Some of you may know that my computer setup has 3 displays, with two 24" wide-screen Asus monitors flanking my Acer 22" wide-screen monitor in the middle. What you may not know is how I have the displays setup, what is on each one, etc. In other words, how do I have the apps arranged so that I can keep up on everything which is going on around me.
The monitor on the right has Google Chrome on it, and I use an add-on named SpeedDial to simulate the Safari top sites feature. SpeedDial is even more customizable and very easy to use. Here is a screen shot of how I have mine setup:
On the left, I currently have the SeaMonkey web browser, which I use for those times when I need to look something up while using Google Chrome for something else. There isn't really anything exciting to see, but I will toss in a screen shot just to show you what it looks like:
The middle screen is perhaps the busiest, having both the email portion of SeaMonkey, as well as my IM client, Adium. Here is a what it looks like:
I'm not sure it will pan out, but I would like to have six displays on my next system! I have plenty of room on the desk I am using currently, but lack the capability to do six monitors with my current GA-EP45-UD3P system.
A lot of the newer iCore based system boards have provisions for 3 video cards, which could make my 6 display dream come true. Of course that takes money which I don't have at the moment, so that will have to come later on.
Also at my desk, I have an additional computer system which is able to access all three monitors also. It's a GA-P35-DS3L, but it only has a single video card. To access the 3rd display I use a USB based video card which works pretty well.
I recently added a new Mac mini to the whole mess, but it is only able to access 2 of the 3 monitors at the present time. To access the third I would have to add another USB video card as the Mac mini only has provisions for 2 video displays on board.
Just a quick look at some of the junk which clutters up my desk space...
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