Two Monitors

[covox]

For a long time I had the ghetto equivalent of dual-monitor. There was a 15-inch laptop open on my desk, next to a nice square 19" Dell LCD ($30, thank you bankruptcy auction) for my desktop box. And there was this cool background service called Synergy which ran on both, so that whenever the mouse cursor on the laptop would move off the screen, it would seamlessly jump over and start controlling the Desktop machine (via Ethernet), along with some niceties like sharing the Clipboard.

But then the laptop got moved to my parts drawer, and I purchased a 24" 1920x1200 monster to compliment my other screen. My only regret is not buying two.

[Dan]

Yeah, I have to say having two different types of monitor is still grating...

[Bob Chambers]

For a long time I had the ghetto equivalent of dual-monitor. There was a 15-inch laptop open on my desk, next to a nice square 19" Dell LCD ($30, thank you bankruptcy auction) for my desktop box. And there was this cool background service called Synergy which ran on both, so that whenever the mouse cursor on the laptop would move off the screen, it would seamlessly jump over and start controlling the Desktop machine (via Ethernet), along with some niceties like sharing the Clipboard.

I might try this. I've got a 17 inch laptop screen and a lovely 24 inch monitor hooked up to my 360. Although this laptop's dying like a peasant in 1348, I severely doubt it could handle it.

[delve]

There is distinct value in having another computer handy. Different value from dual monitors, but still useful. Like reading the Size5 forum without making your framerate hiccough.

[covox]

Well, I just moved to a house with about 3 times as much floorspace. So I treated myself!



For the record, this was such a good idea.