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I use a triple-monitor setup for work, though I don't think I'll post a pic.
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Replaced my dual last year. Really like the way you can partition the screen. Allows me to have multiple working documents up at one time (like on dual), but configured in a way that is more productive for me. For example, if I'm writing a brief, I can have mine as well as the one I'm responding to up, along with a third document in full page view. Or, as I usually do, have file explorer and Outlook both open while I work on two documents. It really has been a productivity benefit, and saves me paper costs. It's purely a work monitor and not well suited to gaming.
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they’re both hooked to both my company laptop and personal desktop
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I use 2 at home. Don't want more, but never going back to less.
BTW, any of you folks who have built a computer from scratch have my respect. I'm entertaining the idea of a new desktop here in the next year or so or doing some major upgrades to my current one.
I've dipped my toe into the pool of scratch building and I'm not sure I want to go any deeper. The sheer number of options is paralyzing TBH.
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Tornado warnings in the ‘burbs and S. Jersey.
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Ditto, mine is laptop + 2 monitors.
I use 2 at home. Don't want more, but never going back to less.
BTW, any of you folks who have built a computer from scratch have my respect. I'm entertaining the idea of a new desktop here in the next year or so or doing some major upgrades to my current one.
I've dipped my toe into the pool of scratch building and I'm not sure I want to go any deeper. The sheer number of options is paralyzing TBH.
I use 2 at home. Don't want more, but never going back to less.
BTW, any of you folks who have built a computer from scratch have my respect. I'm entertaining the idea of a new desktop here in the next year or so or doing some major upgrades to my current one.
I've dipped my toe into the pool of scratch building and I'm not sure I want to go any deeper. The sheer number of options is paralyzing TBH.
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For my uses, a store-bought complete is probably the best option.
Still might try throwing a SSD and some more RAM into mine and see if it will make me happy enough to delay the inevitable.
The fact that there's an upgraded power supply and graphics card already installed makes me want to upgrade rather than replace, but given that was a few years ago I might just be falling into some sunk-cost silliness.
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#6888
Klaatu..Verata..Necktie?
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I rode for an hour on Zwift yesterday, but then yesterday was the day we finally did Thanksgiving dinner (too many balls in the air on Thursday!), so in the end I only broke even on calories. Probably shouldn't have had those 3 pieces of pie.
It was so cold in the garage - probably low 50s - that I started out wearing a jersey over my bibs and didn't turn the fan on till 20 minutes in. Still ended up drenched in sweat.
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I don't know squat about computers other than how to use them. For any networking and server needs, I have a "guy" for that. Mostly, however, I buy configured laptops from Dell for the office and whatever the folks at home want.
I have some friends that are big into building their own rigs for gaming and A/V work, and they have some impressive stuff.
I have some friends that are big into building their own rigs for gaming and A/V work, and they have some impressive stuff.
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The key is knowing what branches to prune. An electronic arborist I am not.
For my uses, a store-bought complete is probably the best option.
Still might try throwing a SSD and some more RAM into mine and see if it will make me happy enough to delay the inevitable.
The fact that there's an upgraded power supply and graphics card already installed makes me want to upgrade rather than replace, but given that was a few years ago I might just be falling into some sunk-cost silliness.
For my uses, a store-bought complete is probably the best option.
Still might try throwing a SSD and some more RAM into mine and see if it will make me happy enough to delay the inevitable.
The fact that there's an upgraded power supply and graphics card already installed makes me want to upgrade rather than replace, but given that was a few years ago I might just be falling into some sunk-cost silliness.
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cowboy, steel horse, etc
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40 miles in the sweet sunshine today. Hit some roads I haven't hit in 2 or 3 years!
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Replaced my dual last year. Really like the way you can partition the screen. Allows me to have multiple working documents up at one time (like on dual), but configured in a way that is more productive for me. For example, if I'm writing a brief, I can have mine as well as the one I'm responding to up, along with a third document in full page view. Or, as I usually do, have file explorer and Outlook both open while I work on two documents. It really has been a productivity benefit, and saves me paper costs. It's purely a work monitor and not well suited to gaming.
My favorite setup when I had to generate a lot of documents was a 27" in portrait mode for the document, then two 24s in landscape stacked up for research and reference screens.
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Thank goodness Thanksgiving is only once a year (plus a couple days of leftovers), or I'd need to ride 2 hours in the garage every day till Spring.
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Replaced my dual last year. Really like the way you can partition the screen. Allows me to have multiple working documents up at one time (like on dual), but configured in a way that is more productive for me. For example, if I'm writing a brief, I can have mine as well as the one I'm responding to up, along with a third document in full page view. Or, as I usually do, have file explorer and Outlook both open while I work on two documents. It really has been a productivity benefit, and saves me paper costs. It's purely a work monitor and not well suited to gaming.
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Since heavy-duty data crunching is part of my job description, I should look into getting one of those on the company dime.
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