Ok, today while shopping in Edinburgh, I asked an assistant in Comet " how can I do that?" . I was pointing at a laptop on the counter that had different things running on the same screen. It seemed to be spit into three sections and there was things running together at the same time on a single screen. Are you still with me?

The assistant tried to explain it to me, but unfortunately I am a moron and I would probably understand Commander DATA explaining an Enterprise system function better than a present day computer. He said something about widescreen and Multi Screen solution. He also said if my laptop is under 2 yrs old, it should be able to do it as well.
Any ideas? ty