What is size of your Monitor?
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Just a 2x2 stack on the wall. In fairness, I've only got 3 running at the moment while I rejig things here but yeah. Also debating the 5th LG LED to use for TV or something.
wdq
Quade
Relating to working with four monitors I didn't share my monitors that I use at work in my first post, so here they are:
2x 19" HP monitors at 1440x900
1x Hanns-G 22" at 1920x1080
1x Gateway 22" at 1920x1080
I typically have one of the larger ones being used for research/looking things up on the Internet while the other larger monitor is used for writing code. The two smaller monitors change depending on what I'm working on. Sometimes one may have a working copy of the app running, the other monitor may have a database GUI open, or SSH connections, or FTP running to work with various things.
I am able to orient myself so that I can see two or three monitors at any given time. Having each monitor for something specific allows me to easily switch between them like a lot of people switch between windows, I just don't have to deal with as much of that minimizing, maximizing, and adjusting of Windows.
At home on a Mac I use something called Mission Control which I find very interesting. I mapped one of the mouse buttons that usually will go back/forward in a web browser so that it will launch Mission Control. Once I'm in Mission Control I can switch between different desktops, each having different windows open. I can then have several monitors like I did before, but I can also have different desktops for different things. If I'm working on multiple projects at any given time I can create a desktop for each project. I find Mission Control incredibly useful. Gnome has something very similar to Mission Control that I use when I'm using my Linux laptop.
2x 19" HP monitors at 1440x900
1x Hanns-G 22" at 1920x1080
1x Gateway 22" at 1920x1080
I typically have one of the larger ones being used for research/looking things up on the Internet while the other larger monitor is used for writing code. The two smaller monitors change depending on what I'm working on. Sometimes one may have a working copy of the app running, the other monitor may have a database GUI open, or SSH connections, or FTP running to work with various things.
I am able to orient myself so that I can see two or three monitors at any given time. Having each monitor for something specific allows me to easily switch between them like a lot of people switch between windows, I just don't have to deal with as much of that minimizing, maximizing, and adjusting of Windows.
At home on a Mac I use something called Mission Control which I find very interesting. I mapped one of the mouse buttons that usually will go back/forward in a web browser so that it will launch Mission Control. Once I'm in Mission Control I can switch between different desktops, each having different windows open. I can then have several monitors like I did before, but I can also have different desktops for different things. If I'm working on multiple projects at any given time I can create a desktop for each project. I find Mission Control incredibly useful. Gnome has something very similar to Mission Control that I use when I'm using my Linux laptop.
D. Strout
Resident IPv6 Proponent
Before I moved to college, I had 2x 20" 1600x900 monitors. Not a bad setup. They were attached to my desktop, which I didn't bring. Instead I have a laptop with me with your standard, underwhelming 1366x768 display (14" instead of the usual 15.6"). 
The color is lousy, the viewing angles worse. Multitasking is harder. I dislike it. The only reason I got a laptop with such a poor display is that it has a 3rd gen i7 processor with 8GB of memory, which I like. I'm starting to wish I had brought one of my HPs. Good, solid displays those.
The color is lousy, the viewing angles worse. Multitasking is harder. I dislike it. The only reason I got a laptop with such a poor display is that it has a 3rd gen i7 processor with 8GB of memory, which I like. I'm starting to wish I had brought one of my HPs. Good, solid displays those.
Don't forget heavy as fudge too. Hated my old CRT Monitors.
Because my desktop is nowhere to be found (Thanks moving company!) I'm still stuck on my netbook.
But wait! We're talking about screens here! Lets talk about screens!
11.6 inches of genuine Acer Netbook Goodness! Golly Gee! With 1366 x 768 HD LED LCD! Premium! Wow!
Yeah... Been living off of this for two months. I really need my desktop...
PhaseNetworks
New Member
3 x 27" Asus VE278
Seems to work well, one for browsing, one for emails, and another I usually play TV on.
Seems to work well, one for browsing, one for emails, and another I usually play TV on.
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drmike
100% Tier-1 Gogent
Been waiting for someone to bring TV/video into the monitor mix.
Anyone doing picture in picture or similar TV viewing
I don't need full big res 1920x1080 viewing for TV, usually. Interested in anyone piping content, especially broadcast into computer or directly to monitor in PiP type arrangement while still leveraging the monitor at same time for desktop space.
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I got 2 x 24"'s but I've been thinking about getting a 3rd. It'd be really nice having 2 screens just for coding and a 3rd for IRC and all the other random crap I have open.
Francisco
Abdussamad
New Member
Just one 20" monitor.
a 22" 1920x1080 screen.