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Post #186,732 by cforde 12/11/04 2:22:25 AM Reply	yep I was offered the bluetooth upgrade but I turned it down because I don't want to use the Apple mouse. I want multiple buttons and a scroll wheel. I'm looking forward to the improved performance, but I might have to give up my second monitor. I currently have 2 screens: the 1280 by 854 on the laptop and the 1152 by 864 (I think) on a second monitor. For a total screen area of 2,088,448 pixels. The iMac comes with a 1680 by 1050 screen for a total of 1,764,000 pixels. Over 15% smaller. The way I work now I have my email, chat and editor on the laptop screen and multiple terminal windows (iTerm with it's tabs really helps here) and browsers on the 2nd monitor. I use all the screen real estate I have. So I'm not looking forward to the reduction. Have fun, Carl Forde
Post #186,734 by admin 12/11/04 8:37:34 AM Reply	No multiple desktops? I've never even considered multiple screens, because I have 8 desktops. There's never a lack of real estate, and the switching is both second nature and helpful in that I group things on each screen (chat on one, docs-in-browsers on the next, several code screens, one for each project, a VMWare screen, and a catch-all where I throw things like Gabber control windows and calendars). Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #186,735 by pwhysall 12/11/04 9:25:16 AM Reply	No need. Expose. Peter [link\|http://www.debian.org\|Shill For Hire] [link\|http://www.kuro5hin.org\|There is no K5 Cabal] [link\|http://guildenstern.dyndns.org\|Home]
Post #186,739 by SpiceWare 12/11/04 11:42:57 AM Reply	So true I've mapped one of my trackball's extra buttons to trigger expose. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://www.spiceware.org/cgi-bin/spa.pl?album=./Artistic%20Overpass\|Artistic Overpass]\n[link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #186,747 by cforde 12/11/04 3:08:42 PM Reply	I really miss expose when I don't have it One of the advantages of a large amount of real estate is being able to read the code here and see the results there without flipping between views. Expose doesn't really help with that. There's no substitute for pixels ([link\|http://www.discoverboating.com/articles/articles.asp?id=93\|or something like that]). Have fun, Carl Forde
Post #186,748 by Another Scott 12/11/04 3:16:50 PM Reply	DiscoverBoating?!? I thought your link would be to something like [link\|http://www.boingboing.net/2004/11/15/jumbotron_of_your_ow.html\|this]. :-) Cheers, Scott.
Post #186,751 by SpiceWare 12/11/04 3:43:56 PM Reply	True I have 2 19" flat panels at work. Makes a big difference when I can have VB, tora, and executable all visible. Before the LCDs I had a 17" with two 15" monitors on either side. Some of the coworkes used to laugh about it, yet now there's a number of users with multiple monitors. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://www.spiceware.org/cgi-bin/spa.pl?album=./Artistic%20Overpass\|Artistic Overpass]\n[link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #186,743 by admin 12/11/04 1:22:47 PM Reply	Can I tell Expose to group windows arbitrarily? And keep them that way? If not, then it's useless to me. Regards, -scott anderson "Welcome to Rivendell, Mr. Anderson..."
Post #186,745 by SpiceWare 12/11/04 1:50:57 PM Reply	There are 3rd party solutions google turned up [link\|http://www.codetek.com/ctvd/\|CodeTek VirtualDesktop] and [link\|http://space.sourceforge.net/\|space.app]. Probably others as well. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://www.spiceware.org/cgi-bin/spa.pl?album=./Artistic%20Overpass\|Artistic Overpass]\n[link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #186,738 by SpiceWare 12/11/04 11:40:35 AM Reply	Extend your desktop using these free [link\|http://www.rutemoeller.com/mp/ibook/ibook_e.html\|Screen Spanning Doctor] $20 [link\|http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/71308/wo/N62lmyBu7eiS2ZlKE6PiScAfQlB/4.0.11.1.0.6.25.7.11.0.3\|http://store.apple.com/1-800-MY-APPLE/WebObjects/AppleStore.woa/71308/wo/N62lmyBu7eiS2ZlKE6PiScAfQlB/4.0.11.1.0.6.25.7.11.0.3\|Apple VGA Display Adapter] Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://www.spiceware.org/cgi-bin/spa.pl?album=./Artistic%20Overpass\|Artistic Overpass]\n[link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore
Post #187,084 by SpiceWare 12/15/04 10:21:38 AM Reply	Found a bluetooth problem work around use USB 2.0 hubs. Only thing I don't like is the new hubs I picked up don't power down like my old one did - any USB devices with LEDs light up the room after I shut down for the night. I went with the bluetooth because I knew I'd want to use it in the future with cell phones and such. I did the bundle because the bluetooth was $50 and the keyboard $70 while the bluetooth/keyboard/mouse bundle was $100. I already had the trackball I wanted to use. Darrell Spice, Jr. [link\|http://www.spiceware.org/cgi-bin/spa.pl?album=./Artistic%20Overpass\|Artistic Overpass]\n[link\|http://www.spiceware.org/\|SpiceWare] - We don't do Windows, it's too much of a chore

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