I fully expect my productivity to increase by exactly 83.447%. Seriously, even if it doesn't improve, wasting work time looking at old Youtube videos of Coppi and gang is a lot more fun!
On Thu, Feb 4, 2016 at 8:55 AM, Anton Tutter <atut...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry I completely missed this discussion, but at work my productivity is > enhanced many-fold by virtue of two side-by-side 24" monitors plugged into > my laptop's dock. I don't even use the 15" built-in screen, I keep the > laptop closed. At home I use a MacBook Pro 15 (and agree the screen quality > is excellent) but at work the standard issue laptop is a Lenovo ThinkPad > with dock. The dock has two monitor ports... I'm not sure this is possible > on a Mac? Possibly with third-party hardware? At any rate, I would quit my > job if they took away my twin 24" monitors, I'm that dependent on them-- I > often have large, and multiple datasets open and have to move and shuffle > data between them. > > Anton > > > On Wednesday, February 3, 2016 at 11:53:48 PM UTC-5, Patrick Moore wrote: >> >> Thanks for all youse's advice. I am now typing on a new 15" Macbook Pro >> (well , new to me, refurbished) while listening to music on Youtube on a >> 28" Samsung monitor, after having traded my Macbook Pro 17" in part trade >> for my daughter's new Macbook Air (her 2008 white Mac was getting pretty >> bad). >> >> The Samsung will let me get at least 4 open documents in readable size, >> and the screens on the new Macs are astounding in their quality. >> >> Thanks again. >> >> Patrick >> >> On Sun, Jan 10, 2016 at 3:46 PM, Patrick Moore <bert...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I probably should have answered this question long ago, but tell me, you >>> who work a lot on computers, particularly those of you who write: are you >>> more productive with 2 or even 3 screens than with 1? I assume a situation >>> where you refer to multiple open documents. >>> >>> #2: if yes, would the advantage in your case justify the cost of 2 new >>> screens and a new (larger) desk? (I expect to spend at least 2-3K on a good >>> desk -- my present armoire desk can't accommodate more than 1 screen.) >>> >>> #3: Again, if yes: what brands and models would you recommend for decent >>> but not necessarily top level 17" screens? This is for fancy word >>> processing, not graphics. >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >> -- >> Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. >> By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. >> Other professional writing services. >> http://www.resumespecialties.com/ >> www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ >> Patrick Moore >> Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten >> ************************************* >> *************************************************** >> *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a >> circumference on which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities >> revolve. *Chuang Tzu >> >> *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the >> world revolves.) *Carthusian motto >> >> *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart >> >> *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle >> >> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "RBW Owners Bunch" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten ************************************************************************** ************** *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Stat crux dum volvitur orbis.* *(The cross stands motionless while the world revolves.) *Carthusian motto *It is *we *who change; *He* remains the same.* Eckhart *Kinei hos eromenon.* (*It moves [all things] as the beloved.) *Aristotle -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
