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First Dual Screen Laptop ...I think
relic2279:
That thing has to have a horrible battery life when the dual screens are in use.
Carnivus:
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--- Quote from: Carnivus on September 01, 2009, 08:57:13 PM ---You can still do it with almost zero effort.Write them before you start the game,or use ALT+TAB.
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There are many situations when writing them up or searching for them is something that is done as a spur of the moment event. and ALT+TAB can get very annoying when you have a game or something running full screen.
--- Quote from: Carnivus on September 01, 2009, 08:29:38 PM ---The examples are good,but only for work.For a home PC,it's useless.I mean,I can't think of a good way too use them.
You are right in a way,but you didn't noticed one thing.If you have a chat program on monitor 1 and anime on monitor 2,the only way to talk and watch is by doing it separately.If you don't you might end up with a "wreagn meseeg"(wrong message),and miss-out on something interesting happening in the anime.Again,useless.Easier solution:ALT+TAB,or don't watch anime with a chat program turned on.I hate to have that on when watching anything,it's like someone interrupting you.
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Responding to messenger while watching anime may have not have been the best example to use but there are still many situations when having a second screen is incredibly useful. The point of the messenger and anime example is still valid though. Using the second screen for secondary apps and stuff is hella useful and is alot simpler, faster, and more organized than having to ALT+TAB through a half dozen/dozen windows.
It's not about spreading out your attention span but more about separating the things you do that vie for your attention when at a computer into organized sections that have their own screen. What better organization than having another monitor for those tertiary things? Do you actually like alt tabbing all the time through a bunch of shit or minimizing your full screen application to look up or look at and respond to something more trivial? I wish i had the funds to get another screen.
The reasons fro having a second monitor however pretty much shrivels up when you try to put a laptop into the equation. It just goes against some of the basic reasons for a laptop's existence (portability and ease of use anywhere being two that come to mind). Laptops are just trying too much to be what they were never intended for to the point where people now buy netbooks to do the kinds of things we used to buy laptops for.
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Yes,funds.Now tell me,my friend,would you rather spend 300$ on a second monitor or spend it on updating your PC,or buing a PS3 or games for PS3/Xbox/PC?
As I stand,those things only look cool.Another usage might be for a security system,as an alternative for split-screen.Also,Batman's 9-monitor-gigantic-PC is a dream of us all.Now there is a fair usage of a multiple monitor system.
Natheria:
--- Quote from: Carnivus on September 01, 2009, 09:45:42 PM ---Yes,funds.Now tell me,my friend,would you rather spend 300$ on a second monitor or spend it on updating your PC,or buing a PS3 or games for PS3/Xbox/PC?
As I stand,those things only look cool.Another usage might be for a security system,as an alternative for split-screen.Also,Batman's 9-monitor-gigantic-PC is a dream of us all.Now there is a fair usage of a multiple monitor system.
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There are also alot of other things that people blow their money on that are alot less useful than a second screen when it comes to computers (or anything for that matter). It's not something that you necessarily need to have a well off functioning computer but some people can't live without it once they have one. Some people also wish to upgrade their primary monitor to begin with. Currently I'm using a 17" fullscreen. I would like to have something like a 24" widescreen that has at least 1080 reso. ;D I would love to use the one i have now as a secondary monitor (notice alot of woulds? :D).
It's all about whether you will utilize that second screen or not. For many people they do and very effectively. I would love to be able to read IRC, monitor comp settings with my moe rainmeter skins, keep track of torrents, and do random searches on a second monitor while playing a game or anything else I'm doing at the moment. It's all about screen real estate. Some people just want more/need more of it.
shabutie:
I play games on one screen while watching movies on another
Proin Drakenzol:
I dual screen all the time. My laptop is hooked up to a 24" monitor while I'm home (my desktop actually only uses one screen, my 42" TV).
It's great for managing multiple windows. And some of us can concentrate on more than one thing at a time.
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