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ChaCha CEO Has Pretty Damn Sweet 8-Monitor Computer

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Re: ChaCha CEO Has Pretty Damn Sweet 8-Monitor Computer

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Post by tallanvor »

jwilliams wrote: post #6

Can't see the video outside the US :| Wonder what the application for this is? I can imagine maybe for trading and dashboard scenarios? At an old workplace we did some unscientific usability testing on big screen and multimonitor setups. One thing I found was that 30" was too big. For me, flicking the mouse required you to track your eyes/head too much. 27" was borderline, but I found 2x24" was the best setup for cod…

If you follow the MTV Cribs link below the embedded video, you can see it. It's a bit over the top, but there are some nice areas there!

Re: ChaCha CEO Has Pretty Damn Sweet 8-Monitor Computer

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Post by anotherjesse »

I have a similar setup (well, same goal, completely different components):

  * 37" lcd 1080p (1920x1080) - less than $1000 a year ago, now $500
  * mac mini, apple wireless keyboard, microsoft bluetooth mouse
  * a schwin recumbant bike
I can roll the bike in front of the screen, grab the keyboard and exercise while doing my non-coding activities: Google reader, checking social network buzz, watching videos (such as TED), ...

Then when I'm done, I move the bike away and I connect the 1080p display to my laptop (x60 running ubuntu) and I can hack with a large screen and my laptop's screen being for irc/im/social apps.

I had a 30" high res LCD (apple/dell), but found them frustrating due to mouse movement. Having a medium resolution screen (1080p is just about right for the mouse), with not many dots per inch (so you don't squint) for emacs/firefox, and a smaller auxiliary lcd for everything else.

At work I have 2 24" LCDs (rotated so they are taller than wider - 1920x1200 each), which works great as well, but wouldn't work for as well for the biking setup.

Re: ChaCha CEO Has Pretty Damn Sweet 8-Monitor Computer

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Post by joshu »

ggruschow wrote: post #15
albertni wrote: post #12

Personally, I prefer double vertical monitors (better for coding). But, when you've got 8, I think it's safe to say you can pretty much set them up however the hell you want.

What do you use to get sub-pixel anti-aliasing (aka ClearType) in portrait mode? The higher-res anti-aliasing is the only thing that got me to switch from CRTs. I've tried portrait mode for similar reasons, but the loss of quality leaves me looking at pixels instead of characters or words.

Additionally, while LCDs are same-color horizontally, it changes faintly vertically. But since your eyes are also horizontal, there is no difference noted. When you turn the monitor vertically, though, there is a bit of color/differential/refraction to the different eyes. This drives me nuts.

Re: ChaCha CEO Has Pretty Damn Sweet 8-Monitor Computer

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Post by MaysonL »

iamelgringo wrote: post #17
smoody wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

and only two gig of ram? what does a gig of standard issue dram cost these days? $89 perhaps? :-)

It's down to $20 a Gig: http://www.frys-electronics-ads.com/ads/2009/01/16/40166/Kin...

Heck, I got 4G for $60 from Amazon last year.
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