if anyone can figure out how to do this without a 2nd computer, it would be even...

tortilla · on Feb 16, 2009

The ViDock will let you do it on a MacBook Pro:

http://www.villagetronic.com/vidock/index.html

Good review here: http://www.tuaw.com/2009/02/05/tuaw-review-vidock-gfx-multi-...

potatolicious · on Feb 16, 2009

Bah, they seem to separate their Mac vs. Windows hardware. For those of us who spend equal time in OSX and Windows via Boot Camp, it'd be nice to have a single device that'll work on both.

cmer · on Feb 16, 2009

This can be useful: http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/dh2go/

However, I don't think you can set different resolutions/orientations for each monitor.