M2400: an external monitor as primary and laptop as secondary?

I asked the same question about the E6400 and its GPUs do support this. I hesitate between a E6400 and a M2400, so I'd really like to have an answer for M2400 too (with the nVidia quadro fx GPU)

Is it possible to use an external monitor (mine is a Dell 20", 1680 X 1050) as the primary monitor and using the laptop monitor as the secondary, in a dual view mode? This means the Windows taskbar would be on the external monitor and each monitor would have its own desktop and resolution.

A lot of GPU allow you to use 2 or more monitors but some don't allow you to use an external monitor as the primary one and the laptop one as a secondary!

Any information would be appreciated.

 

I actually just tested this for you on my m2400. It works just fine.

ym

 

Very appreciated. Thanks ym1!

By the way, are you please with your m2400? No major problem?

 

Yup love it. I came from a XPS M170 so the power is nice. I'm a security engineer so I'm remote'ed into 20 to 30 boxs and routers at a time. Nothing seems to kill this little laptop. BF2 plays fine on those slow days as well.
I stated in another thread that when docked the "dock" couldn't drive two DVI ports however it turns out that my dock was bad. Dell replaced it with a new one next day air. Can't beat that!!. I run two Dell 22' wides and honestly it just isn't enough room. I never thought that I would say that but its true. Monitors are so cheap now I think you could pickup another monitor up for your desk instead of running the laptop screen. Good luck!!

ym

 

Thanks ym1! I'm definitively interested by the M2400 now.

 

ym, what resolution were you running on the monitors? I'm trying to drive a 30'' off my m2400 and it's pretty laggy so i was hoping you had a solution.

 

ym, what resolution were you running on the monitors? I'm trying to drive a 30'' off my m2400 and it's pretty laggy so i was hoping you had a solution.