My old laptop has a trashed screen because I pushed my hand into it. Freak accident. At that point, I dug out the monitor screen from my PC I never use and, with a cable, I connected USB ports on the laptop and monitor to make one computer. I was quite proud of myself for figuring that out!
I went out and bought a new laptop.
But, I am in la la land on how to use it. I couldn't even figure out how to shut it off! Geek squad at least showed me that.
So, I keep using my old setup until I get my new laptop up and running. Which will take time and I'm not in the mood yet.
If this doesn't make sense I'm sure you are bored enough by now to not really care :)