Advice Please

[lecanto56]

Need a new laptop which is fast and is able to plug in to three external monitors when at desk, all of which will show different programmes e.g. one might be word, another Internet another Excel.

I usually have 5-6 perhaps seven programmes running at once.

Preferably 15" (there or there about) if do not need to use monitor at desk or 17" if I have to.

Budget up to £1500 (but would like Office and OS inc).

All advice greatly appreciated and yes I know three screens is indulgent but it is far more productive for me (plus my brain works better and it has taken many years to stop printing everything off to review!!)

[Gorman]

No laptops we supply support this natively (as far as i am aware) you will need some sort of 3rd party hardware to pull this off.

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/th2go/



£200 ish.

[PCS]

Here's a powerful spec that will work with the Matrox adaper as suggested by Gorman above:

Chassis & Display
Enigma II: 15.6" Full HD LED Backlit Widescreen (1920x1080) Super Clear Glossy
Processor (CPU)
Intel® Core™i7 Mobile Processor i7-720QM (1.60GHz) 6MB Cache
Memory (RAM)
4GB SAMSUNG 1333MHz SODIMM DDR3 MEMORY (1 x 4GB)
Graphics Card
1GB ATI® Radeon™ HD 5650 PCI Express - DirectX® 11
Memory - Hard Disk
500GB SERIAL ATA II 2.5" HARD DRIVE WITH 8MB CACHE (5,400rpm)
DVD/BLU-RAY Drive
8x SATA DVD±R/RW/Dual Layer (+ 24x CD-RW)
Memory Card Reader
Integrated 3 in 1 SD Card Reader
Network Facilities
ONBOARD GIGABIT LAN & WIRELESS 802.11N CARD (AS STANDARD)
USB Options
4 x USB 2.0 PORTS AS STANDARD
Bluetooth & Infrared Options
INTEGRATED BLUETOOTH ADAPTER (£7)
Battery
Enigma Series 6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery (4,800/5,200 mAh)
Power Lead & Adaptor
1 x UK Power Lead & 90W AC Adaptor
Operating System
Genuine Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit - inc DVD & Licence (£79)
Office Software
Microsoft® Office Home & Business 2010 (1 License Product Key Card) (£159)
Anti-Virus
BULLGUARD INTERNET SECURITY - FREE 90 DAY TRIAL
Notebook Mouse
INTEGRATED 2 BUTTON TOUCHPAD MOUSE
Webcam
INTEGRATED 2.0 MEGAPIXEL WEBCAM
Insurance
1 Month Free Laptop Insurance inc. Accidental Damage & Theft
Warranty
3 Year Standard Warranty (1 Month Collect & Return, 1 Year Parts, 3 Year Labour)
Delivery
STANDARD INSURED DELIVERY TO UK MAINLAND (MON-FRI)
Build Time
Standard Build - Approximately 8 to 10 working days
Quantity
1

Price: £948.00 including VAT and delivery.

It can be configured here: http://www.pcspecialist.co.uk/notebooks/enigmaII/

[lecanto56]

Thank you very much. I like the spec and may well get it. Cheers

[Sleinous]

Wont that GPU struggle to display accross 3 screens?

[PCS]

Not at all. As far as I know the Matrox box will "amplify" the signal to make it work anyway.