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Is this still a Quicksilver, or a Hackintosh? Because I would think running 6 monitors off a Quicksilver would be pretty laggy. Also, nice mug
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Is this still a Quicksilver, or a Hackintosh? Because I would think running 6 monitors off a Quicksilver would be pretty laggy. Also, nice mug
Why would it be laggy?Is this still a Quicksilver, or a Hackintosh? Because I would think running 6 monitors off a Quicksilver would be pretty laggy. Also, nice mug
I have three dedicated video cards, one of which is Quartz Extreme capable. None of the cards use any system resources for anything.
Now, I imagine if I was using all six monitors for gaming that might be a concern, but I use this Mac for design and layout. The hardest work these monitors do is display windows and palettes. And the main displays with the primary card are the ones I use for the main work.
Thanks (the coffee mugh). A company that no longer exists in the Phoenix metro area - KrispyKreme.
I mean, you would need at least 3 graphics cards, with 2 monitors each, and they would have to be pretty high end cards...
It's not.
The system runs very well.
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ATI Radeon 9800 Pro (AGP, 128mb) = 20" Cinema Display, 20" HDTV
ATI Radeon 9200 Pro (PCI, 128mb) = 17" Studio Display, 18" Gateway LCD
ATI Radeon 7000 (PCI, 64mb) = 17" Studio Display, 18" Gateway LCD
I've planned all this out since I got the Mac in late 2013. There's no lag.
I wish there were some in Central NJ. One night my dad brought a box home from a KrispyKreme at Penn Station (One of the main train stations in NYC, along with Grand Central Station for those of you who are unfamiliar with NYC). Some of the best doughnuts I ever had, completely tops Dukin'. However, Dunkin's coffee is my favorite. I've only had Starbucks once (odd for a 15 year old to say, lol) and I got an iced coffee, and I thought Dunkin's was much better. However, at home, a nice cup of Maxwell's House- Medium roast K-Cup is my usual.
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My thoughts exact, lol. I wish I could figure out a 6-monitor setup, but I don't think I can get that with my current setup:
Besides, I would have to figure out how to get all of the monitors hocked up to all 3 of my main systems (MBP, HP, G5)
EDIT: damn, my room was so clean when I took this... I really should get cleaning to get it back to looking this nice.
My thoughts exact, lol. I wish I could figure out a 6-monitor setup, but I don't think I can get that with my current setup:
Besides, I would have to figure out how to get all of the monitors hocked up to all 3 of my main systems (MBP, HP, G5)
EDIT: damn, my room was so clean when I took this... I really should get cleaning to get it back to looking this nice.
Well, this is always something I've wanted to do. I have always wanted the QS and six displays is double what I have at work, although the vid card at work can handle three at once (it's a Mac Pro).
Eventually, with time and enough cash the displays will all be 22" HD Cinema displays. Technically, I could add four more, but that kills my expandability (SATA card and FW/USB card) and I really don't have a use for ten displays. Six is about what I can handle.
In your case as you indicate you'd have to account for more than one Mac/PC. My troubles however have been limited to just one machine.
There is a program called Synergy that enables multiple monitors to be controlled via one mouse and keyboard over the network. You could build a second QS and add monitors as necessary.
There is an older version for PPC that runs on Leopard only. I've tried it and it works well.
I've done up to three monitors on one G5. It worked well, but I ended up scrapping the concept in favor of a separate workflow on two monitors.
You may have already answered this, but what is your need for 6 monitors?
Oh, and my edit motivated me to clean up my room, now it's just about as neat as it was in the picture.
LOL! Yes, I've answered it a few times.You may have already answered this, but what is your need for 6 monitors?
Oh, and my edit motivated me to clean up my room, now it's just about as neat as it was in the picture.
Simple answer though: none. I don't need more than one display. I want six displays. So, that is what I have. A lot of the things I do or get are not driven by need - they are driven by want.
That said, I do utilize them. Email on one screen, commonly used folders open on other screens, my main work layouts on the main screen and my palettes on the screen to the right and left of the main screen.
It makes things easier rather than having to switch through apps.
At work I do the same thing, only I do it with three less monitors.
You may have already answered this, but what is your need for 6 monitors?
Oh, and my edit motivated me to clean up my room, now it's just about as neat as it was in the picture.
Still not very neat. Look at those cables! Tie them up at least and tuck them away
then it would be neat.Still not very neat. Look at those cables! Tie them up at least and tuck them away
Yeah, my cable management is horrible. I don't mind too much though, I meant a whole bunch of stuff that I don't need on my desk and floor.
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Ah that makes sense. I find after getting used to 2 monitors that they are essential to have. It doubles productivity and allows me to do so much more. I would think 3 would be even better as well.
This is why I find it odd that you'd make this comment about our weather...
Up here where it never gets too cold in the winter, take this past winter as an example, not one flake of snow.
And it is always quite moderate in the summer, myself and everyone I know has never felt the need for central AC.
PS: I have on occasion visited Phoenix, and must admit I was really glad to get back home, and that was in November.
Yes, productivity is the name of the game here.
At work I do a lot of drag and drop of files from network folders into InDesign documents. It's a heck of a lot easier to drag from open windows on the monitor on my left into the main window in front of me then it it to start a drag from the main window, switch to ID and then complete the drop.
I have my printer windows on my right hand monitor so I can monitor my print jobs and my email window is also on my right monitor so I can see what comes in and keep working in the main window in front of me.
I apply the same concepts at home with my six displays, I just have apps located a little differently.
Sounds pretty convenient. If I ever work in an office or a cubicle or something, I'm going to put in so many monitors and few computers, lol
Forgive me, I assume that Vancouver Island is in Washington State. If I assumed incorrectly, then I can understand your confusion.
My sister lives in Seattle and it rains there constantly and it's cold there in the winter.
A neat desk is a sign of a person with too little work to do
(at least I try to keep telling myself that)
I just toss stuff onto my desk and floor, and when I get a chance or if it gets extremely bad, I'll clean it. I try to keep everything neat, but sometimes things do get out of hand, lol. My sister, however, won't clean unless the mountains of stuff fall down, and even then she probably will just ignore it
We're very different in terms of how we keep our rooms, as well as the rest of the house...
What's funny is how many people who haven't worked at our company for long come by and make the assumption that I'm being arrogant or narcissistic.
Then they seen how I work and the fact that I'm grabbing stuff from everywhere and not changing apps to do it and they get it.
I have a lot of other things I'm responsible for other than just design as well. So not only do I have three displays on my desk I've got two G4s on my left doing stuff, a PC behind me for odd jobs and a another PC and server off to my right doing jobs as well. That doesn't include the main server which sits at another desk far behind me.
Well, when you try to explain why you have 19 computers to other 15 year olds or adults, I have to explain that I collect them because they usually think I'm arrogant, rich, or a total geek. For some odd reason, everyone thinks I can combine all the computers into one massive super computer. Technically, I guess I could, but with the carried amount of technology, ages, and parts, it would never be possible. They also feel the need to tell me off about how old and slow my iBook was. They were all amazed by the fact that it had a disk drive, which in my mind I was laughing at the fact that if it has a disk drive, it's old apparently.
Apple is often one of the first to jump on new technologies in a big way, but then drop them when they see the "writing on the wall" so to speak.
CD-ROM drives were still pretty much optional on PCs in 1994, but Apple mostly went whole hog with them on the first generation PowerPC computers. USB, of course, is now everywhere but Apple went whole-hog with it on the New World ROM machine by replacing their time-tested ADB and other legacy peripheral connection(SCSI, RS-422, etc) in the iMac. The only NWR Mac with an ADB port was the B&W G3.
Apple jumped on Firewire in a big way as a new fast external bus(to effectively replace SCSI). It's now virtually gone from Apple products, and only lingers on in the 13" Classic MBP and Thunderbolt display(plus the Thunderbolt-FW dongle). High speed USB has replaced it, and now FW800 offers virtually no advantage over USB 3.0(although it smokes USB 2.0).
Apple currently makes exactly one computer with a built-in optical drive-the 13" Classic MBP. I use my optical drive in my MBP often enough that I wouldn't want to give it up, although I'm probably in the minority. They had started phasing the out with the MBA, and when the classic Mac Pro was gone along with the 15" Classic MBP, they effectively shut the door on the technology(short of USB drives-kind of like the old situation with floppy drives when the iMac came out). They're pretty much gone in the PC world now, too.
The new Retina Macbook is branching out in a big way by almost completely removing ports(save for a single USB-C port that is used for charging primarily, then data in/out and video out). We'll see if they're right about it this time.
Its been fifteen years since Organic Chemistry...
...But I'll give it a try. On your screen is 3 cyclooxybutane. Am I even close bunnspecial?
...But I'll give it a try. On your screen is 3 cyclooxybutane. Am I even close bunnspecial?
The molecule in the leftmost window of the two screens is trans-cinnamaldehyde-so named because it's one of the primary flavor components of Cinnamon.
At the time, I was looking into doing some catalysis experiments as a substrate, so everything pulled up on the computer is related to that.
Saturday night. Coffee and smoothie. Macs. Starbucks. Good times.
