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DIY: Convert your unused laptop to a second monitor
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<blockquote data-quote="h@ker" data-source="post: 3567" data-attributes="member: 6"><p><img src="http://lifehacker.com/assets/resources/2007/06/diy-laptop-monitor.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" />DIY web site Instructables has a very intense but very cool tutorial for converting a laptop into a second monitor.</p><p>This is a "roll up your sleeves and hope you don't screw it up" project, but it's also a great way to repurpose an unused laptop for a cheap second LCD monitor. For a non-DIY approach, you can use a software like <a href="http://lifehacker.com/software/dual-monitor/download-of-the-day--maxivista-windows-207794.php" target="_blank">MaxiVista</a> to transform a second laptop without the hardware tweaking, but the Instructable will take the repurposing to the limit. On the other hand, if you're just looking to share a mouse and keyboard, check out <a href="http://lifehacker.com/software/dual-monitor/hack-attack-control-multiple-computers-with-a-single-keyboard-and-mouse-254648.php" target="_blank">previously mentioned Synergy</a>.</p><p><a href="http://www.instructables.com/id/EB07UWNF35J1NJF/?ALLSTEPS" target="_blank">Laptop Converted to 2nd Monitor</a> [Instructables]</p><p><a href="http://feeds.gawker.com/~a/lifehacker/full?a=BUVGTp" target="_blank"><img src="http://feeds.gawker.com/~a/lifehacker/full?i=BUVGTp" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " data-size="" style="" /></img></a></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://lifehacker.com/software/diy/convert-your-unused-laptop-to-a-second-monitor-272847.php" target="_blank">More...</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="h@ker, post: 3567, member: 6"] [IMG]http://lifehacker.com/assets/resources/2007/06/diy-laptop-monitor.png[/IMG]DIY web site Instructables has a very intense but very cool tutorial for converting a laptop into a second monitor. This is a "roll up your sleeves and hope you don't screw it up" project, but it's also a great way to repurpose an unused laptop for a cheap second LCD monitor. For a non-DIY approach, you can use a software like [URL="http://lifehacker.com/software/dual-monitor/download-of-the-day--maxivista-windows-207794.php"]MaxiVista[/URL] to transform a second laptop without the hardware tweaking, but the Instructable will take the repurposing to the limit. On the other hand, if you're just looking to share a mouse and keyboard, check out [URL="http://lifehacker.com/software/dual-monitor/hack-attack-control-multiple-computers-with-a-single-keyboard-and-mouse-254648.php"]previously mentioned Synergy[/URL]. [URL="http://www.instructables.com/id/EB07UWNF35J1NJF/?ALLSTEPS"]Laptop Converted to 2nd Monitor[/URL] [Instructables] [URL="http://feeds.gawker.com/~a/lifehacker/full?a=BUVGTp"][IMG]http://feeds.gawker.com/~a/lifehacker/full?i=BUVGTp[/IMG]</img>[/URL] [url=http://lifehacker.com/software/diy/convert-your-unused-laptop-to-a-second-monitor-272847.php]More...[/url] [/QUOTE]
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