"JEDIDIAH" <jedi@nomad.mishnet> wrote in message
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> On 2010-01-25, chrisv <chrisv@nospam.invalid> wrote:
>>
>>
>> JEDIDIAH wrote:
>>
>>> You seem to be an indication of the sorry state of math education in
>>>America. The fact that there are multi-head cards for sale does not
>>>address
>>>the issue of how widespread they are.
>>
>> Indeed. The #1 video supplier is Intel, with their low-end
>> motherboard-based video. Even add-in cards with dual outputs (which
>> are quite common), are only rarely used for multiple monitors.
>>
>> Bottom line, dual monitors is a very small niche and, as JED says,
>> would be used even less if Windows did multiple desktops as well as
>> Linux does.
>
> I find the suggestion from Hadron of using some tiny POS from Ebay
> rather
> disturbing. I am not convinced that it is something that the average
> consumer
> would buy into. Sure, if you are really hardcore gamer and want one of
> those
> multi-head gaming rigs the demo in Frys that's one thing.
>
> Hoewer, the idea of "getting more screen real estate cheaper" just
> sound
> so "low rent" that I can't see many people going for it.
This would not be the first thing that "you can't see" and completely miss
the big picture.
> When compared to a
> a larger monitor, a couple of smaller monitors cobbled together just don't
> seem terribly compelling.
Try and pay attention to the line that reads - " On average, people would
much rather have 2 smaller monitors than 1 larger monitor. Nobody answered
that they preferred 1 monitor over 2 even a little bit. "
<quote>
Multiple Monitors and Productivity
I found an interesting blog post about a small, informal multiple monitor
productivity study. A number of developers, with some nudging from me, have
gravitated to multiple monitor setups over the last year. Based on that
experience, I wholeheartedly agree with the study survey results:
a.. On average, people would much rather have 2 smaller monitors than 1
larger monitor. Nobody answered that they preferred 1 monitor over 2 even a
little bit.
b.. Multiple monitors were most useful when the application had palettes
or when 2 or 3 windows needed to be open, such as for programming/debugging.
<quote>
http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/archives/000012.html
> There's probably a good reason you don't see the Apple store pushing
> this
> idea despite the fact that Macs have been doing it better and for far
> longer
> than Windows has.
There's a graphic design studio in the adjacent building where we sometimes
get lunch. The inside is all black/dark and the walls are made completely
out of glass. They do their production work on Macs which is obviously
apparent. They must not have gotten your memo because they have 2 monitors
hooked up to most of their machines.
7 -0600, Ignoramus12856 wrote: