Hey Barry, the VGA connector on the laptop isn't blue, but it's there, TY, you got it in one!  I was surprised when I bought this monitor that it had dual input capability (and there the VGA connector is blue), so I'm set to go. Bob ________________________________ From: Barry <[email protected]> To: Bob McM <[email protected]>; [email protected] Sent: Saturday, July 30, 2011 10:38 AM Subject: Re: [SR-NEWBIE] Dual monitors Hello Bob, Saturday, July 30, 2011, 12:19:49 AM, you wrote: BM> So the Q is how can I add a second monitor to the laptop. Laptops have an output for external monitor / projector and this is usually VGA ( you can tell as it's a blue socket ). Also Window 7 has very good support for dual monitors built-in so just plug one in and see what happens <lol> -- Best regards, Barry                      mailto:[email protected] MicroSoft Free Zone running Ubuntu 10.04 'Lucid' 64bit