2 monitors on one laptop

HOw can i connect 2 monitors on my macbook?? Is there a way to use 2 monitors with different sizes, with different configurations for each monitor???
thanx

If you mean using laptop monitor and other external monitor using apple adapter, the answer is you can.
But for having 2 external monitor apple not support it.
But here is a way that might work :
You can use apple adapter to vga monitor, and connect that to a video spliter like this one :
http://www.pcconnection.com/ProductDetail?Sku=135886
And connect one monitor first and see if the system preference detect that one, and after that connect the other one as well.
And you are now have 2 monitor, with the external is identical and the laptop screen you can set as mirroring or spanning to set the differ between the laptop screen and the external.
And if you buy the 4 port, you will have 4 external identical monitor.
http://www.pcconnection.com/ProductDetail?Sku=230966
Even that your VGA monitor is from different screen size, it just can be set onto single resolution only.
Good Luck

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