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  • N Nish Nishant

    Marc Clifton wrote:

    Ahem.[^]

    :omg: I see 5 monitors there - 3 LCDs and the 2 laptops. I only see one external keyboard though, and both laptops are not close enough for direct typing. So how do you work on 2 laptops using one keyboard? Regards, Nish

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    Marc Clifton
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    Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

    So how do you work on 2 laptops using one keyboard?

    With one mouse and one keyboard, using Synergy.[^] Marc Pensieve

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      Just wondering if dual monitor (bigger screen space) will make using Visual Studio feels better? Most people said it is great for Photoshop. Not so much for programming/IDE. Like to hear your experience. Cheers.

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      Michael Dunn
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      YES. While writing code: IDE on main monitor, MSDN help viewer on second monitor While debugging: code and watch window on main monitor, all the other tool windows (memory, registers, etc.) on the second monitor. At my last job I was running two monitors at 1280x1024 and it just felt nicer when I added the second monitor. Having more real estate for code during debugging alone was a great improvement. --Mike-- Visual C++ MVP :cool: LINKS~! Ericahist | NEW!! PimpFish | CP SearchBar v3.0 | C++ Forum FAQ

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        Just wondering if dual monitor (bigger screen space) will make using Visual Studio feels better? Most people said it is great for Photoshop. Not so much for programming/IDE. Like to hear your experience. Cheers.

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        peterchen
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        It's great for debugging UI code. For everything else, it's nice but not essential.


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          Just wondering if dual monitor (bigger screen space) will make using Visual Studio feels better? Most people said it is great for Photoshop. Not so much for programming/IDE. Like to hear your experience. Cheers.

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          Igor Vigdorchik
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          Better[^] :)

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            Just wondering if dual monitor (bigger screen space) will make using Visual Studio feels better? Most people said it is great for Photoshop. Not so much for programming/IDE. Like to hear your experience. Cheers.

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            Nemanja Trifunovic
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            Yep, I found dual montitor to be great with VS. Unfortunatelly, both monitors I used at work were broken while transporting from NYC to Boston, and I got just one as a replacement :( So, after all, I am not in a position to say I could not imagine going back to a single monitor.


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            • R Ray Cassick

              Nishant Sivakumar wrote:

              And some guys like David Wulff use triple LCDs at work

              :) I will be running 4 come this Tuesday. 2 x 20" and 2 x 17"


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              Joanne M Cassick
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              Raymond, You don't even have them yet, and you are bragging.... Geeze.... Joanne Cassick Current Accountant Now, IT Student


              Albert Einstein "The important thing is not to stop questioning."

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                Raymond, You don't even have them yet, and you are bragging.... Geeze.... Joanne Cassick Current Accountant Now, IT Student


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                Ray Cassick
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                Hey, it came up and I took advantage of it :) Bragging is walking up to a man and going.... key! I have 4 monitors :)


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                • R Ray Cassick

                  Hey, it came up and I took advantage of it :) Bragging is walking up to a man and going.... key! I have 4 monitors :)


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                  Joanne M Cassick
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                  BUSTED!!! Caught you doing that too!!!! You are too funny!!! Good thing we are on IM also!!! We are way too geeky!!! Joanne Cassick Current Accountant Now, IT Student


                  Albert Einstein "The important thing is not to stop questioning."

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                  • J Joanne M Cassick

                    BUSTED!!! Caught you doing that too!!!! You are too funny!!! Good thing we are on IM also!!! We are way too geeky!!! Joanne Cassick Current Accountant Now, IT Student


                    Albert Einstein "The important thing is not to stop questioning."

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                    Ray Cassick
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                    One more reply and I will buy another 2. I do have more PCI slots in my PC you know. I have enough room for at least 4 more monitors. :) Don't you have homework to do anyway? :) Oh yeah, and she should talk. I had to twist her arm to get HER two monitors and now she is trying to figure out a way to get them at work :) If she had more room on her desk she would have 4 of them too.....


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                    • R Ray Cassick

                      One more reply and I will buy another 2. I do have more PCI slots in my PC you know. I have enough room for at least 4 more monitors. :) Don't you have homework to do anyway? :) Oh yeah, and she should talk. I had to twist her arm to get HER two monitors and now she is trying to figure out a way to get them at work :) If she had more room on her desk she would have 4 of them too.....


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                      David Stone
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                      You guys are starting to creep me out. Since when did The Lounge become a forum for marital disputes. ;P

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                      • R Ray Cassick

                        One more reply and I will buy another 2. I do have more PCI slots in my PC you know. I have enough room for at least 4 more monitors. :) Don't you have homework to do anyway? :) Oh yeah, and she should talk. I had to twist her arm to get HER two monitors and now she is trying to figure out a way to get them at work :) If she had more room on her desk she would have 4 of them too.....


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                        Joanne M Cassick
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                        Go ahead, buy another two, better get a bigger air conditioner too...!!!! Homework done - just doing extra studying HTML - Open Book Test - Prepared Math - Statistics Test - Prepared Business Principles - Done Hardware & Operating Systems - Done Don't push this overacheiver... I gotta be the best, that't why I married you! (k) I will have them at work, as soon as all the green eyed monsters permanently leave the building... I almost have three - if you count the Flat Screen TV..... Joanne Cassick Current Accountant Now, IT Student


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                        • D David Stone

                          You guys are starting to creep me out. Since when did The Lounge become a forum for marital disputes. ;P

                          If dreams are like movies Then memories are films about ghosts You can never escape You can only move south down the coast

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                          Ray Cassick
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                          Don't worry... if it starts to get bad we will promise to move it to the soapbox :) Just think.. we are only one floor apart here (in the same house) :)


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                          • I Igor Vigdorchik

                            Better[^] :)

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                            Best[^]


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                              You guys are starting to creep me out. Since when did The Lounge become a forum for marital disputes. ;P

                              If dreams are like movies Then memories are films about ghosts You can never escape You can only move south down the coast

                              Hey Mrs. Potter, don't cry...

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                              Joanne M Cassick
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                              This is way cool - I wonder if he want's tea, I am heading downstairs... :-) We play this game, originally called baby tennis... the game is to bounce the baby back and forth, until one of us drops the ball.... (it used to go something like this... go give daddy a kiss.... then go give mommy a kiss.... then go give daddy a hug... then go give mommy a hug.... the winner won, when the child gave up running from parent to parent....) The child now 15 years old, has seems to have caught on to the game, and doesn't play well.... So we have to invent new ways to play tennis.... Usually involving innocent bi-standers..... hehehehehe (so sorry).... hhehehehehe:-O Joanne Cassick Current Accountant Now, IT Student


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                                Ryan Binns
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                                You'd need a reinforced desk for those... :~

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                                  Just wondering if dual monitor (bigger screen space) will make using Visual Studio feels better? Most people said it is great for Photoshop. Not so much for programming/IDE. Like to hear your experience. Cheers.

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                                  El Corazon
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                                  E J wrote:

                                  Not so much for programming/IDE.

                                  I completely disagree. I would be very uncomfortable NOT doing dual screen displays. You keep your application and supporting windows on Monitor A, the default and primary monitor and all your Dev tools, trace tools, performance analyzers, profiling graphs, and just over all debugging on the other. I could easily see three, put your dev on monitor B, and move all the debugging, tracing, perf monitors, and profiling plots onto screen C. But this coming from the guy who can justify 1 terabyte without even blinking... ;) _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                                    El Corazon
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                                    Ray Cassick wrote:

                                    Best[^]

                                    Uber![^] hehehe, I actually like the digital tiger ones best... but I just had to post that one again... :laugh: _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                                      I'm in that group. Once you get 3 you'll never go back. I'm planning on adding number 4 before to long. SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!:-D

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                                      El Corazon
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                                      code-frog wrote:

                                      I'm in that group. Once you get 3 you'll never go back. I'm planning on adding number 4 before to long. SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!

                                      Darn... first I have to keep up with the Jone's now I have to keep up with the codefrog's.... ;) It would help if I stopped buying flutes and photography equipment... ;) _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                                      • E El Corazon

                                        Ray Cassick wrote:

                                        Best[^]

                                        Uber![^] hehehe, I actually like the digital tiger ones best... but I just had to post that one again... :laugh: _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                                        Ray Cassick
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                                        :Drool: We really need an icon for that... :Drool: 15 across by 4 high - each one a 24" - each on capable of 1920 x 1200... ...thud... That was me falling over.


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                                          E J wrote:

                                          Not so much for programming/IDE.

                                          I completely disagree. I would be very uncomfortable NOT doing dual screen displays. You keep your application and supporting windows on Monitor A, the default and primary monitor and all your Dev tools, trace tools, performance analyzers, profiling graphs, and just over all debugging on the other. I could easily see three, put your dev on monitor B, and move all the debugging, tracing, perf monitors, and profiling plots onto screen C. But this coming from the guy who can justify 1 terabyte without even blinking... ;) _________________________ Asu no koto o ieba, tenjo de nezumi ga warau. Talk about things of tomorrow and the mice in the ceiling laugh. (Japanese Proverb)

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                                          Ray Cassick
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                                          Jeffry J. Brickley wrote:

                                          justify 1 terabyte

                                          I am almost there too :)


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