Question Can a laptop have 3 HDMI outputs of different resolutions?

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Can a Windows 11 laptop (with its own screen) have 3 HDMI outputs of different resolutions, at least 6 USB ports, and a 1/8" audio out?...

I would like to be able to use HDMI cables to plug in a 4K 60Hz TV (might be a 35ft long cable run), a 1080 60Hz HD TV (probably a 25ft run), and a 1440x900 monitor (40ft run), all at the same time, without the laptop reverting to the lowest resolution, allowing me to turn each screen on/off independently of each other, without anything on the laptop having to be resized, it staying on 4K, even if only the 1440x900 monitor is turned on (the other two TVs turned off). Is that possible? Would an external graphics processor that somehow hooks up to the laptop be required to accomplish this? That would be okay, considering my set up. I don't really know much about computers. Right now, I'm having to use an HDMI splitter to try all this, but it forces me to revert to the lowest resolution, cannot turn one TV off and another on without having to resize stuff on the laptop, am trying to avoid this in the process of getting a new computer, especially if Windows 10 is going to be losing support next year or whenever. Heck, with my HDMI splitter, I can't even plug in the 1440x900 monitor without the computer downgrading its screen size (never mind turning it on/off), apparently, I need to be looking into $350+ HDMI splitter, so i figured resolving this while upgrading computers
 
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You would need a dock/hub of sort to break out external displays off of the laptop. If you have a laptop, what is it's make and model? An SKU would help us narrow down it's secs. Usually the specs to the laptop will prevent you from adding components, regardless of what you try doing.
 
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Welcome to the forums, newcomer!

You would need a dock/hub of sort to break out external displays off of the laptop. If you have a laptop, what is it's make and model? An SKU would help us narrow down it's secs. Usually the specs to the laptop will prevent you from adding components, regardless of what you try doing.
Thanks! I guess I'll be wanting a new laptop, the Alienware 15R4 is kinda old and can't even run Windows 11, but yeah, I do want it to be a laptop, so yeah, some sort of dock/hub would be needed, what sort of cable runs between those things and laptops?
 
Right now, I'm having to use an HDMI splitter to project to 3 different screens (other than the laptop screen, a 4K 60Hz TV with a 35ft long cable run, 1080HDTV with a 25ft run, and 1440x900 monitor with a 40ft run) but it forces me to revert to the lowest resolution, cannot turn one TV off and another on without having to resize stuff on the laptop, am trying to avoid this, but with my HDMI splitter, I can't even plug in the 1440x900 monitor without the laptop downgrading its screen size (never mind turning it on/off), apparently, I need to be looking into $350+ HDMI splitters, so I figured trying to resolve this here, maybe a custom HDMI docking station can be made? In regards to what I had asked here, maybe it can be done without having to replace the laptop, so the old laptop can use it too?...