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Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by andai »

sxp wrote: post #24

There are many enthusiasts who have experimented with cramming multiple monitors and desktop-class computers into a briefcase form factor. You can see various triple monitor briefcase setups on reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/comments/b5z9g5/rate_m... https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberDeck/comments/f1a1t5/was_told_... The author had a preference for larger monitors over ease of transport, but if you're will…

DIY dual screen laptop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2aY6cvk-WI

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by glenneroo »

leeoniya wrote: post #60

https://i.imgur.com/RUN11Hb.jpg

Back in the 90s a friend of mines dad donated a room full of new PCs for the pc lab (486 dx66) and some big monitors to our high school. My friend at the time thought that since he was the main one (voluntarily) tech supporting most of the PCs in the lab, and it being his dad who donated everything, that he could exchange a few things with his personal setup at home. Initially it was trading his 1MB RAM sticks for 4MB sticks. Near the end it was carrying home one of the those incredibly heavy Sony Trinitron 21" CRTs (the one with composite outputs) on his bike handlebars a few miles home down. I rode with him and kept thinking no way he'd make it... but he did, although there a few close calls stopping at traffic lights. In the spirit of his (sadly passed away) adventurous self, a few years ago I carried home 2x 24" LCDs that i had lent my friend the week prior... on my unicycle, figuring my hands were free, why not carry something? The worst part was going up hills... thankfully there were no spills ;)

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by sbr464 »

In regards to powering a bunch of gear traveling, I'll share my secret tip for international travel: Bring a surge protector/power strip, then you only need one actual adapter. I've found a few that support varying standards.

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by erohead »

jonathankoren wrote: post #84
leeoniya wrote: post #60

https://i.imgur.com/RUN11Hb.jpg

You laugh but, several years ago in the second floor of Red Rock in Mountain View, I saw a guy do that very thing. He brought in his laptop, and the box containing whatever giagantic Apple monitor he had, and proceeded to hook it up. When barista came by bussing the tables, she told him to put it away. He was completely incredulous, but relented.

https://photos.app.goo.gl/aNNDoiJuNkrgTwmv6

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by sokoloff »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #111
rsync wrote: post #95

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"And it fit in the overhead bin!?" Yes, I put it in the overhead bin and it did, indeed, fit. After all, a rackmount server is only 19" wide ...

Different times. I’ve never seen a flight with room left in the overhead bin in years.

It's his carry-on. Stash it in the overhead when you're boarding. Presumably, if a company needs a server moved in a hurry, it's worth buying a first-class ticket for the "lucky" human who has to go along with it. I've never seen first-class pax not get overhead space, and almost never even see them need to use space outside the first-class section.

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by russellendicott »

gertlex wrote: post #130
andybak wrote: post #64

Because of my weird comfort and focus habits I've forced myself to get used to small screens. I hate having more than one task visible at any one moment so all my apps are running full-screen anyway. I've got very used to the various short-cuts for switching apps. I use Windows and MacOS and avoid all the full-screen functionality in MacOS (never managed to really get my head round it). I've got a 13" Macbook Air (20…

Does the difference in alt-tab behavior between Windows and MacOS (with alt-` too) slow you down at all? I might venture to guess no, since your workflow sounds like largely single-window-per-program.

Not OP but in a similar position. I find that since I don't use the desktop switching features on MacOS I dont have a problem with the alt tab situation. I only use one desktop and just alt tab for everything. Its just a minor annoyance on Windows when alt+` doesn't respond.

The worst part for me about switching back and forth between MacOS and Windows/Nix is the muscle memory around applekey+c/v vs ctrl+c/v. There isn't a way to remap keys to recreate that muscle memory on Windows/nix and keep the muscle memory for alt tab.

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by detaro »

ajiang wrote: post #138

Plugging a friend's super cool product: a pop-up 24" monitor with full HDMI support and a long lasting battery that uses short throw projection. https://www.arovia.com/

The few reviews of the actual product (vs gushes about the Kickstarter 4 years ago) I can find seem pretty "meh" on it though. 1280x720, bad contrast, ...

Re: Travelling with 24” Monitors

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Post by p1esk »

ajiang wrote: post #138

Plugging a friend's super cool product: a pop-up 24" monitor with full HDMI support and a long lasting battery that uses short throw projection. https://www.arovia.com/

Yeah, it’s strange he hasn’t considered micro projectors.
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