Re: DVI or HDMI out laptop?

hi-
I'm looking at the Satellite Pro S300-EZ1513 (with teh XP Pro downgrade) on the ToshiDirect site and wondering i:
a)  it has an optical drive (no mention, but seems kind of odd for it nto to)
b)   has VGA out, but no mention of DVI?
if this only has VGA, perhaps some kind soul could recommend another Toshiba tht has the feature in the $650 to 800 USD range that has Win XP
thanks in advance

Nope, no laptops in the mid range or low range will give you DVI ports. DO let me know if any is available in the market today. I love to get my hands on it, since a laptop with such a port usually should come with a decent discrete graphics card.
since you have been using the celeron model, the current model in question have the same port that you had previously used, if not the s-video port.
again, no DVI, i don't think so, unless you got a convertor to connect your new extended screen. 

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