Greg would still beat you total # of pixels by about 500000 (assuming your 23" monitors are 1680 x 1050 - a fairly common resolution at that size). If they're 1920 x 1080 then you probably beat him by about 500000.
Joseph On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 8:56 PM, Grant Molloy <[email protected]> wrote: > I've recently purchased 2 x 23" wide screen LG LCD's for $200 each.. 46" of > widescreen for $400.. much better than $1500 for 30".. > > I guess it comes down to whether you can justify spending the money.. > > On Sat, Jul 3, 2010 at 7:34 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> It's three machines, using input director to share one keyboard / mouse. >> Screens 1 2 3 are in a line. 4 and 5 are above 1 and 2 >> >> BBM pin:2589AEE0 >> ------------------------------ >> *From: *"Greg Keogh" <[email protected]> >> *Sender: *[email protected] >> *Date: *Sat, 3 Jul 2010 19:19:31 +1000 >> *To: *'ozDotNet'<[email protected]> >> *ReplyTo: *ozDotNet <[email protected]> >> *Subject: *RE: [OT] 2560x1600 widescreen LCDs >> >> >I never found bigger screens to increase productivity, they just give >> me a larger code window. >> >> >I prefer 2 or more screens when writing code. I'm currently sat looking >> at 5 screens. >> >> >> >> I have a gut feeling that one large screen has certain ergonomic (and >> human perception) advantages over multiple screens. I find that swinging my >> head and eyes over to my second screen too frequently is uncomfortable. >> Sometimes by accident I will start typing something long on the second >> screen and I realise I feel a bit queasy and I move the window to >> centre-front and suddenly it all feels better again. I try to keep >> infrequently used windows on the second screen, ones that I glance at but >> don’t “work” at. For example I have Outlook on the second screen, but I read >> and compose emails on the first screen. >> >> >> >> I reckon that if I had a huge screen then I wouldn’t just fill it with a >> bigger code window, I’d dock more stuff open and around me to use the space >> wisely (I’ll have to wait and see if I’m so disciplined in reality). I also >> theorise this is true because our eyes and brain like to look at one >> continuous surface rather than many disjoint ones. >> >> >> >> How on earth have you wired-up 5 screens and how are they positioned and >> supported? >> >> >> >> Wallace, we must always try to justify spending money on hardware by >> convincing ourselves and others that it will increase productivity. I told >> my wife that a spa, turbo Porsche, private helipad and wine cellar would >> help my productivity, but she just said I’d have to work harder and send out >> more invoices. >> >> >> >> Greg >> > > -- Joseph Cooney http://jcooney.net
