Finally got that hardware upgrade!
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About two weeks ago I asked your advice on some hardware, mainly two new monitors and a docking station. You guys gave me some very good tips and recommendations and after taking everything into consideration... I did the complete opposite ;p So I got two brand new Dell UtraSharp 25" monitors[^] and connected them with the new Dell D6000 Universal Dock[^]. My old keyboard had a "compatible with Win95" label and PS/2 port and my originally white mouse was a dirty yellowish color, so I decided to get a pretty standard Microsoft wired keyboard and mouse[^] as well. Everything was plug n play and works like a charm :D Funny thing with the monitors, they're 2560 x 1440 and Windows recommends changing font sizes to 125%. I agree that 100% is a bit small, but at 125% some text got blurry. The solution is to choose a custom scale and set it at... 125%! :laugh: Works like a charm, everything's crispy clear :D Now to get twice as much work done! :D
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About two weeks ago I asked your advice on some hardware, mainly two new monitors and a docking station. You guys gave me some very good tips and recommendations and after taking everything into consideration... I did the complete opposite ;p So I got two brand new Dell UtraSharp 25" monitors[^] and connected them with the new Dell D6000 Universal Dock[^]. My old keyboard had a "compatible with Win95" label and PS/2 port and my originally white mouse was a dirty yellowish color, so I decided to get a pretty standard Microsoft wired keyboard and mouse[^] as well. Everything was plug n play and works like a charm :D Funny thing with the monitors, they're 2560 x 1440 and Windows recommends changing font sizes to 125%. I agree that 100% is a bit small, but at 125% some text got blurry. The solution is to choose a custom scale and set it at... 125%! :laugh: Works like a charm, everything's crispy clear :D Now to get twice as much work done! :D
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Sander Rossel wrote:
Now to get twice as much work done!
I'll have to try that at work. Hey manager, if you get me two decent monitors, I can get twice the work done! Right now we have two crappy monitors, one is a 1280x768 dinosaur, the other a small 1920x1080And by "small", I mean it's physically a small monitor, not the nice big 23" monitors I have at home. I should stop now, otherwise I'll go on ranting about the archaic i5, 8MB, 5400 RPM disk, crap as well. I have two laptops with better specs!!!
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About two weeks ago I asked your advice on some hardware, mainly two new monitors and a docking station. You guys gave me some very good tips and recommendations and after taking everything into consideration... I did the complete opposite ;p So I got two brand new Dell UtraSharp 25" monitors[^] and connected them with the new Dell D6000 Universal Dock[^]. My old keyboard had a "compatible with Win95" label and PS/2 port and my originally white mouse was a dirty yellowish color, so I decided to get a pretty standard Microsoft wired keyboard and mouse[^] as well. Everything was plug n play and works like a charm :D Funny thing with the monitors, they're 2560 x 1440 and Windows recommends changing font sizes to 125%. I agree that 100% is a bit small, but at 125% some text got blurry. The solution is to choose a custom scale and set it at... 125%! :laugh: Works like a charm, everything's crispy clear :D Now to get twice as much work done! :D
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About two weeks ago I asked your advice on some hardware, mainly two new monitors and a docking station. You guys gave me some very good tips and recommendations and after taking everything into consideration... I did the complete opposite ;p So I got two brand new Dell UtraSharp 25" monitors[^] and connected them with the new Dell D6000 Universal Dock[^]. My old keyboard had a "compatible with Win95" label and PS/2 port and my originally white mouse was a dirty yellowish color, so I decided to get a pretty standard Microsoft wired keyboard and mouse[^] as well. Everything was plug n play and works like a charm :D Funny thing with the monitors, they're 2560 x 1440 and Windows recommends changing font sizes to 125%. I agree that 100% is a bit small, but at 125% some text got blurry. The solution is to choose a custom scale and set it at... 125%! :laugh: Works like a charm, everything's crispy clear :D Now to get twice as much work done! :D
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Well done, I have a couple of UltraSharp monitors too, apart from a minor issue with not automatically recognizing the (display)port in use, I'm very pleased with them !
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Sander Rossel wrote:
Now to get twice as much work done!
I'll have to try that at work. Hey manager, if you get me two decent monitors, I can get twice the work done! Right now we have two crappy monitors, one is a 1280x768 dinosaur, the other a small 1920x1080And by "small", I mean it's physically a small monitor, not the nice big 23" monitors I have at home. I should stop now, otherwise I'll go on ranting about the archaic i5, 8MB, 5400 RPM disk, crap as well. I have two laptops with better specs!!!
Latest Article - Building a Prototype Web-Based Diagramming Tool with SVG and Javascript Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
Marc Clifton wrote:
I have two laptops with better specs!!!
I have a calculator with better specs! :laugh: I'm sorry, this is no laughing matter... To you :D
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About two weeks ago I asked your advice on some hardware, mainly two new monitors and a docking station. You guys gave me some very good tips and recommendations and after taking everything into consideration... I did the complete opposite ;p So I got two brand new Dell UtraSharp 25" monitors[^] and connected them with the new Dell D6000 Universal Dock[^]. My old keyboard had a "compatible with Win95" label and PS/2 port and my originally white mouse was a dirty yellowish color, so I decided to get a pretty standard Microsoft wired keyboard and mouse[^] as well. Everything was plug n play and works like a charm :D Funny thing with the monitors, they're 2560 x 1440 and Windows recommends changing font sizes to 125%. I agree that 100% is a bit small, but at 125% some text got blurry. The solution is to choose a custom scale and set it at... 125%! :laugh: Works like a charm, everything's crispy clear :D Now to get twice as much work done! :D
Best, Sander Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
Those Ultrasharps are very nice. I bought one last year, and I was stunned how clear it was. One note: if you notice and update freezes or twitchiness, you might need a firmware update. Dell denied there was a problem at first, they have since repented.
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About two weeks ago I asked your advice on some hardware, mainly two new monitors and a docking station. You guys gave me some very good tips and recommendations and after taking everything into consideration... I did the complete opposite ;p So I got two brand new Dell UtraSharp 25" monitors[^] and connected them with the new Dell D6000 Universal Dock[^]. My old keyboard had a "compatible with Win95" label and PS/2 port and my originally white mouse was a dirty yellowish color, so I decided to get a pretty standard Microsoft wired keyboard and mouse[^] as well. Everything was plug n play and works like a charm :D Funny thing with the monitors, they're 2560 x 1440 and Windows recommends changing font sizes to 125%. I agree that 100% is a bit small, but at 125% some text got blurry. The solution is to choose a custom scale and set it at... 125%! :laugh: Works like a charm, everything's crispy clear :D Now to get twice as much work done! :D
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That's the same keyboard I ended up with - it's not too bad, is it? Feel is good, and I'm slowly getting used to where the keys are... I prefer my Logi trackman to those mice though.
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Those Ultrasharps are very nice. I bought one last year, and I was stunned how clear it was. One note: if you notice and update freezes or twitchiness, you might need a firmware update. Dell denied there was a problem at first, they have since repented.
Charlie Gilley <italic>Stuck in a dysfunctional matrix from which I must escape... "Where liberty dwells, there is my country." B. Franklin, 1783 “They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
I've used that tactic :D Customer calls: "Sander, there's a bug in the software." Me: "Really? I can't imagine our software has any defects..." while quickly doing an update. Customer: "Yeah really, if I do... Huh, it works now, but it didn't a minute ago!" Me: "Seems like you've really lost it this time..." Customer: "Did you just do an update!?" Me: "You can't prove that :D"
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That's the same keyboard I ended up with - it's not too bad, is it? Feel is good, and I'm slowly getting used to where the keys are... I prefer my Logi trackman to those mice though.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay... AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
It's layout is closest to the old keyboard I had. For some reason I do need a little getting used to though. Probably because I'm now used to my laptop keyboard X|
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About two weeks ago I asked your advice on some hardware, mainly two new monitors and a docking station. You guys gave me some very good tips and recommendations and after taking everything into consideration... I did the complete opposite ;p So I got two brand new Dell UtraSharp 25" monitors[^] and connected them with the new Dell D6000 Universal Dock[^]. My old keyboard had a "compatible with Win95" label and PS/2 port and my originally white mouse was a dirty yellowish color, so I decided to get a pretty standard Microsoft wired keyboard and mouse[^] as well. Everything was plug n play and works like a charm :D Funny thing with the monitors, they're 2560 x 1440 and Windows recommends changing font sizes to 125%. I agree that 100% is a bit small, but at 125% some text got blurry. The solution is to choose a custom scale and set it at... 125%! :laugh: Works like a charm, everything's crispy clear :D Now to get twice as much work done! :D
Best, Sander Continuous Integration, Delivery, and Deployment arrgh.js - Bringing LINQ to JavaScript Object-Oriented Programming in C# Succinctly
Those are a good resolution. I like having 1440 lines. I have 1200 at work and it's pretty good but I have 1440 at home. I would probably have gone for the 27s at that resolution just to get the text bigger, although they are twice the price. I would also have looked for some that are cheaper than Dells. :)
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Sander Rossel wrote:
Now to get twice as much work done!
I'll have to try that at work. Hey manager, if you get me two decent monitors, I can get twice the work done! Right now we have two crappy monitors, one is a 1280x768 dinosaur, the other a small 1920x1080And by "small", I mean it's physically a small monitor, not the nice big 23" monitors I have at home. I should stop now, otherwise I'll go on ranting about the archaic i5, 8MB, 5400 RPM disk, crap as well. I have two laptops with better specs!!!
Latest Article - Building a Prototype Web-Based Diagramming Tool with SVG and Javascript Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
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About two weeks ago I asked your advice on some hardware, mainly two new monitors and a docking station. You guys gave me some very good tips and recommendations and after taking everything into consideration... I did the complete opposite ;p So I got two brand new Dell UtraSharp 25" monitors[^] and connected them with the new Dell D6000 Universal Dock[^]. My old keyboard had a "compatible with Win95" label and PS/2 port and my originally white mouse was a dirty yellowish color, so I decided to get a pretty standard Microsoft wired keyboard and mouse[^] as well. Everything was plug n play and works like a charm :D Funny thing with the monitors, they're 2560 x 1440 and Windows recommends changing font sizes to 125%. I agree that 100% is a bit small, but at 125% some text got blurry. The solution is to choose a custom scale and set it at... 125%! :laugh: Works like a charm, everything's crispy clear :D Now to get twice as much work done! :D
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Enjoy!
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About two weeks ago I asked your advice on some hardware, mainly two new monitors and a docking station. You guys gave me some very good tips and recommendations and after taking everything into consideration... I did the complete opposite ;p So I got two brand new Dell UtraSharp 25" monitors[^] and connected them with the new Dell D6000 Universal Dock[^]. My old keyboard had a "compatible with Win95" label and PS/2 port and my originally white mouse was a dirty yellowish color, so I decided to get a pretty standard Microsoft wired keyboard and mouse[^] as well. Everything was plug n play and works like a charm :D Funny thing with the monitors, they're 2560 x 1440 and Windows recommends changing font sizes to 125%. I agree that 100% is a bit small, but at 125% some text got blurry. The solution is to choose a custom scale and set it at... 125%! :laugh: Works like a charm, everything's crispy clear :D Now to get twice as much work done! :D
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Sander Rossel wrote:
So I got two brand new Dell UtraSharp 25" monitors[^]...
Just looked them up on Dell Australia, faarrrkkkk me sideways with an elephant, AUD$649.00, profiteering anyone? Dell UltraSharp 25 Monitor: U2518D | Dell Australia[^].
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
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Sander Rossel wrote:
So I got two brand new Dell UtraSharp 25" monitors[^]...
Just looked them up on Dell Australia, faarrrkkkk me sideways with an elephant, AUD$649.00, profiteering anyone? Dell UltraSharp 25 Monitor: U2518D | Dell Australia[^].
Michael Martin Australia "I controlled my laughter and simple said "No,I am very busy,so I can't write any code for you". The moment they heard this all the smiling face turned into a sad looking face and one of them farted. So I had to leave the place as soon as possible." - Mr.Prakash One Fine Saturday. 24/04/2004
Dell regular price are always to high so they can have big sale as the 200 rebate currently in the US. I don't remember the last sale price I saw but is has probably close to AUD$450.00. Still higher than the US price even with taxes excluded but a good price for that monitor. I have the previous model (U2515D) at home and it great. Thinking about getting one for work as I miss having Visual Studio on a QHD resolution.
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Sander Rossel wrote:
Now to get twice as much work done!
I'll have to try that at work. Hey manager, if you get me two decent monitors, I can get twice the work done! Right now we have two crappy monitors, one is a 1280x768 dinosaur, the other a small 1920x1080And by "small", I mean it's physically a small monitor, not the nice big 23" monitors I have at home. I should stop now, otherwise I'll go on ranting about the archaic i5, 8MB, 5400 RPM disk, crap as well. I have two laptops with better specs!!!
Latest Article - Building a Prototype Web-Based Diagramming Tool with SVG and Javascript Learning to code with python is like learning to swim with those little arm floaties. It gives you undeserved confidence and will eventually drown you. - DangerBunny Artificial intelligence is the only remedy for natural stupidity. - CDP1802
Marc Clifton wrote:
not the nice big 23" monitors I have at home.
Not to throw oil on that fire, but it's been a while I've considered 23" to be anywhere near "big". :-) My smallest monitors start at 24", and that one looks bigger than it actually is because it's running in portrait mode (which is great for web pages and source code)
