I travel all the time (truck driver), and usually get a motel/hotel for a day or two on the weekend. Hooked on flightsims.
Presently I have a laptop that runs FSX fairly well (although it is getting a bit long in the tooth), with traffic turned way, way down. And some of the new aircraft (A2A comes to mind) slow it down a bit.
Anyway, my lappy has a 15" screen, and that is where my main gripe lies. It's just not big enough for me to be able to read the instruments well when at .30 zoom.
A 19 or 20 inch screen would be great (my last desktop had a 19" LCD, and I was happy with that, in fact, for the longest time, I carried that desktop with me for the weekends (along with CH stick, throttle, and rudders, Bose speakers, etc.), but it WAS a PIA.)
Anyway, I am wondering if anyone else here runs an external monitor, and how they manage it? Mostly, how do you mount it? (If I have to use an external keyboard, then I think I am getting back into "desktop" range.)
System specs:
"G50VT-X1 Specifications
Processor Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 2.26GHz
Windows Vista OS Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit with SP1
Hard Drive 320GB (7200RPM)
Screen Size 15.6" HD (1366x768)
RAM 4GB DDR2 667Mhz
Optical Drive DVD SuperMulti with Light Scribe
Graphics Card NVIDIA 9800M GS with 512MB GDDR3 VRAM
Inputs/Outputs 1 x Express Card, 4 x USB 2.0, 1 x IEEE 1394, 1 x VGA, 1 x HDMI"
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