Large monitors and new displays...
Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 5:18 pm
I'm writing this from my latest machine:
1. Intel i7 Quad Core (6GB DDR3 RAM)
2. ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 mother board
And most importantly a Samsung 24" LCD...
I think I have made a mistake in buying a monitor so large as a developer. My nose is always very close to the screen and anything bigger than 19" and I find my eyes strain from having to re-focus each time I jump from one side of the monitor to the other.
One solution, might be to sit further back but it's just in me to sit very close.
I'm also writing this from Ubuntu 9.04...even with Windows core fonts...and a very snappy system...the whole things feels "off". I adjusted my mouse sensitivity and still the thing seems to responsive. My fonts cause my eyes to squint when starring at a white screen for long. Adjusting the refresh rate from 6- to 75 under Windows 7 seemed to fix this issue a "little" but under Ubuntu...no matter what I do to the text it still has that nasty smoothing effect.
Under Windows 7 you cannot disable clear type out right you have to configure it to best suit your desires -- which isn't quite what I expect.
Oddly the massive 24" monitor seems to render the text (source code) very sharp with no smoothing on small fonts -- which is exactly what I wanted.
Anyways...just wondering what you experiences have been when testing the latest in hardware and software...
Windows 7 is free beta for another year...already there is a massive exploit...Ubuntu 9.04 is aesthetically cool looking but that is about it...practically (something I can stare at for extended periods) it fails miserably. I have always complained about this sensation when working under Ubuntu.
Ugh...why did I just spend 2K+ on a new computer and parts when Windows XP served me fine, almost everytime???
Because after I upgraded to SP3...everything started f*cking up...Internet connections took ages...and Google toolbar would constantly cause issues...so I figured screw Vista I'm jumping ship to Windows 7.
WHat says you, I'd like to hear your horror or success stories...
Cheers,
Alex
1. Intel i7 Quad Core (6GB DDR3 RAM)
2. ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 mother board
And most importantly a Samsung 24" LCD...
I think I have made a mistake in buying a monitor so large as a developer. My nose is always very close to the screen and anything bigger than 19" and I find my eyes strain from having to re-focus each time I jump from one side of the monitor to the other.
One solution, might be to sit further back but it's just in me to sit very close.
I'm also writing this from Ubuntu 9.04...even with Windows core fonts...and a very snappy system...the whole things feels "off". I adjusted my mouse sensitivity and still the thing seems to responsive. My fonts cause my eyes to squint when starring at a white screen for long. Adjusting the refresh rate from 6- to 75 under Windows 7 seemed to fix this issue a "little" but under Ubuntu...no matter what I do to the text it still has that nasty smoothing effect.
Under Windows 7 you cannot disable clear type out right you have to configure it to best suit your desires -- which isn't quite what I expect.
Oddly the massive 24" monitor seems to render the text (source code) very sharp with no smoothing on small fonts -- which is exactly what I wanted.
Anyways...just wondering what you experiences have been when testing the latest in hardware and software...
Windows 7 is free beta for another year...already there is a massive exploit...Ubuntu 9.04 is aesthetically cool looking but that is about it...practically (something I can stare at for extended periods) it fails miserably. I have always complained about this sensation when working under Ubuntu.
Ugh...why did I just spend 2K+ on a new computer and parts when Windows XP served me fine, almost everytime???
Because after I upgraded to SP3...everything started f*cking up...Internet connections took ages...and Google toolbar would constantly cause issues...so I figured screw Vista I'm jumping ship to Windows 7.
WHat says you, I'd like to hear your horror or success stories...
Cheers,
Alex