My new monitor

Posted by Chris Tingom on November 3, 2005 at 11:26 am.

Just got this new 24″ Dell display which is fabulous. I also just set up this program so I can share the mouse and keyboard with another monitor to the side. It’s very cool.

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  • Comment posted by beth on November 3, 2005 at 11:53 am
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  • two monitors are the best thing that ever happened to me.

  • Comment posted by Tommy Chapin on November 3, 2005 at 12:16 pm
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  • You forgot to mention that you’re actually sharing the mouse and keyboard between two separate computers, which is the real trick.

    All he has to do is move his mouse from one screen to the other, and he’s using a whole different computer.

  • Comment posted by Mark on November 3, 2005 at 12:34 pm
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  • Sweet! Nice looking digs too.

  • Comment posted by Julian on November 3, 2005 at 12:51 pm
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  • I think I need a larger display…

  • Comment posted by Chris Tingom on November 3, 2005 at 9:02 pm
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  • Thanks for clarifying that, Tom. Yeah, it’s two separate computers. You can even share between Mac, Window, Linux. The software is called Synergy (pretty common). You can also copy and paste.

    Mark: Yeah, the digs are pretty cool. We got some good photos of the place today and so you’ll have to just wait until we post them up here. :-)

  • Comment posted by Jason on November 4, 2005 at 6:40 am
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  • I use 2 new 23″ Apple Cinema Display at work in dual configuration and it rocks. Why are you not using yours in dual config Chris? It makes apps so much better to use because you can shift tools/panels etc on to the other screen. Gives you so much more space.

  • Comment posted by Chris Tingom on November 4, 2005 at 7:10 am
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  • Jason: Well, I’ve done the dual configuration thing but right now I”m running that monitor on my laptop. Once I get my towers video card up to snuff I will likely run a dual configuration once again.

  • Comment posted by db smith on November 4, 2005 at 10:29 am
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  • Where did you get it from? I need a new monitor…

  • Comment posted by Mike on November 4, 2005 at 4:02 pm
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  • What are your feelings on the wide-aspect vs. the traditional aspect monitors. I see these wide-screen monitors even down to the 17″ sizes and I am not sure if thats gonna be a visual adjustment – getting used to it or not.

    I am running VMWare and would like the wide 24″ so that I can get a couple virtual machines going and see them all at once. Not sure if this is possible.

    Nice monitor!!

  • Comment posted by Chris Tingom on November 4, 2005 at 5:20 pm
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  • Hi Mike, yeah the wide aspect is great! My laptops are all 15″ widescreen and that alone makes a huge difference (compared to a 15″ traditional).

    I noticed they’re selling almost all laptops widescreen now, and introducing 14″ widescreen, too.

    THe wide aspect is great because you have just more width to spread out screens. Fives years from now I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s the norm (it probably already is).

  • Comment posted by Mike on November 5, 2005 at 7:27 am
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  • Guess where I am going right now? Shopping!! :-)

  • Comment posted by Chris Tingom on November 5, 2005 at 9:12 am
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  • Haha, Mike, if you end up getting something do share a picture. The Dell I got from Dell directly and used a coupon to get about $500 off. So definately look around.

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