Multi-monitor setup: one widescreen monitor, one regular (4:3) monitor; is this usually possible?

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I'm trying to find out whether it's generally possible to have a multi-monitor setup with both a widescreen monitor and a regular monitor (ie. one with a 4:3 picture ratio).

I'd like to run them in Extended Desktop mode on a Windows Vista machine. The computer is a Dell notebook with an onboard Intel GMA 4500MHD graphics chipset.

While I know that this notebook is capable of driving multiple monitors, I don't know if it is also able to drive monitors with varying resolutions.

Does anyone know if differing screen resolutions is generally a problem?

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