• Fedizen@lemmy.worldEnglish
    81·
    14 hours ago

    Modeling and CAD generally require up to 4 monitors.

    1. App
    2. App submenus and subwindows
    3. Redlines/markups/notes
    4. Optional. Emails, file browsing, screen share, manuals.

    Though I’d say working with complicated apps regularly will give you a mental illness, so fair.

    • dogs0n@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      14 hours ago

      I don’t do modeling or anything, but don’t workspaces (virtual desktops) work better? Mostly to avoid moving your head so much around 4 screens. I would think so anyway but i dunno

      • Fedizen@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        14 hours ago

        I work with redlines and you need to have them open on another screen while you’re making edits unless you like torturing yourself.

        You can print out redlines and look at pen and paper markups which works great but it has negatives like printing a set of 20 page 22x34 drawings can be costly to plot and annoying to go through sheet by sheet

  • Gumus@lemmy.worldEnglish
    141·
    17 hours ago

    1000015003

    Since then I’ve upgraded the laptop so it actually runs on all screens. And I can switch to the desktop with a KVM.

  • Jankatarch@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    18 hours ago

    Lets be real, 4 and 8 are “Look what they need to mimic a fraction of our tiling window managers” 99% the time in practice.

  • Mr_Dr_Oink@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    12 hours ago

    13 at work 6 at home.

    Although in both cases all screens are different sizes and i have a kvm set up at home which allows me to switch the two larger (but still differently sized) screens to show my raspberry pi desktop or my wifes laptop for when she works from home where she has a 13 setup.

    Edit: Actually i completely forgot, i have a small kvm at work too with a pi500 connected dual booting raspian and android. I use raspian to play classic dungeon keeper (with keeperfx mod) on my breaks, and android just to mess around and see what its capable of.

  • spirinolas@lemmy.worldEnglish
    41·
    19 hours ago

    I have a 27in main, a 21in on its immediate right, a 27in led TV on the left side of the room and an old CRT on the right side of the room. All cables go under the carpet.

    Get bent, fucking casuals!

  • xorollo@leminal.spaceEnglish
    71·
    24 hours ago

    The only thing mental is putting up with all of these seams. If you’re not in a tactical environment that requires this – say for being able to set up and move on the fly – then just get a big ass monitor. They’re life changing.

    • TryingSomethingNew@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      2·
      13 hours ago

      Easier to move windows around using the windows+arrow keys this way. Easier to share screen this way. Easier to switch context this way.

      • xorollo@leminal.spaceEnglish
        1·
        13 hours ago

        You can set up your own windows snap patterns and you can share windows instead of full screens.

        • TryingSomethingNew@sopuli.xyzEnglish
          3·
          13 hours ago

          Yup. But both are more difficult to use in practice, and I’ve been on enough calls where the person shares their entire 40” ultra-wide, to encourage it. I run with three monitors, and replacing any of them is trivial. The biggest problem is the KVM, and that’s ~$200.

  • MycelialMass@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    21 hours ago

    Can someone explain to me how to connect so many monitors? Like I had two HDMI ports and I think thats pretty normal? How are people doing 3+ monitors?

    • spinning_disk_engineer@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      19 hours ago

      You can daisy chain displayport, as long as you have the bandwidth for it. I think the real issue is not how many monitors, but just how many pixels you’re trying to drive. Since secondary monitors are typically 1080p, the whole collection of them should be the same as a 4k main monitor.

    • KmlSlmk64@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      20 hours ago

      You need a graphics card or smth to even have the ability to have >3 displays. Some Macbooks have a 2 screen limit, so if you want to use only external monitors you have to close the lid. PC graphics generally allow at least 3 screens. But thunderbolt usb is an option.

      • MycelialMass@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        19 hours ago

        I have a tower pc with graphics card, dual booting windows and linux so in theory I can put 3 on here? Interesting

        • KmlSlmk64@lemmy.worldEnglish
          1·
          17 hours ago

          Linus Tech Tips did a video on having windows alongside macOS on the smae machine. They did it by having both as VMs on a barebones linux machines. Theoretically you could then dedicate each one of the operating systems to an OS, and run linux, windows, and mac side by side. My guess kn feasibility: very hard.

          https://youtu.be/EozeSDeV3Vo

    • rumba@lemmy.zipEnglish
      1·
      19 hours ago

      My laptop and a thunderbolt dock can do 4, a 4k panel, 2 qhd and a 1080p all at 30fps

      Every Screen adds on bandwidth needs, the more pixes and faster refresh, the fewer screens you can handle.

      You can get there with multiple gpus, or if you have lower demands, usb->html

      Good grapics cards have 3, you’re not limited to one graphics card

  • drath@lemmy.worldEnglish
    132·
    1 day ago

    What’s wrong with #8? Looks like a normal trader setup to me.

    My setup is off the charts, tho, as usual.

    • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orgEnglish
      7·
      23 hours ago

      Also, train dispatchers, power grid managers etc. Infrastructure control of any sort. On second thought, maybe they also have an extra keyboard/console (#16).

      • FackCurs@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        23 hours ago

        Ah so all the control freaks and the “tell me more about you and by that I mean tell me more about why you love the MTA system map” kinda crowd, I see.