Graphics set up update advice wanted

[BedstorfromAP]

Can you help us with this poser. Poster is based in the States Have no graphics experts currently posting on the other forum so I thought best place is here [img]/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] Am linking this back
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I have an Acer TravelMate 290 laptop. I am an amateur photographer aspiring to improve and was told to get an external Apple monitor, Lacie monitor or an Eizo monitor, color calibrate it, and connect it to my laptop in order to accurately edit my photos in Photoshop. Will my laptop be able to accurately support such a monitor (ie. resolution and color wise, even if calibrated)? If so, does anyone recommend a particular monitor model of one of these brands? Picture quality is more important than screen size, except when screen size will affect picture quality. What about color calibration software, any recommendations? Anything else I should know? Thanks.

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