01-22-2007, 05:51 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Jul 2003
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30" Widescreen 'Reasonable'?
I bought a 20" widescreen LCD for my computing needs about a year ago. Although I've been happy with it's performance and much smaller space requirements from my old 19" CRT, I'm still left wanting more.
I thought the 20" widescreen would be good to have two apps open side by side. Not even a simple browser and Outlook will fit side by side. Yeah, I can switch between apps quickly enough... But you REALLY get better productivity by having apps open side by side.. I used to have a two monitor setup and just loved it... Which brings me to this question?
A 20" widescreen LCD is good for 1.5 open, viewable apps. I would think that a 24" widescreen CAN fit 2 apps on the screen, side by side. Can it? So upgrading to 24" would solve it. Wrong. I couldn't have my IM windows and other little utility apps viewable at the same time.
So I was thinking of getting a 24" widescreen and keeping my 20" widescreen. I'm not sure about having two different sized screens... Sure it's probably the best for the cost... But it would 'look' funky. I was thinking of going big-time with a 30" widescreen from Dell, but then if I was playing a game, I'd have to devote the entire screen to the game and not keep an eye on other things on the other screen. Plus, that's so darn BIG. I'd actually have to look up to view things!
Cost IS an issue, but I've been saving ;-)
What do you folks think?
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