I have a Dell Inspiron 1545 laptop. Recently, I bought a Dell Ultrasharp monitor U2412M to attach to my laptop to have an ergonomic home office. My knowledge of computers/hardware is pretty... rudimentary.
24"
1920 x 1200
Nice adjustable stand
1x DVI-D port, 1x display port, 1x VGA port, 1x USB 2.0 upstream port, 4x USB downstream ports
I use my computer for writing documents, internet surfing, and rarely for watching tv. Eventually, I will buy a lighter and newer laptop, but probably not for a year or two.
I think I bought the wrong monitor.... I was hoping to buy something to use now, that will last, and that will work with any future laptop I buy.
My monitor just arrived. I connected it to my laptop with the VGA cable (my laptop doesn't have DPI or HDMI input). It worked, but the picture didn't look.... very good.
It is my understanding that VGA connections are the worst quality. Can I use an ?adapter to connect to the VGA cable to access the DVI-D port on the monitor? Or is this the best I can get? I'm not even sure what ?video cards are, or whether I need one of these.
I also looked up the specs on my old laptop and it says the specs of my laptop screen are
1366 x 768 pixel
So is this the limit of what an attached monitor can be?
Any input appreciated. Thanks.
