going from 1->2, not 2->3 (or more). Ubuntu's had good support for this for a while.

singlow 14y ago
This is entirely dependent on the video hardware. Some laptops video cards can support two external displays while the internal display is active and others cannot. While the Intel HD 4000 supports 3 displays, according to the docs, it only supports them when used with series 7 chipsets and the specs on this ultrabook say it uses the QS67 which is a series 6 chipset. So I would bet that the answer is NO. EDIT: REFERENCE LINKS http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/intelhdgraphics4000_2500/sb/CS-033714.htm http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/intelhdgraphics4000_25... http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/performance-chipsets/mobile-chipset-qs67.html http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/chipsets/performance-...
- chimeracoder 14y ago
  Interesting - in the past I've only ever tried 2 external displays when I've turned the internal display off, come to think of it. So the XPS13 definitely works with 1 external + 1 internal, but maybe it won't work with a second external after all.
  - sahaskatta 14y ago
    How are you connecting TWO external displays? I only see one DisplayPort on the specs. Is that via a USB display or can you daisy chain a DisplayPort?
    - chimeracoder 14y ago
      > How are you connecting TWO external displays? I'm only connecting one with my XPS13 - I've connected two in the past on my other computers (which is what I was referring to). > can you daisy chain a DisplayPort? No idea, though this page suggests the newer ones can: http://www.displayport.org/faq/ http://www.displayport.org/faq/
  - singlow 14y ago
    Looks like 2 external will work, with the built-in display disabled. This is how my Thinkpad W700 works also.