Oops.. Sorry Silky.. Just accused you of having 5 screens.. I was referring to djones147's setup..
On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 9:44 PM, Grant Molloy <graken...@gmail.com> wrote: > Well if we copies Silky's setup of 5 monitors, then that's $1k, and many > more pixels !! > > > On Sun, Jul 4, 2010 at 7:39 PM, Joseph Cooney <joseph.coo...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Greg would still beat you total # of pixels by about 500000 (assuming your >> 23" monitors are 1680 x 1050 - a fairly common resolution at that size). If >> they're 1920 x 1080 then you probably beat him by about 500000. >> >> Joseph >> >> >> On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Grant Molloy <graken...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I've recently purchased 2 x 23" wide screen LG LCD's for $200 each.. 46" >>> of widescreen for $400.. much better than $1500 for 30".. >>> >>> I guess it comes down to whether you can justify spending the money.. >>> >>> On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 7:34 PM, <djones...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> It's three machines, using input director to share one keyboard / mouse. >>>> Screens 1 2 3 are in a line. 4 and 5 are above 1 and 2 >>>> >>>> BBM pin:2589AEE0 >>>> ------------------------------ >>>> *From: *"Greg Keogh" <g...@mira.net> >>>> *Sender: *ozdotnet-boun...@ozdotnet.com >>>> *Date: *Sat, 3 Jul 2010 19:19:31 +1000 >>>> *To: *'ozDotNet'<ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> >>>> *ReplyTo: *ozDotNet <ozdotnet@ozdotnet.com> >>>> *Subject: *RE: [OT] 2560x1600 widescreen LCDs >>>> >>>> >I never found bigger screens to increase productivity, they just >>>> give me a larger code window. >>>> >>>> >I prefer 2 or more screens when writing code. I'm currently sat looking >>>> at 5 screens. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I have a gut feeling that one large screen has certain ergonomic (and >>>> human perception) advantages over multiple screens. I find that swinging my >>>> head and eyes over to my second screen too frequently is uncomfortable. >>>> Sometimes by accident I will start typing something long on the second >>>> screen and I realise I feel a bit queasy and I move the window to >>>> centre-front and suddenly it all feels better again. I try to keep >>>> infrequently used windows on the second screen, ones that I glance at but >>>> don’t “work” at. For example I have Outlook on the second screen, but I >>>> read >>>> and compose emails on the first screen. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> I reckon that if I had a huge screen then I wouldn’t just fill it with a >>>> bigger code window, I’d dock more stuff open and around me to use the space >>>> wisely (I’ll have to wait and see if I’m so disciplined in reality). I also >>>> theorise this is true because our eyes and brain like to look at one >>>> continuous surface rather than many disjoint ones. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> How on earth have you wired-up 5 screens and how are they positioned and >>>> supported? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Wallace, we must always try to justify spending money on hardware by >>>> convincing ourselves and others that it will increase productivity. I told >>>> my wife that a spa, turbo Porsche, private helipad and wine cellar would >>>> help my productivity, but she just said I’d have to work harder and send >>>> out >>>> more invoices. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Greg >>>> >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Joseph Cooney >> >> http://jcooney.net >> > >
