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- michaelstone, on 10/12/2007, -4/+60*****, 30 ft. monitors? What res do those puppies run at? 1,000,000,000 x 750,000,000?
- Sundae, on 10/12/2007, -0/+25If I was boss, I wouldn't like my employees to dream on work time. It's cheaper to buy that monitor then.
- CptnYawp, on 10/12/2007, -1/+18My boss said "keep on dreaming..." - well it was worth a try!!
- Godric, on 10/12/2007, -1/+16Easy. Just show him that Apple article and then inform him that Dell monitors cost half as much.
- PeterMeh, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12The article convinced me. NOT because of the actually content or supporting data, but just because I have to zoom in to 200% to read the godamn thing on my 15" monitor....... :-|
- capn_caveman, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1124' X 30' monitors are the new tech geek standard.
- CadMasterAdam, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8our office runs dual 19".
one guy got a 37" LCD. but its to big to make effective use of autocad unless you are like 4 feet away. - kilps, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8Could the reason for productivity not be that it would be easier for your boss to see that you are busy browsing Digg and not working? ;) Everyone be good ...
- jamester, on 10/12/2007, -2/+8"links to pdf" is not enough for you?
- cr3ative, on 10/12/2007, -2/+7Hehehehe. It's funny because your computer is incapable of handling the Adobe Reader.
Try using the Foxit reader instead, if you've got issues. - serra, on 10/12/2007, -1/+5Yeah, this will only accomplish your boss laughing his ass off at you.
- ditoa, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6I have ordered 700+ Dell TFTs in the past 2 years and not had a fault with a single one of them. Not even a stuck/dead pixel.
- gambl0r, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4the four Dell 21" LCDs that I've bought have not had a problem. I don't see why their 30" one would be any different.
Apple's monitors are overpriced and use the same LCDs. - DoubtfulSalmon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4The free Foxit PDF Reader (http://www.foxitsoftware.com/) is your friend. Fast and lightweight, doesn't take an eon to load like the adobe POS does.
- geminitojanus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Remember kids, on Digg, you have to add a space after a URL encapsulated in parenthesis:
(http://this.isagoodexample.com/ ). (http://this.isabadone.com/).
The correct of above is (http://www.foxitsoftware.com/ ) for the extremely lazy Digg reader (like myself). - Xiol, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I currently use 2x17" monitors at work, both running at 1280x1024. That seems to be more than adequate for my needs at the minute.
Quite frankly, I find two monitors better than one - that way you can run two apps maximised rather than having to mess around with tiling them and whatnot. - mkjones, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3I have a big monitor and its true you DO work harder as you can surf and work at the same time!
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+6Was it just a typo or is smadore so illiterate that he/she doesn't know the difference between ' (feet) and " (inches)? I see mistakes like that far too often here. Perfection isn't required, but damn
- bytefoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2My boss said I should stab you for linking directly to a PDF.
- Infobahn, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3The reason you WON'T be a boss is because you use logic to come to this opinion. We all know that logic is not allowed in management circles.
- astx813, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Or go to an eye doctor. When I worked for an Illinois governmental purchasing office, I must have processed 50 requests for larger lcds for people who had doctors' notes saying they were suffering eye-strain. Somehow, with ADA and other such rules, we were obligated to provide the upgrades every time.
- tomhung, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2i'm in the dual computer camp...
Win XP 21" Monitor --/ X2VNC /-- FreeBSD 20" Monitor
http://fredrik.hubbe.net/x2vnc.html - rodbibeau, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I use a Tri-17" setup. Any larger or more and i would have to move around way too much to see the screens.
- EvilRob, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Maybe it's always you, I haven't been looking that closely, but I read this all the time. Seems like every time someone posts a complaint about their job.... someone else invariable replies with a trite (and unrealistic) "just be your own boss and all your troubles go away".
Speaking as someone who was self-employed very lucratively for 5 years, I can tell you:
1) not everyone has the type of job skills where self-employment is an option. Maybe some DIGG readers are not IT professionals with post-graduate degrees, they just like the articles they read here
2) going freelance requires more work. You file your own taxes, you keep lots of additional records, etc. This may be fine for some, but it's a PAIN to others.
3) in order to justify your magical bigger salary (or contract rate) you have to demonstrate why you are a cut above all the other candidates that companies can hire on a lower salary. Not everyone can do this.
4) you must drum up your own work. Let's say you are taking 3 and 6 month contracts. Some people have a harder time at this than others. Some really talented artists or developers do not have the charm and charisma to keep the work coming from new clients all the time. They just want to WORK. Not work at getting work.
Here at my current job I have full control, good salary, I telecommute 3 days a week and my company appreciates and respects me. It's not perfect but it's a good job. There are good jobs out there.
"Be your own boss and avoid -- insert random sniveling complaint here --" is such horse *****. You are showing off and no one is impressed. - altidude, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I'd be happy with a 19" monitor and can't even get that! I'm stuck with this god-damned 17" CRT unless I pay to upgrade it myself. Die CRT! Die!
- salmonmoose, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I asked, then it was pointed out that I had dual 20" monitors plus my laptop.
So I asked if I could get a calibrater, and got one ;) - master_of_fm, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2problem is where I work people have 19" and 21" LCD screens and still have the resolutions set to 1024x768, I even found someone running a 19" LCD at 800x600 and she was complaining that her text was "blurry", of course when i turned up the resolution text is crystal clear but now everything is too small. I offered her a smaller panel with a lower dpi (bigger pixels) to make things easier to read, but for some odd reason she declined.
- duke, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I bet these research subjects knew that they were part of a study, which would skew the results. First, they probably knew which result needed to be better to get what they wanted. Second, they probably knew that they were being watched, so they weren't using that screen real estate to do work in one window and run a game (or Trillian) in the other. In the real world, when no one is looking over the worker's shoulder and making decisions about what is "possible", I bet you might actually see a productivity decrease for many jobs. I will admit, though, that for some jobs, like CAD and large spreadsheets, it would probably help a lot.
Bottom line - be judicious about showing this to your boss. Chances are that he/she is more savvy than you think. Don't be doing word processing and expect him/her to buy this self-interested study hook, line and sinker.
duke - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Makes me feel better about my 30" now, definitly is handy for translating though.
- K3V2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Same thing happens where I work...17" LCDs running at 800x600, ugh. Everyone asks me how I can see things with the resolution so high, but I can't understand how they look at that horrible blurry text all day!
- spacebar14, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Could we be more arrogant? I think not...
- spacebar14, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Took the words right out of my mouth.
- junh, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1it's so fun, and I'll try it.
- sdbillin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I find synergy much better for sharing a single keyboard & mouse between two systems (in my case WinXP & Linux).
It has the added benefit of allowing you to copy & paste text between systems.
http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ - invader, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Get To Work:
You aren't being paid to believe in the power of your dreams.
(January of this year's Despair calendar)
:) http://www.despair.com/indem.html - spacebar14, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1^^ same ^^
After switching to *Foxit* I now love PDF's and I make essay's and forms in PDF now :) - spacebar14, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1You could even go the extra mile and make it look nice by doing
( http://mysupercoolsite.com )
*two* spaces
"Try using the Foxit reader instead, if you've got issues."
Actually, try it even if you don't - richbradshaw, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1To the guy with 700+ Dell TFTs:
I have one Dell TFT, and it has one dead (well always green) pixel. How unlucky am I! They won't let me return it, apparently you have to have at least 4 dead before you qualify for a replacement! - cowardlydragon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Someone needs to learn the fine art of workplace scavenging. You're telling me there isn't an equivalent unbroken monitor hanging around in a hallway or empty cube somewhere?
- lonseidman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Forget just one big monitor, two is where it's at :). My productivity increased tremendously when I added a second LCD panel to my desktop. I'm running two 20" flat panels at 1600*1200 each (3200*2400 total).
- EtherGnat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I've got the same concern, currently using dual 19" LCDs. I'd like to move to a single monitor, but being able to easily maximize windows to a single monitor and swap apps back and forth with a hotkey are killer features for me. With large monitors (24"+) becoming more commonplace I keep thinking somebody will write a window manager app that provides similar functionality on a single monitor. I'm still waiting. :(
- EtherGnat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1A study comparing dual monitor vs. huge monitor would be interesting. As I stated above I'm still firmly in the dual monitor camp, but I think with the right software support a single monitor could be more productive.
- cypherz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I've already got 2 22" monitors on my Shuttle XPC at work. We're deploying twin 19" LCD's to many of our "power users" here. The productivity angle has sold very well around here.
- Jetfire, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Buy the Dell. I ran 2- 2405FPW on a 5700LE Geforce Card. I have upgrade to a 7800GTX Top but it ran fine on the 5700 except games (WOW) had relow FPS. I just bought my third one at to use at work, since the boss won‘t. I'm looking at getting a second one. These things are just too sweet.
- Bytor, on 10/12/2007, -2/+3I just got a new Dell 24" widescreen last night at home. LCD is definitely different. The widescreen is so big that I have to look around to see everything. All in all unless you wanted to watch movies I would say get the 20" non wide screen. This thing has some issues with wide screen and LCD off axis that is more distracting than the 22" trinitron I use at work. For work I prefer the trinitron. This is my first LCD, so maybe in time I will get used to it and even prefer it.
- Web_Weasel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I would suggest taking pictures at the office xmas party. You could get a raise too.
- pyite, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2That is the problem with bigger monitors: the resolution actually drops, usually to 1280x720 or around there. A bigger monitor isn't helpful unless you keep the same DPI.
- K3V2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ironically I just got a 19" widescreen monitor installed at work today. Good timing for this Digg :)
- GeneralAntilles, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I have an Apple Aluminum Studio 20" Widescreen LCD on an Ergotron arm as my primary, two old (~1999) trinitron 17" CRTs to my left and right and two ViewSonic VGA 15" LCDs on top of the CRTs. 5 screens running on two Radeon 9200 PCI cards and an ATI Radeon X800 XT totaling 7,176,864 pixels or 1680*1050, 2x1024*768, and 2x1600*1200.
I have Adium, and ircII running on the two 15" LCDs, Mail running on the left CRT, iTunes on the right CRT and whatever I'm doing at that moment on the primary. - ChrisGranger, on 10/12/2007, -0/+11600x1200 x2 is 3200x1200, not 3200x2400...
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