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It's awesome! But I don't see how you can have high-productivity by using a laptop keyboard.
by ujjain 14y ago
It's awesome! But I don't see how you can have high-productivity by using a laptop keyboard.
- peterarmstrong 14y agoI also have a SteelSeries 7G keyboard, which is what I used when just using one 30" monitor. But I haven't figured out how to incorporate it with the dual 30" monitor setup. And dual 30" monitor + laptop keyboard > SteelSeries + single 30" monitor. Maybe I'll get a laptop stand and try incorporating all three plus the external keyboard...
- Noughmad 14y agoI'm curious why you need the laptop at all. Do you like looking down on the tiny screen even though you have two huge ones above?
- peterarmstrong 14y agoThe retina display is nice to look at when coding :) My current workflow is to just put one Emacs buffer in it, and I also use one of the two 30" displays for a whole bunch of Emacs buffers, and the other 30" display has browsers and other stuff. But I'm still evolving it. I have a coworker who just leaves his laptop shut and uses the two 30" displays in this setup.
- kayoone 14y agoi would argue that the massive difference in DPI on the retina display compared to the Dells isnt very good from an ergonomic perspective. I wonder why you need a Laptop at all in that setup. Wouldnt a Mac Pro and a Macbook Air for on the go make more sense ? Cool stuff though! For a while i had a Crosstrainer facing to the wall where i mounted a 22" monitor to watch movies while working out..That was really nice, but unfortunately my current home office is too small for a big work out machine.
- peterarmstrong 14y agoYeah I have a coworker that just puts the two 30" displays together (in a sitting desk). Right now I'm not sure whether my love for the SteelSeries 7G will end up winning out over my love for looking at a retina display. So far, no. The funny thing is that the switching between "awesome sharpness" and "meh" isn't so bad. I put web browsers on the left 30" monitor and other Emacs buffers in the right 30" monitor (full screen Emacs in it, and then a couple of horizontal and vertical splits) showing other files I'm dealing with. The primary buffer I'm working on in the retina. But it's fine to do edits on the 30" monitor too, and there's no issue. Divvy is essential here so I don't waste time resizing things.
- rjh29 14y agoProductivity is rarely limited by typing speed.
- bmuon 14y agoArguably, there are laptop keyboards that are much better than most desktop keyboards.
- kristiandupont 14y agoI prefer my laptop keyboard to normal ones. In what way would it limit my productivity?
- wj 14y agoFor me lack of a number pad. But I spend much of my day in spreadsheets.