Non-nerds may want to tune out for a second. I just want to express my geeky joy at yesterday's arrival of my new computer monitor. I'm now cruising with 6.5 million pixels of screen real estate on three monitors, and I'm one happy nerd. I use the monitors like so:
- The first monitor (1920x1200) is my "home base", where I do quick tasks or where windows begin before they get moved to a different monitor. It is also my communications hub, housing my e-mail, calendar, IM, and Skype windows.
- Monitor #2 is where I do all my coding and project management (I use Aptana, if you were curious). It also houses Photoshop and Fireworks, if somebody is silly enough to want me to fiddle with graphics.
- Monitor #3 (1680x1050) is primarily for web browsing and for observing the results of actions on Monitor #2. It isn't uncommon for me to have Firefox, Safari, IE7, IE6, Opera, and Chrome all layered on this screen.
I have run a dual-monitor setup for a couple years now and it has been great. This fall I felt the urge to buy myself with a new toy. Originally I was going to buy a GPS watch but that idea gradually faded. Last week I came up with the idea of a third monitor. The only hitch: my computer couldn't support a third monitor. What to do? Enter the IOGEAR External DVI Video Card. It works slick. You install a couple drivers, plug it in to an available USB 2.0 port, plug in the monitor, and you're ready to rock. There is a tiny bit of lag and the drivers do utilize a few system resources (0-2% CPU average, 28MB memory), but overall it's an awesome little product. Gamers would never be able to use it, but for more less dynamic applications -- primarily web browsing, in my case -- it works just dandily.
In the comments, go ahead and get nerdy and brag up your systems. I know some of you have some incredible setups that'll make the rest of us drool.
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I love high resolutions. 3 screens would be awesome. My second monitor is a CRT sitting on old text books :(
I’m running Dell 1908WFP’s in digital mode on an ATI HD 2400 XT card.
Go on with your bad self, nerd!
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