Re: New computer planned

[Randy Kramer <rhkramer@gmail.com>]

On Monday 20 February 2012 10:17:46 am Allan Wind wrote:
> You did not mention monitors but high definition has brought the
> larger ones way down in price.  30" monitors (2560x1600) are
> still in a different price league but to me it is worth it.  If
> you are buying a 30" consider one with Display Ports instead of
> DVI.  Lenovo's docking station for the W520, for instance, can
> only do the 30" at full resolution via Display Port (this was not
> an issue with earlier versions).  The are DVI to Display Port
> converters but the ones I have are not 100% stable (I probably
> power cycle it a couple of times per month).

Or, consider two smaller monitors and use nVidia's TwinView (their proprietary 
driver)--I haven't tried the open source driver yet.

Randy Kramer