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a_j_mair

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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
Location: Scotland
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10th Jan 11 at 15:20

What do you use them all for?

Just got a second screen today and have my emails up on it, but not sure on best way to use it really

may put all my autocad menus on it but not sure

Show us some pics

Whittie

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Registered: 11th Aug 06
Location: North Wales Drives: BMW, Corsa & Fiat
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10th Jan 11 at 15:24

Use a second screen for email, if checking a website design, I use one screen for previewing and one for designing.

Edit: Or when feeling lazy, one screen for corsasport, one screen for work

[Edited on 10-01-2011 by Whittie]

Tommy L

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Registered: 21st Aug 06
Location: Northampton Drives: Audi wagon
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10th Jan 11 at 15:27

I have emails on one screen and other work on the other.

Whittie

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10th Jan 11 at 15:32

quote:
Originally posted by Tommy L
I have roulette on one screen and horse racing on the other.

Tommy L

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10th Jan 11 at 15:33

tbf they are usually on the same screen

nathy_87

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10th Jan 11 at 15:33

this has always facinated me, how does it work? Like how do you get something on one screen, and something on the other?

So if I've got a laptop adn say have msn on that but plug a VGA cable (or whatever it's called into the port and connect that to the telly, that won't work will it? So i could have two different things on?

[Edited on 10-01-2011 by nathy_87]

Russ

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Registered: 14th Mar 04
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10th Jan 11 at 15:34

i just use a massive screen with a massive res and can fit shit loads on anyway

mwg

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Registered: 19th Feb 04
Location: South Lakes
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10th Jan 11 at 15:34

quote:
Originally posted by nathy_87
this has always facinated me, how does it work? Like how do you get something on one screen, and something on the other?

So if I've got a laptop adn say have msn on that but plug a VGA cable ino the port adn conenct that to the telly, that won't work will? So i could have two different things on?

You can do it with your laptop and TV. You just go in to the screen settings, dead simple

nathy_87

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Registered: 14th Aug 08
Location: West Mids. Drives: Škoda Fabia VRS 5J
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10th Jan 11 at 15:36

Will have to have a play with it tonight.

Shane

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Registered: 10th Jan 04
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10th Jan 11 at 15:40

Ive got 2 scrrens becuase i work between two ststems, im the greedy one in my office as im the only person with two screens, but then againi work for the NHS and everyone i work with is female and above the 50 and they just about know how to turn there computers on

Brett

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Registered: 16th Dec 02
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10th Jan 11 at 15:41

If you're asking then why did you get one?

Surely it's kind of obvious?

Pablo

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Location: Milton Keynes
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10th Jan 11 at 15:55

get ultra mon find it well handy with the dual screens

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10th Jan 11 at 15:58

I asked for two because I use Labview a lot. It has one window for programming and one window for designing the GUI - it's nice to be able to have both open at the same time. Otherwise It's nice to be able to have Word open on one screen and Mendeley/A Paper/Internet/Data open on the other when writing stuff up.

a_j_mair

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Registered: 23rd Jan 04
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10th Jan 11 at 16:21

quote:
Originally posted by loafofbrett
If you're asking then why did you get one?

Surely it's kind of obvious?

screen came with an upgrade and i decided to have it

First day back in the office and first day with 2 screens so just wondered what everyone used them for. I will manage to make my own decision just curious as to others setups

Brett

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Registered: 16th Dec 02
Location: Manchester
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10th Jan 11 at 16:25

Fair enough.

For me it just depends what I'm doing, it's just a spare workspace for whatever, even if just having emails opened on one screen constantly

Gary

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Registered: 22nd Nov 06
Location: West Yorkshire
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10th Jan 11 at 16:37

I need to get myself an extra monitor.

Would be loads easier to compare part numbers to price lists etc.

Ian

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Registered: 28th Aug 99
Location: Liverpool
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10th Jan 11 at 17:09

Normally

1 - desktop icons, file system, u2us and Pidgin (MSN)

2 - browser, usually CS recent threads

3 - browser, usually thread content or FB

4 - email

Programming

1 - as normal

2 - putty maximised running pico

3 - browser with app running

4 - putty maximised usually with a database session

Currently in monitor 3 writing this.

Dom

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Registered: 13th Sep 03
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10th Jan 11 at 18:49

Where's willay? Remember him posted his 4+ screen setup with a flashing light above them all

Depends what i'm doing, usually it's web/video preview in one and dev/edit window in the other. Or if it's audio based then mixer/effects panel in one, multitrack edit in the primary display.

oceansoul

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Registered: 19th Jun 06
Location: Sunbury, Surrey
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10th Jan 11 at 18:56

We have some 3 and 4 way machines in our control rooms at work. Obviously they each show different screens of the plant.

Chris

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Registered: 21st Sep 99
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10th Jan 11 at 18:56

Possible repost, but some bonkers work areas

http://www.techimo.com/photo/showgallery.php/cat/3

Using one screen to write this

Budgie

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Registered: 2nd Dec 09
Location: Basingstoke
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10th Jan 11 at 19:39

when i was doin some work up in canary wharf there was a few desks with 10monitors on.
shit was epic

James

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Registered: 1st Jun 02
Location: Surrey
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10th Jan 11 at 19:50

I've got 3. Getting a 4th soon. I have 1 for email, 1 for database development, 1 for application development and 1 for CS

.

Our traders have between 6 and 10 depending on how important/anal they are.

[Edited on 10-01-2011 by James]

Dom

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Registered: 13th Sep 03
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10th Jan 11 at 19:53

A friend is a trader in the city and has a 6 monitor system and he's planning similar for when he trades from home

dannymccann

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Registered: 9th Aug 06
Location: Doddington, Lincolnshire
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11th Jan 11 at 07:10

I need two monitors at work, but then again for the software I use I have 2 sessions but the company wont pay the licence so we can have 3 or 4 sessions, it would make my job even easier and quicker if I could do that

stubs

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Registered: 30th Jun 02
Location: Bolton
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11th Jan 11 at 07:32

quote:
Originally posted by Chris
Possible repost, but some bonkers work areas

http://www.techimo.com/photo/showgallery.php/cat/3

Using one screen to write this

This one looks safe

http://www.techimo.com/photo/showphoto.php/photo/11056/limit/recent

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