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Post by Kieran Huggins »

After a little window shopping I've determined that there are many half decent video cards that would support dual 30" monitors :-)

The 512MB x1650 Pro is my current fav for it's $200-ish price tag, there are also a few nvidia 7X00's in that ballpark, then there's always up from there.

I need to buy a CF card reader anyway, is that enough to justify dual 3007WFP-HC's?
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I was about -><- that close to buying a Porsche at the weekend. There was a 2nd hand Boxster in a garage near here that I could have afforded if I traded in my current car and spent about 2/3s of my savings. I'm sort of regretting not doing it because it would be amazing.
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meh, boxter isn't a real porsche anyway :P
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onion2k wrote:I was about -><- that close to buying a Porsche at the weekend. There was a 2nd hand Boxster in a garage near here that I could have afforded if I traded in my current car and spent about 2/3s of my savings. I'm sort of regretting not doing it because it would be amazing.
I hope you regret it for ever and ever and ever. :twisted: (just joking)
How often is it that one is able to afford a Porsche? Btw, what year model was it?
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Not to downplay Porsche's or anything (I like them, especially the new Carrera GTs :bow: ), but Boxsters are a dime a dozen and are relatively inexpensive (given that it's a Porsche), given the year.

Around here the older Boxsters (1999 - 2002) go for maybe $25000, with decent mileage and great condition.

Besides, if you pass on something like that, you're bound to find something better. That's how I found my truck :D

Back on topic, however. I use 19" at work, and 19" at home (for now). I've been debating spending the money on dual 22", but I just don't have the desk space currently, so I may just go for that Dell 24" (work discount :))
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Sod what anyone says, id have a Porsche Boxster...no question!
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I'm happy with my 15" PowerBook + 20" LCD. Dual screens are great and so convenient on a Mac. In the conference room we recently got a 50" Dell Plasma. SO SWEET for meetings and video conferences. I was surprised to find the Mac Mini we have plugged into it could handle the high resolution so well.
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Jenk wrote:meh, boxter isn't a real porsche anyway :P
Have you driven one? They're awesome. I had a go in my uncle's brand new one.

At the end of the day, a porsche is a porsche!
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Compared to a 996, no, they are not real porsches :P

I've always considered them (boxters) over priced for what you get, tbh. Much like Z3's.
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ptrpan wrote:Btw, what year model was it?
Late 2005 (55 plate). In flame red. It's low milage, has lots of options, and is £24,000 (about $45,000).
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Post by alex.barylski »

Dual 30" monitors...

That almost seems like to much screenspace upon reconsidering. :| I suppose you could run two browser (IR & FF) in a single monitor and your debugger and IDE in the second, not to mention the desktop space for icons, etc. I seen an HP 24" which had a pivot point to allow flipping the monitor sideways which I was almost sold on, as I considered being able to view a couple hundre lines of code at one go. I decided on the 22" though...

Any other benefits to 30"
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Hockey wrote:Any other benefits to 30"
You could always watch a dvd on it..
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actually, the 24" monitors are far more flexible for that sort of thing, since they follow the HDTV spec. The 30" would be rather overwhelming.. maybe I should go to the apple store and see two side by side in person before I get too excited...

1680x1050 22'" monitors are an excellent value right now - probably the best in widescreen LCDs. I'll likely hold out for 2x 24" 1920x1080's to drop below $400-ish. I've seen the Dell 24"s in the flesh and they're very nice.
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Call me crazy, but my brother just got a 32" Sony Bravia for free, to which he said I could have. (he works for Sony)

Samsung 28" and Sony Bravia 32" should play nicely together. :P
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Post by Kieran Huggins »

Sweet hookup!

That'll be a nice TV, but you wouldn't want to use it as a monitor at 1366 x 768... the pixels would be the size of dinner plates!
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