On 2007-01-22, Seth Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Sometimes it is more economical to purchase two lower-resolution devices > than one high-resolution device -- at least, that was the case five years > ago when I changed from a 1600x1200 fuzzy CRT to two 1280x1024 LCDs. I > didn't want to give up the screen space, but a 1600x1200 LCD was simply > not in my budget at the time.
You don't need that much space. Your field of vision isn't that big at a "working distance" (as opposed to "monitoring distance") from the screens, so you could just as well switch a workspace as turn your head to the other display. Like I say in the FAQ, the real reason for multihead is penis enlargment most of the time. > (I'd even bet money that my two LCDs draw > less power than that crummy old CRT. :) Yes. My 17" TFT is supposed to draw 33W "typically" (whatefer that means), while CRTs can easily draw 100W and more. But TFTs may very well pollute and waste energy more during their manufacturing. (There's the issue with dead pixels, and hence scrap panels for one thing. Any real statistics on the proportion of rejected panels?) -- Tuomo
