hooking up external monitor

[michaeloblinsky]

my dell laptop has a vga and my monitor has a hdmi, could someone tell me how to make the monitor work

 

[MetroLima]

my dell laptop has a vga and my monitor has a hdmi, could someone tell me how to make the monitor work

You will prob need to purchase one of these...

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/like/141080498490?lpid=83&device=t&adtype=pla&crdt=0&ff3=1&ff11=ICEP3.0.0&ff12=67&ff13=80&ff14=83

Or one of these....

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Hama-00045073-DVI-to-VGA-Adapter/dp/B00006J4LS

Depends if you're talking about an actual HDMI socket (common on TVs) or a DVI socket (more common on monitors)

Good luck.