Re: New writer looking for advice

[John G <john -at- garisons -dot- com>]

When you do a Google Hangout or other video conferencing stuff and share
your screen it's better to share a separate monitor ...

I'd like to try one of those really wide ones, but I'm not convinced that
one gigunda one is better than two 23-inchers ...

On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 4:57 PM, Robert Lauriston <robert -at- lauriston -dot- com>
wrote:

> I find it bizarre that anyone would claim two monitors is a
> requirement when you can get a single ULHD display with a 3840x2160
> desktop for $300.
>
> It looks like getting 8GB instead of 4GB currently adds about $80 to a
> Latitude on outlet.dell.com. Aftermarket is less than half that.
>
> On Fri, Apr 17, 2015 at 1:36 PM, Rick Quatro <rick -at- rickquatro -dot- com> wrote:
> > I agree with Jessica. Two monitors are the baseline for productive,
> > 8-hour-a-day computer work. Especially in the Adobe world of palettes,
> pods,
> > and panels.
> >
> > Also, I think that having a minimum amount of RAM (4 GB) is false
> economy.
> > In my opinion, 8 GB is baseline for a reasonable production setup. RAM is
> > very affordable, so there is little reason to settle for less.
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