Should I swap a single 22" Wide for 2 x 17" 4:3 monitors?
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Tom Deketelaere wrote:
have to say I couldn't imagine myself working with only 1 anymore.
I have a 24" at home. I dont really need more than that, even though I have a secondary 19" I hardly use it.
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((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x)))Hmmmm must be me then. I got 2x 24" and 1 17" at home, k the 17" I don't use that much (more for communication stuff (skype / msn / ...) and monitoring stuff (graphical card monitoring / cpu / ...)) But the 2x 24" I use a lot.
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The 22" is 1680 x 1050. The 17" is 1280 x 1024 (x2). As a bonus, I will get a dedicated graphics card instead of the sloppy onboard one. What would YOU do?
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The 22" is 1680 x 1050. The 17" is 1280 x 1024 (x2). As a bonus, I will get a dedicated graphics card instead of the sloppy onboard one. What would YOU do?
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((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x)))I prefer two separate monitors together with UltraMon, simply because I am used to maximizing my windows, and I can move them around. A wide screen is much better for watching movies, though. A wide screen has a little advantage in Visual Studio: you CAN move the class view etc. to the separate monitor, but they get in the foreground (and cover everything else) whenever Visual Studio gets focus. I usually have MSDN and the applicaiton on the second monitor, but they get covered by the tool windows, which a little sucks. That said, if you are ok with one stripe of toolbars, the 1280x1024 is ok. So ideally - as I have at home - you'd get a wide screen and a 4:3 :) Separate graphics card with two DVI outs is IMO a must.
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The 22" is 1680 x 1050. The 17" is 1280 x 1024 (x2). As a bonus, I will get a dedicated graphics card instead of the sloppy onboard one. What would YOU do?
xacc.ide
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((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x)))SWAP! It's wonderful working with two monitors, I've been using two 17" monitors for some years now and I won't go back. Probably I would go for two 20" or 22" 4:3 monitors; but always two of them. Modification --> I've also thought on getting four of them, as it would give me a bonus on the job I'm doing, but I've never tried that.
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The 22" is 1680 x 1050. The 17" is 1280 x 1024 (x2). As a bonus, I will get a dedicated graphics card instead of the sloppy onboard one. What would YOU do?
xacc.ide
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((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x)))I would swap one 19 for two 17s, but I'd prefer a single 22 over two 17s. Your really need one good first monitor. Perhaps add a 2nd 17 later (it's only 100 bucks now).
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I prefer two separate monitors together with UltraMon, simply because I am used to maximizing my windows, and I can move them around. A wide screen is much better for watching movies, though. A wide screen has a little advantage in Visual Studio: you CAN move the class view etc. to the separate monitor, but they get in the foreground (and cover everything else) whenever Visual Studio gets focus. I usually have MSDN and the applicaiton on the second monitor, but they get covered by the tool windows, which a little sucks. That said, if you are ok with one stripe of toolbars, the 1280x1024 is ok. So ideally - as I have at home - you'd get a wide screen and a 4:3 :) Separate graphics card with two DVI outs is IMO a must.
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Separate graphics card with two DVI outs is IMO a must.
For non gaming purposes a single non rubbish card is more than capable of running 2 monitors at once.
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The 22" is 1680 x 1050. The 17" is 1280 x 1024 (x2). As a bonus, I will get a dedicated graphics card instead of the sloppy onboard one. What would YOU do?
xacc.ide
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((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x)))I'm with Nish on this one. I currently have 1 22" and 1 17", and working on the 17" is a royal pain in the arse eyeball. Very useful, for things like debugging etc, but eye-bleeding if I have to load a second instance of VS or Word (or whatever) on it. So, if you can wangle to keep your current monitor and get a 17" in addition, OK, but two 17s X| X| X|
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The 22" is 1680 x 1050. The 17" is 1280 x 1024 (x2). As a bonus, I will get a dedicated graphics card instead of the sloppy onboard one. What would YOU do?
xacc.ide
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((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x)))I'll be the dissenting voice; I've tried multiple monitor setups and don't like them. Don't know why, I just don't. The only time I've really used them is when debugging certain types of UI code where the app has to stay in the foreground.
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peterchen wrote:
Separate graphics card with two DVI outs is IMO a must.
For non gaming purposes a single non rubbish card is more than capable of running 2 monitors at once.
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Separate from the mainboard i meant :rolleyes:
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The 22" is 1680 x 1050. The 17" is 1280 x 1024 (x2). As a bonus, I will get a dedicated graphics card instead of the sloppy onboard one. What would YOU do?
xacc.ide
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((λ (x) `(,x ',x)) '(λ (x) `(,x ',x)))Imho, no. But you should get a slightly larger monitor. I use a Dell 24" 1920x1200 at home and work. At work I was offered dual monitors but chose to stay with a single large panel and absolutely love it. I also prefer to use VS2008 in MDI mode (typically 2 vertically tiled source code windows) and fear that VS2010 may put an end to that by forcing me to use the (one and only) tabbed interface. /ravi
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