Chris and Don,
I've been thinking of buying a monitor to place in my office and use
my laptop in another room - but I have no experience of them and am not
sure what will suit my need. In preparing an academic paper I want to
see more pages on the screen,
and use a larger area than I have on my 15" (?) laptop. So would I use a
vertical or horizontal monitor? Also the one I saw at the Apple store
was VERY expensive.
I am using a Classic OS X 4.11 with OS 9 including for my Emails. I
understand the only connection I need is a cable that fits into my laptop
at one end and the monitor at the other. Is it then just a question of
dragging a folder to the monitor
image on my laptop?
Also if I knew what I was specifically looking for I'd like to try
obtaining a monitor on Ebay.
Appreciate your thoughts,
Bea
[email protected]
>On Jan 4, 2009, at 6:43 PM, Don wrote:
>
>> 'less convenient'?????
>>
>> A 13" as your "primary work screen" ????? ICK!!!
>
>
>Agreed, it is kind of a pain. But I no longer have a "desktop"
>machine, I work entirely off my laptop these days as my work
>computer. Thus why I am trying to get my hands on a nice large
>widescreen to use as a 2nd display (I have a 19" LCD I might co-opt
>if I can't get a widescreen, but I'd rather a wide)
>
>> RD? Ya lost me on that. What's 'RD'? Is that like
>> maybe... remote desktop or something? Guess that would
>> at least make it ... barely tolerable if you can reach
>> across to other monitors remotely.
>
>Yes, Remote Desktop. I control bunches more of machines that way (200
>+ are under my care, but on any given day, only a half dozen or so do
>I actually have to deal with), all from my laptop.
>
>> Then again, I s'pose if you're sitting right by them
>> and using them 'remotely' that would be interesting to
>> see how it worked.
>
>No, the closest of the machines that I do with RD are in the next
>room, and that is more because it is easier then getting up. The rest
>are either in our data center about 45 minutes away or spread all
>over the USA at different customer locations.
>
>Although I did used to use Timbuktu to control the Mac that was
>connected to my top right hand monitor at my old desk. That was so I
>didn't have to drag the keyboard out from under the desk (it was used
>for automated tasks, so I didn't have to do any real "work" on it
>very often, I mostly just needed the monitor to keep an eye on things
>and make sure none of the tasks hung). I stopped using Timbuktu and
>changed to a little app that allowed me to "tunnel" keyboard and
>mouse control from my main Mac to the other one, kind of like a
>software based keyboard/mouse switch. I continued to use Timbuktu to
>control some old Mac servers in a closet outside my office however.
>Again, mostly so I didn't have to bother getting up.
>
>-chris
><www.mythtech.net>
>
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