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Re: June desktops, workplaces

Posted 25 June 2010 - 05:20 PM

Well yeah... Picture of my broken toe. I broke it on the job on the client's property, so I filed a report to keep the bosses happy.

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What program is that, that is laying out the programs you have in those square blocks? Or is this a feature I'm unaware of thats in windows.


It's free, and its called 'Fences' by Stardock. Very nice for keeping the desktop clean.
http://www.stardock....roducts/fences/
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Posted 25 June 2010 - 05:34 PM

Hey, christoph likes feet...

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Posted 25 June 2010 - 05:35 PM

View PosttlhIn, on 25 June 2010 - 03:20 PM, said:

Well yeah... Picture of my broken toe. I broke it on the job on the client's property, so I filed a report to keep the bosses happy.


Ouch, what were you doing that broke your toe? Drop something heavy? I messed up my finger bad once by losing grip on a heavy object.
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Posted 25 June 2010 - 06:16 PM

View PosttlhIn, on 25 June 2010 - 04:20 PM, said:

Well yeah... Picture of my broken toe. I broke it on the job on the client's property, so I filed a report to keep the bosses happy.

View Postnooblet, on 25 June 2010 - 04:16 PM, said:

What program is that, that is laying out the programs you have in those square blocks? Or is this a feature I'm unaware of thats in windows.


It's free, and its called 'Fences' by Stardock. Very nice for keeping the desktop clean.
http://www.stardock....roducts/fences/


Ah nice. Yeah I got nothing except the recycling bin on my desktop so that doesn't really bother me. Everything is in quicklaunch on windows. Similar setup on the mac.
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Posted 25 June 2010 - 10:35 PM

Here's a (partial) picture of my actual desktop. I'll take one when it's lighter in here, I sit back in the corner (intentional, cannot stand to have my back exposed)

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Posted 25 June 2010 - 10:39 PM

Well if you want to go the multi-monitor route...
This is my home-office development PC.
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Posted 25 June 2010 - 11:13 PM

Dual 30" or a single 30" with dual 20s on each side would be better. Those all look like 24s or smaller? And can you seriously use 4-5 screens? Three is really my limit. If I had to do it, I'd do three 30" max.

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Posted 25 June 2010 - 11:20 PM

I have dual 21 inch monitors. Now thinking of upgrading to dual 24 inch, or possibly 3 21 inch
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Posted 26 June 2010 - 12:42 AM

View Postnooblet, on 25 June 2010 - 10:13 PM, said:

Dual 30" or a single 30" with dual 20s on each side would be better. Those all look like 24s or smaller? And can you seriously use 4-5 screens? Three is really my limit. If I had to do it, I'd do three 30" max.

4 x 24" at 1920x1200 (2 landscape, 2 portrait)
1 x 19" at 1280x1024
1 x 7" at 800x480 (Mimo usb touchscreen)

And yes, I absolutely use them all. Visual Studio across two of them, VMware test/debug environment on one, Outlook and Yahoo on one, PDF and webpage on one. Development can eat real estate in a heartbeat.

I never find myself moving x in order to open/see y, and that boosts productivity by huge amounts. I can have every pallet of VS10 open at once with plenty of room to spare.

I like this layout because they are large enough to be useful and small enough to position in an arc to keep the focal distance pretty consistent from a central seat. They basically form one big curved display, but with edges so you can maximize to a useful size with just a click.
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Posted 26 June 2010 - 12:48 AM

Awww, tlhIn'toq looks like he needs a big'ol hug :)
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Posted 26 June 2010 - 10:25 AM

View PostPsychoCoder, on 25 June 2010 - 10:20 PM, said:

I have dual 21 inch monitors. Now thinking of upgrading to dual 24 inch, or possibly 3 21 inch


Take the dual 24". It'd be better.
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Re: June desktops, workplaces

Posted 26 June 2010 - 10:33 AM

@tlhIn'toq Multiple vid cards or some sort of extender/emulator/splitter?
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Posted 26 June 2010 - 01:58 PM

View PostKYA, on 26 June 2010 - 09:33 AM, said:

@tlhIn'toq Multiple vid cards or some sort of extender/emulator/splitter?

One card with 4 ports.
Plus the onboard video.
Plus the little 7" is USB.

I'm looking forward to when I can afford the EyeFinity and have a VERY configurable 6 head card.
http://sites.amd.com.../eyefinity.aspx
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Posted 26 June 2010 - 02:06 PM

I presume asking for three 30" monitors is a bit much lol
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Posted 26 June 2010 - 02:21 PM

View PosttlhIn, on 26 June 2010 - 01:58 PM, said:

I'm looking forward to when I can afford the EyeFinity and have a VERY configurable 6 head card.
http://sites.amd.com.../eyefinity.aspx


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