> -----Original Message----- > From: Michael T. Tangorre [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 11:00 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Homesite 5.5 vs. Dual Monitors > > > From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > My office wouldn't give me a dually set up. > > I wish more employers would go the extra mile to make their developers as > comfortable as possible. It's pretty sad when your work equipment beats > out > your office equipment; one more reason to arrive in such a cheery mood.... > just knowing you go from a 21" LCD to a 17" CRT... ouch!
Actually in my case I'm pretty well off - I have dual 18" LCDs at home, but my office machine is a pretty decent laptop with a docking station and a 21" CRT. I think I could get dual monitors set up in that situation (by putting a PCI video card in the docking station) but it's not something Dell offers "out of the box". But I also work from home at least two days a week (broadband VPN). Of course people that are there everyday don't get any better gear so that argument is flawed, but personally it works out for me. But we're such a big shop that all the equipment is leased direct from Dell and we actually get the new toys pretty quickly (at least for a financial company). I've been in some shops that still have DOS workstations... > > Pretty sweet deal. > > $1079 right now! Very tempting... Honeymoon to St. Lucia or two 24" > LCDs... > it's a tough decision :-) I dunno... that's a lot of money just to fly someplace and stay in your room. Personally - speaking as a 10 year veteran of marriage - I'd go with the monitors. Besides - you only need one - get one monitor and a trip to Niagara Falls. ;^) Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:197069 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
