Tip-Of-The-WeekJanuary 26, 2007From the Free Computer Consultanthttp://www.FreeComputerConsultant.com Dual MonitorsWhen the price of real estate goes down, Buy!For the last couple of years my clients have been slooowly replacing big, bulky, HEAVY (I'm the one who carries them around) monitors with sleek new flat panels.
Side Note: Don't tell someone you want a new flat screen monitor when you are looking for a monitor that is only 2" deep. That's a flat panel. The last improvement in the old style CRT (huge) monitors was to put flat screens in them. That just meant that the front of the screen was flat instead of curved like they always used to be. Professionals and business owners have really been looking forward to reclaiming all of that desk area back when they switch to a flat panel. But I've been telling them "not so fast". Think "Dual Monitors". That's right. TWO flat panel displays side by side. Huh? they respond. What would I want that for? How about Outlook open all the time on the right? How about a different spreadsheet open on each monitor? Need to key data from a web page to Word or Excel? Envision having both open at the same time! The cost of screen real estate via flat panels is plummeting. Two nice 19" flat panels can be had for about $450. Throw in $100 for a video card upgrade if yours doesn't support two monitors. $800 will buy two 20" monitors and a video card. I recommend nVidia based video cards over ATI. ATI are just fine but I like the DualView software options that nVidia offers. You can even have different resolutions on each monitor if you want. Maybe you have an application that needs hi-res but you want to read your email and internet without reading glasses. Options abound. Once you try it, you'll never go back. In fact, you'll wonder how you ever did without it. Prices are falling and rebates abound. Is it time you invested in a little more (screen) real estate?
P.S. I just put up a first draft of a page on USB Flash Drives, it's here. I just love these devices and for the last several weeks I have been getting them for FREE at Buy.com (after rebate). The one I bought today is a 2GB model for $50 with a $50 rebate. Costs me a stamp and envelope for the rebate, but that's a cheap Pen drive! Hope this information is of use to you, that's it for this week. When was the last time you backed up YOUR PC? Thanks for subscribing, | ||
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