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I'm definitely in the minority running Windows (x64). Here's a video of my rig: http://www.vimeo.com/9954310 http://www.vimeo.com/9954310 Picture: http://chir.
by chime 17y ago
I'm definitely in the minority running Windows (x64). Here's a video of my rig: http://www.vimeo.com/9954310 http://www.vimeo.com/9954310
Picture: http://chir.ag/stuff/5lcd.jpg http://chir.ag/stuff/5lcd.jpg
* LCD1: Communication (chat/im, email)
* LCD2: Test browsers (IE, FF, Opera, Safari), Photo Editor
* LCD3: Main browser (Chrome)
* LCD4: Text Editor (EmEditor), SFTP
* LCD5: Media (music, video, audio controls)
I'm about twice as more productive on this setup than on my laptop.
- chasingsparks 17y agoWhat graphics card are you using to drive this?
- chime 17y agoThree dual-DVI ATIs. Nothing too expensive really. My PC is three years old but does have quad-core dual CPUs and mirrored C: drive. So even with 20 open apps, I've never had any speed issues.
- revital9 17y agoWow.
- CoachRufus87 17y agoleft handed mouse user? 0_o
- revorad 17y agoHow do you deal with so many screens? Doesn't your neck hurt?
- chime 17y agoNot really. I sit back about 3 feet and my chair's pretty comfortable.
- revorad 17y agoI find it hard to imagine how you can comfortably type on the left-most screen with the keyboard in the center. To keep your arms parallel to your head you must have to move the keyboard and mouse according to the screen you are looking at. It doesn't sound like the most ergonomic setup, but it must work for you since you say you're twice as productive!
- chime 17y ago> To keep your arms parallel to your head I don't do that. My arms/mouse/keyboard face the center LCD and I type/click without looking down. I turn my head slightly if needed but mostly it's enough to just turn my eyes. Like I said, sitting back helps.
- nkh 17y agoWhat monitor stand/stands are you using for this?
- chime 17y agoSamsung 22" (2243). No stands. The monitors can pivot. I got them from newegg for about $189 each. It's a pretty good deal for under $1k in cost. The resolution isn't bad, though if I had $2k to spare, I'd have bought 5 of 2443s (24") at 2560x1600.
- SandB0x 17y agoYou must be getting quite a tan! Do you not feel the need for a marker board of some kind though? As in, what if you need to sketch something out?
- chime 17y agoI use paper and pen. This is my home office so it's just me.
- jrockway 17y agoThere's a cheaper way to get a tiling window manager on Windows: bug.n http://www.autohotkey.net./~joten/ http://www.autohotkey.net./~joten/
- chime 17y agoI've used WMs. It's not the same. Moving the mouse cursor is pain-free and fast. And the ability to compare the layout in different browsers visually is a big plus. I save the html/css, hit refresh and see the web-page in 4 different browsers. Now I can instantly see if any of them have weird CSS issues.
- jrockway 17y agoBut you don't need multiple monitors for that. Just switch to the desktop that has the 4 web browsers on it. A 30" monitor is bigger than 4 1024x768 monitors, remember. (Why don't I like multiple monitors? They take up too much space, and it's very hard to get one monitor adjusted to be comfortable... much less 5 of them. And, pressing a key to switch to a new display is not much slower than glancing in another direction, unless you aren't planning on interacting with what you are looking at.)
- barrkel 17y agoThere's no comparison between multiple desktops and multiple monitors, IMO. A 30" monitor is smaller than 2x 24" monitors (close to what I use, 24" and 22").
- jrockway 17y agoI have two 24" monitors at work and one at home. At work, I use XP. At home I use Linux/Xmonad. Xmonad on one monitor is vastly preferable to Windows on two monitors. Even a 9" monitor is good enough with Xmonad. Maybe you need two monitors if you are not an Xmonad/keyboard power user... but otherwise, two monitors just gets you extra neck strain.
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- WesleyJohnson 17y agoWhen you first switched to a vertical orientation on your screens, did it take long to get used to? I loathe line-wrapping in my IDE, so I would imagine I'd prefer wider over taller, but then I loathe scrolling almost as much so maybe I'll have to try it someday. :)
- chime 17y agoYes, it took some time to get used to. And it changed the way I code. I try to keep my line-width to under 80 chars now. My code works the same way but it looks different and I think, better/cleaner.
- kksm19820117 17y agoLeft handed?
- kksm19820117 17y agoI ask because I am confused; the mouse is on the left side of the keyboard, but the pen is on the right.
- chime 17y agoIndeed. And I write funny so pen on the right is actually more helpful than pen on the left. I can only write if the paper is orthogonal to my body i.e. parallel to the keyboard. I make my left-arm parallel to the keyboard, which puts my fingers on the right-side of the keyboard, making it easy to pick up the pen placed on the right side.