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You know that post about my well-equipped office fetish?

22/11/2012

 
I'm sure you remember it. Well, I decided to swap a lowish-res (1680x1050) monitor for a cheapo smaller, but higher-res (1920x1080) monitor. And then I found that my assumptions about the existing connections were wrong and I couldn't. Unless I put in a second low-end video-card. Which, of course, allowed me to run all three at the same time... so why wouldn't I, really?

I didn't mean it to happen, really I didn't. It's verging on silly.  But, also, it's FANTASTIC.
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(1920x1080)+(2048x1152)+(1680x1050) = 6,196,896 pixels. That MUST be enough! For now...
PS If you're minded to try it yourself, there are several bits of software out there that will make it an even more seamless experience. Windows 7 (XP too) is quite happy to accommodate multiple monitors - but it doesn't do too much more than that. Extend the desktop and drag/keyboard-shortcut windows between them, but that's about it.  If you want slicker - and you probably will, once you've got used to it - the best I've found to date is Actual Multiple Monitors: Different wallpaper/screensavers per monitor, separate taskbars, proper extension of Alt-Tab, fixing apps to specific monitors - it's massively configurable and rock-solid stable. Costs money for the full version, but well worth it.

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