Text 4496, 72 rader
Skriven 2005-05-28 10:33:46 av Mike '/m' (1:379/45)
   Kommentar till text 4476 av Rich (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: New monitor
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From: Mike '/m' <mike@barkto.com>



I like the widescreen for media viewing, though.  A dual-monitor setup doesn't
help there.

 /m

On Fri, 27 May 2005 20:17:42 -0700, "Rich" <@> wrote:

>   My preference is for two monitors instead of one twice as wide.  A major
reason is that I can maximize independently to each monitor.  Two rotated
displays might be OK but I think they may be too tall.  I have a friend that
uses a 2405 rotated and while I didn't play with it much my impression was that
the top of the display was too far away.  It probably would work better if the
table was lower.  It may be that I would be fine with these side by side.  I've
only used two SxS 4:3 ratio displays and not two 16:10s so I don't have a feel
for what it is really like.
>
>Rich
>
>  "Mike '/m'" <mike@barkto.com> wrote in message
news:1obf91li2ku5n6b7u2fpuq345sta0je2ho@4ax.com...
>
>  Yes it does rotate, and my video card supports the rotation.  But I do
>  prefer the horizontal width for some purposes, such as "putting aside" a
>  running program where I can watch it.
>
>  When I had the monitor in a vertical configuration, the screen space
>  utilization didn't seem as "comfortable" or as "intuitive".  I'm sure
>  that some folk (text editors, for example) do prefer the vertical
>  orientation, however I couldn't use it efficiently without thinking
>  about it a lot.
>
>   /m
>
>
>
>  On Fri, 27 May 2005 16:11:46 -0700, "Rich" <@> wrote:
>
>  >   Does it rotate like the 2405?  If so, you can trade width for height.
>  >
>  >Rich
>  >
>  >  "Mike '/m'" <mike@barkto.com> wrote in message
news:5a8f91di5hkfcqmv29jh5imep80ssv5uv8@4ax.com...
>  >  I had been pondering the need for a monitor larger than my current 15"
>  >  LCD (1024x768) for a while.   Then last weekend I stumbled upon the site
>  >  www.gottadeal.com and I saw a Dell 20 inch widescreen monitor for $367
>  >  with the coupons cited on that site.  This one (Dell UltraSharp 2005FPW)
>  >  http://accessories.us.dell.com/sna/ProductDetail.aspx?sku=320-4111&spagen
um=&category_id=6198&brandid=&k=&c=us&l=en&cs=19&mnf=&prst=&prEnd=&mnfsku=&orde
rby=&searchtype=&pageb4search=&page=productlisting.aspx&instock=&refurbished=
>  >  So I bought it.
>  >
>  >  Wow.  Excellent, excellent monitor.  Crisp, high-contrast, no dead
>  >  pixels, big. BIG.  1680x1050 pixels).
>  >
>  >  Good stuff.
>  >
>  >  Though I am now wondering if the little square box on the upper right
>  >  side of Windows windows should maximize to the ENTIRE window.  Seems
>  >  like a waste to have a Word document maximize to the entire screen, only
>  >  to have more than 2/3 of the horizontal width of the document be white
>  >  spce.  Maybe there shoudl be an option to have the little square box
>  >  maximize to a size appropriate to view the doc or whatever.   Hmmm....
>  >
>  >   /m

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