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MaxiVista offers one thing that no other software I've found will let you do. If you've got a working screen trapped in an outdated laptop or tablet, MaxiVista will allow you to use it as an extra screen on your main PC. Not just a remote-controlled screen, a real drag-the-application-across extra screen. Few but the rarest of portable computers have a VGA-in, so MaxiVista uses a network connection to create a virtual VGA screen on the PC -- the output of which is displayed on another computer. If you have a spare monitor, it's still preferable to toss in a PCI video card, but if you have a spare laptop or tablet, this is the only way to get those pixels working for you again.