Dual Monitor setup
Tue, 04/14/2009 - 10:46
Who else loves dual monitors, that was until I had to sacrifice one to setup a co-worker who doesn't want to use the spare office.
Who has dual monitors? Love them?, hate them? or is menage-trois the only thing to satisfy your eyes now?
Wed, 04/15/2009 - 11:04
#2
Duel monitors are a great productivity booster.
Duel monitors are a great productivity booster.
Good for the user and good for the bottom line. Being able to view multiple windows greatly improves productivity. That and large monitors. 22” at least. My latest effort is three screens. Two connected to a single duel video card and a third connected to a usb video card.
Wed, 04/15/2009 - 13:01
#3
Dual monitors
Ive been using dual monitors for a few years now and love the setup. In some ways its similar to getting a bigger office desk - its hard to give up that real estate once you are used to it.
Wed, 04/15/2009 - 13:02
#4
I used to use them myself...
I used to use them myself... but when I moved to a laptop I retired the second screen...
For the audio work it's awesome. You can have a screen up just for script reading and writing, have your audio environment in another window etc.
Should really set that up again...
Thu, 04/23/2009 - 18:49
#5
I find it hard without dual Monitors
My current work set up is my laptop opened in the dock with the screen active as the primary display. Then I have a large LCD that is is positioned above the laptop screen as my secondary display.
I am also using dexpot with 6 virtual screens. The first 3 screens have dedicated tasks (i.e. IM, web, email) and the last 3 is normally used for juggling the multiple things I am trying to solve through the day.
The problem is I have grown use to using one application maximized per screen. So if I need to reference between multiple applications I can have one on the laptop and one on the LCD. This all falls down when I leave work and I am either working on the train, or at home without the benefit of a second screen. I can not work as quickly, as I am always either bring applications into focus, or jumping virtual windows to cross reference between applications. There is a noticeable difference in how much I can get done.
I do like the idea of the 7inch USB monitors as a perminate "pinned" application that can be used for always having IM / twitter or email open as I am working on other screens, but I am sure there are other things that I can burn my money on first.
I also drool at the thought of having a setup like you see the financial traders use with 4+ monitors.
Mon, 04/27/2009 - 16:52
#6
I can't live with a single
I can't live with a single screen either.
Currently have 4 screens in front of me, one is my mobile playing RB105, on the other 3, one has FF and other apps, one has RDP's, VMware, putty etc, the other email and notes.
I have done this through remote control software of my phone, the laptop built in screen elevated by the dock, a 22" ws in the middle and a usb video card for the third pc screen a 17" non-ws, which is a little slow with response but serves its purpose.
My favourite configuration is definately multiple screens on multiple machines through synergy, then you can run stuff in one that would kill the machine and switch over to another that is still working, at home I use old laptops to achieve my 3-5 screens. You can also have one on a completely different network with synergy tunnelled through to that network using ssh, which I have done in the past with computers connected to different VLAN's/testing networks at home.
Tue, 04/28/2009 - 12:03
#7
Currently back to working
Currently back to working from 3 different sites. Total pain in the arse, not only do I have 3 different computers, but I have 3 different network configurations, 3 different staffs and 3 different ways management have of how to do things...
Relegated back to single screen (19", 4:3) for now :(
I love dual monitors. I first got into back into the days when 15" was the most common size monitor. Now I got 1 22" and 1 15". Works really well with UltraMon