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ya, i watch my ftp, email server, and porn on one, and play video games on da other
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My printer has his computer set up with a dual monitor system. He just loves the set up. He uses his much you use yours.
I have considered going to this kind of set up but, unfortunately, space does become an issue on my design station. Too bad for me...
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I had a duel monitor set-up for a couple of years and loved it for all the reasons you mentioned. But desk space became more valuable than monitor space...
And then my old monitor packed leaving me no choice but to go the ultimate route (for me)- a 19" LCD flat screen. Its big enough to hold all my digital tools and still has lots of work space and even better yet the new flat monitor takes up even less of my desk space!
-dan
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Dan, that's exactly what happened to us...we were moving comp. around to clean, whilst inserting the monitor cable into comp. pin falls out, well that one pin controlled all the red on my monitor...not easy to design without red on your screen! So we made the choice to go flat screen, man I would never go back!!! I can't believe I didn't do it sooner, much easier on the eyes and 4 times the space on the desk.
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I remember a few years ago somebody saying I would regret using a single 21" monitor...but that was never the case.
A year ago I bought a Dell Precision Workstation, with dual ATI Dual monitor card, I started with 2 21" monitors side by side, them noved one home and kept a 19" as the extra at work.
I will always have that setup now...its great, when working in Omega I have my Composer open on the 21" monitor and my GSP Plot open in monitor 2 so I am free to go thru all my open composers and see separately what jobs are outputted to which plotter, and my Edge.
Another great use is working as I do now more in Photoshop, and having e-books (Photoshop Bible etc) up in monitor 2.
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For a while I have planned to add a second monitor by my client counter. Now, I tend to let people crowd up behind me to have design input of quick layouts, or initial design proofs when I am ok with getting the input without having to send them away, print it out, & wait for their return just to red ink stuff they could have commented on while drawing the first time.
What I hate is having them breathing down my neck, so I will put a wall between us, a sliding window (frosted maybe?, or 1-way mirror) & a monitor I can flip on to show them how things are coming together for their input.
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but to go the ultimate route (for me)- a 19" LCD flat screen. Its big enough to hold all my digital tools and still has lots of work space and even better yet the new flat monitor takes up even less of my desk space!
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