[friva]

hi everybody,

my ideal trading setup has been so far a desktop with four screens and I am now curious about using a laptop instead.

Can anybody share his/her experience trading with a laptop and multiple screens and what hardware layout you chose ?

Has anybody had any experience with the layouts described on BannRonn.com (see: "Dual or Multi-Monitor Laptop for Stock Trading" in the site) ?

thank you

F

[bonchi07]

Originally Posted by friva »

hi everybody,

my ideal trading setup has been so far a desktop with four screens and I am now curious about using a laptop instead.

Can anybody share his/her experience trading with a laptop and multiple screens and what hardware layout you chose ?

Has anybody had any experience with the layouts described on BannRonn.com (see: "Dual or Multi-Monitor Laptop for Stock Trading" in the site) ?

thank you

F

This helped me a lot when I was looking for a new trading computer. I learned to stay away from the mass manufacturers who use low grade components and I see that the BannRonn talks a lot about Dell computers. I hope you find this useful:
Free Guide | EZ Trading Computers

[MadMarketScientist]

Hi,

With most laptops, at best you'll be able to connect to 2 external monitors (if you have a DVI-out and the correct video card) but most likely you'll only be able to connect to one external monitor with a VGA. Your 4 monitor setup seems perfect, why do you want to goto a laptop? Instead, I would suggest putting all your files online (dropbox, etc) and use the the desktop as your primary but have a laptop available when you want to trade\research\etc from your backyard or in front of your couch!

MMS

[friva]

hi MMS,

I am wondering about making the switch for two reasons:

a) I wish to spend more time out of town and I find it more practical to have one main machine and two sets of monitors rather than 2 mon-sets + 2 desktops.

b) I have the impression laptops are evolving faster than desktops so better get used to the former not to "lose out" in the future.

I may be wrong, of course

thank u for ur comment

best

F

[MadMarketScientist]

Originally Posted by friva »

a) I wish to spend more time out of town and I find it more practical to have one main machine and two sets of monitors rather than 2 mon-sets + 2 desktops.

Hi,

Well one thing you can do it buy a laptop and 2 docking stations. Those will allow you to have
at least 2 monitors each. But your laptop will have to be a good one (ie. expensive) so that it has a good video card. I'm not sure if the 4 monitor video cards are available in laptops.

thx
MMS

[Tams]

gScreen G400 Dual Monitor

[Tams]

a few of these never made it to the market

[Tams]

this looks cool... from 2007 !!!



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