Dual Head Re: [kwlug disc.] lost the G in my RGB CRT

[Andrew Kohlsmith]

On Tuesday 20 February 2007 7:57 pm, Donald Tees wrote:
> I have a dual head setup.  One screen is a 17" LCD, and the other a 21"
> Viewsonic CRT.  Both run at 1280 * 1024. Of the two, the LCD is by far
> the most readable.  Since I am 60, and my eyes are going, that is
> important for me. The dual head setup is wonderful for working, as I can
> open a full screen editor on each, then cut and paste between. I'd only
> be dragged back to a single screen kicking and screaming. That is for
> writing code. Watching TV and videos is quite another thing.
>
> There are a couple of twin LCD screens out there, but I think buying two
> and using them side-by-side is far cheaper, and has the advantage that
> one can be set to portrait. (never done it, but saw a setup like that,
> and liked it) If I saw a wide-screen that could get 1280 * 2048, I'd be
> tempted, but the wide screens I've seen are not capable of running as
> two high definition singles. My next upgrade will probably be twin 19's.

I agree; I have two (tiny now) 15" 1024x768 LCDs on the desktop; I wouldn't go 
back to a single screen for anything.  Coding is just easier with two 
screens.  There's something about the separation of the two too that a single 
widescreen doesn't give; I can't put my finger on it.

I am, however, growing very tired of 1024x768; My work laptop recently got 
upgraded and 1400x1050 is very nice.  I was given the option of, and opted 
against, a widescreen laptop; they're all too damn wide.  This one is as wide 
as the keyboard, and that's it.  Every widescreen laptop I've seen tries to 
make room of the bottom half of the clamshell by adding "feature" keys or 
even including a numeric keypad (!); I wanted the higher resolution but not 
the width.  I can't imagine trying to lug my fiancee's widescreen laptop 
around anywhere.

Actually, speaking of lugging, I wouldn't mind trying to find a SMALL 
laptop/palmtop with a decent resolution (small though) screen; something I 
can stow away in a glovebox.  I think it'd be a good sight handier than a 
full-size laptop.  The sony Vaio series was going that way for a while, and I 
think Toshiba was doing it a few years ago.  It certainly seems against the 
current trend of cramming a full-out desktop and the biggest screen possible 
into a laptop.  :-(

-A.