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Inxsible
June 23rd, 2008, 03:55 PM
How important are these ports to have on a new laptop?

I am planning to buy a laptop - - which will be used mostly for my work, but I would like to use it for occasional movie watching.

I know I can connect it to a bigger monitor using the VGA port or the S-Video port. But given that the HDMI can send high quality video and sound (correct me if I am wrong), is it better to have the HDMI ports than having the VGA or S-Video?

Also the laptop that I am currently looking to buy is the Thinkpad T61 - which doesn't even have a S-Video (or atleast they dont mention it on their website)

So I guess VGA is the only option ???

Should I make HDMI ports a must have on my decision?