Dual Monitor and Laptop set up Recommendations

La Fenetre

Hi,

I'm looking for a 14" laptop, i5 min, 8gb ram or more, SSD, decent battery, etc. Budget around 900-1100. Windows 7. Something like a Dell latitude.

I'd like to hook it up to a dual monitor set up, with good picture quality, monitor sizes approx 21-23inch ? and budget about € 500-600 for both monitors

I also need the monitors to have the ability to be hooked very easily and quickly to any other laptop, and not just my own, so I'm looking for universal docking ability. (product recommendations ?). The laptop will be going on a vertical style stand and so it can also be used as a smaller side monitor for email etc.

I also don't want to mess around with different suppliers etc. so I'm thinking Dell is probably the best option ?

Any particular Dell recommendations for this set up ? or alternatives from Lenovo ?

Alanstrainor

Depending on the quality of the monitors you're looking for you should be able to get 2 in that size with 1080p res for around 300 easliy. Just a quick search here returned something like this:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/BenQ-GL2450HM-Widescreen-Multimedia-speakers/dp/B005OPLG0O/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1445268347&sr=8-4&keywords=23+inch+monitor

Getting Windows 7 will be problematic, and I would have to question the sense of that choice anyway. Windows 10 is a nice balance of new and old. Although I'm sure Dell's enterprise machines come with this option.

These docking stations are supposedly good, I gave my dad a different model and it works well. Should be plug and play for any machine you plug in:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Display-Docking-Station-Ethernet-included/dp/B00C631EYU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1445268228&sr=8-2&keywords=usb+docking+station