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Do you ever use more than one computer monitor at a time?

Yes - at work
- 6 (15%)
Yes - at home
- 7 (17.5%)
Yes - both
- 9 (22.5%)
No - but maybe I should
- 11 (27.5%)
No - it sucks
- 7 (17.5%)

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NHArticleTen

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Re: Multiple monitors
« Reply #30 on: April 28, 2009, 08:53:08 AM »

Multiple Monitors=More Porn On Deck

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Ghost of Alex Libman

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Re: Multiple monitors
« Reply #31 on: April 28, 2009, 10:06:06 AM »
Next step, multiple projectors - cover every square inch of walls, floor, and ceiling with porn!

If porn fiends don't push technology forward, who will?

Then - holographs!

Enjoy!  :lol:



Oh, and ...

Quote from: the ghost of Alex Libman on April 28, 2009, 12:30:07 AM
... here's what you append to all your forum posts if you want every person viewing them to hammer maqs.com for ~8MB of bandwidth: 




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Re: Multiple monitors
« Reply #32 on: April 28, 2009, 11:58:37 AM »
Quote from: rabidfurby on April 26, 2009, 02:14:40 AM
Quote from: hellbilly on April 26, 2009, 01:16:40 AM
What about a partition on one drive of the RAID? ..a RAID 1 specifically.

RAID 1 is the opposite - better reliability, but you don't gain any performance. For RAID to be effective, you really want RAID 5. You get a performance boost and improved reliability.
Not really. At least not in the higher end servers/workstations using decent drives (SCSI or SAS) and an array controller.

RAID 1(disk mirroring)  and RAID 1+0 (disk mirroring and striping) typically have better random read performance than RAID 5, if you are comparing the same number of spindles. The read is issued to both disks in the RAID 1 set, and which ever disk responds first "wins", but for a write, both disks need to do the write before the operation is complete. On a good hardware based array controller with a decent write cache some of the write performance hit can be mitigated.

For hellbilly-
As far as partitions go, you should get better performance out of HDs with data that on the outer tracks of the HD cylinders. The RPMs of an HD are constant, and you can pack more blocks on the outer tracks of the cylinders. The heads of the HD can read more data from the outer tracks of the HD in one rotation than they can from one rotation of the inner tracks. From what I have seen, HDs start filling the HD from the outermost tracks to the inner most tracks, so the first partitions you create typically has better performance, and the last partitions you create will have slightly less performance. But if the heads are thrashing around from the inner and outer tracks, you lose any performance gain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cylinder-head-sector
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Re: Multiple monitors
« Reply #33 on: April 28, 2009, 01:59:21 PM »
I was looking at getting a new desktop system around christmas time, comparing the price of building something, and the pre-build ones from major manufactures. At the low - mid end, it seemed like it was almost a wash as far as price goes. If I wasn't going to reuse things like the case and power supply and OS, the custom system would have cost me more.

Margins are razor thin in the desktop market, and there should be a bunch of deals as companies try to get people to buy in the bad economy. They have the whole economy of scale thing going on when they buy their parts. Most of the profits come from the add-on stuff for the OEMs. I am still trying to figure out how to get the most bang for my buck, but there isn't a clear answer right now.
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NHArticleTen

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Re: Multiple monitors
« Reply #34 on: April 29, 2009, 11:53:07 AM »
Quote from: blackie on April 28, 2009, 01:59:21 PM
I was looking at getting a new desktop system around christmas time, comparing the price of building something, and the pre-build ones from major manufactures. At the low - mid end, it seemed like it was almost a wash as far as price goes. If I wasn't going to reuse things like the case and power supply and OS, the custom system would have cost me more.

Margins are razor thin in the desktop market, and there should be a bunch of deals as companies try to get people to buy in the bad economy. They have the whole economy of scale thing going on when they buy their parts. Most of the profits come from the add-on stuff for the OEMs. I am still trying to figure out how to get the most bang for my buck, but there isn't a clear answer right now.

From other people's trash...

I have a complete desktop system that works quite nicely...2.8GhzP4, 2GB RAM, DVD burner, 2-80GB HDs, other assorted goodies/niceties...

oh, and the 42 inch plasma 1080HD built in 2007 was free from the trash also...

I love recycling!

enjoy!

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Alex Libman 14

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Re: Multiple monitors
« Reply #35 on: May 23, 2009, 10:52:56 PM »
Wow...  Are you sure the proper word for that is "trash" and not "charity"? 

Or were there sexual favors involved? 

(Not that there's anything wrong with that.) 
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Bill Brasky

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Re: Multiple monitors
« Reply #36 on: August 25, 2009, 03:03:27 AM »
Bought a 20'' LG screen today. 

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9274572&type=product&id=1218072891412

VGA cable included.

50000:1   2ms response time, I'm kinda interested in seeing this fucker plugged in.

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Alex Libman 15

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Re: Multiple monitors
« Reply #37 on: August 25, 2009, 04:02:53 AM »
I got me a cheap 30" WUXGA (1920x1200) for my desktop - awesome!  Everything looks better on a big screen!

Still only one screen though.  (Not counting a separate laptop I sometimes use as a Linux box.)
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Re: Multiple monitors
« Reply #38 on: August 25, 2009, 06:26:13 AM »
I would DIE without my 19" + 24" screens.
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Re: Multiple monitors
« Reply #39 on: August 25, 2009, 03:21:59 PM »
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Re: Multiple monitors
« Reply #40 on: August 25, 2009, 07:50:00 PM »
I don't have dual monitors. I did at one point, but proper workspace handling + high quality large monitors are a better used of the money, I think.
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Re: Multiple monitors
« Reply #41 on: August 25, 2009, 10:59:12 PM »
Quote from: Kevin Dean on August 25, 2009, 07:50:00 PM
I don't have dual monitors. I did at one point, but proper workspace handling + high quality large monitors are a better used of the money, I think.

I needed the second one to spread multiple charts out and watch them all at the same time.

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This thing is so bright and vivid, words fail me.  It plugged right in without even a reboot.  The computer's handling it perfectly, I thought maybe it would drag down the performance a little, but it didn't, not even a little bit.  The graphics card must be pretty decent in this thing, I expected to hear the fan running more often.  I ran a DVD quality porn clip earlier, it was all I had saved in true DVD quality.  AMAZING clarity.  The black is intense, ink black, and it renders web and programming graphics sharper than I've ever seen.  

The reviews at Best Buy were five stars all the way, and now I know why.  Does not disappoint.  My only criticism is the base is non-adjustable.  I personally don't care, but many pivot, so that could be a sticking point for some.  The quality far outweighs that minor detail, and the VGA cable included was a nice touch.

Also, the power button is a red glow inside the glass, bottom right corner - not a push-button, a sensor.  Very slick design.   
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Re: Multiple monitors
« Reply #42 on: August 25, 2009, 11:02:35 PM »
My two monitors are my only two windows to the outside world...

... I don't get out much.
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Re: Multiple monitors
« Reply #43 on: August 25, 2009, 11:09:18 PM »
Quote from: Drifter on August 25, 2009, 10:59:12 PM
This thing is so bright and vivid, words fail me.  It plugged right in without even a reboot.  The computer's handling it perfectly, I thought maybe it would drag down the performance a little, but it didn't, not even a little bit.  The graphics card must be pretty decent in this thing, I expected to hear the fan running more often.  I ran a DVD quality porn clip earlier, it was all I had saved in true DVD quality.  AMAZING clarity.  The black is intense, ink black, and it renders web and programming graphics sharper than I've ever seen.  

The reviews at Best Buy were five stars all the way, and now I know why.  Does not disappoint.  My only criticism is the base is non-adjustable.  I personally don't care, but many pivot, so that could be a sticking point for some.  The quality far outweighs that minor detail, and the VGA cable included was a nice touch.

Also, the power button is a red glow inside the glass, bottom right corner - not a push-button, a sensor.  Very slick design.   

I have the same one, it is pretty slick. Awesome display. I would rather the button was push, sometimes it doesn't seem to work.
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Russell Griswold

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Re: Multiple monitors
« Reply #44 on: August 25, 2009, 11:16:07 PM »
Quote from: Drifter on August 25, 2009, 03:03:27 AM
Bought a 20'' LG screen today. 

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olspage.jsp?skuId=9274572&type=product&id=1218072891412

VGA cable included.

50000:1   2ms response time, I'm kinda interested in seeing this fucker plugged in.



That's a pretty nice monitor.
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