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I got a new box yesterday. It has bells and whistles in abundance. It also has a 27" screen. Love it. 
The rest of the developers have been displaying a little hardware envy. 
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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I still have the 24" from the old machine but 27" looks huge.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Ah, well that is very cool. 
Just because the code works, it doesn't mean that it is good code.
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I'd add the 24 as well if I could - in portrait mode. I have 2 by 22", one landscape and one portrait, and the portrait one is perfect for browsing, because you can get a whole page (or often a whole article) on screen at once. The landscape is VS territory! And woe betide any app which tried to encroach...except Excel, of course... 
Those who fail to learn history are doomed to repeat it. --- George Santayana (December 16, 1863 – September 26, 1952)
Those who fail to clear history are doomed to explain it. --- OriginalGriff (February 24, 1959 – ∞)
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Lucky you! I am starting to get the itch for something new...current system is a little over 5 years old, but still quite good. It's a good excuse for housekeeping. One of the objectives on the next build is to bring down the noise level. I'm also starting to consider a nice laptop instead of another tower. You can get a lot for your money these days.
"Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse
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Pictures or it didn't happen!
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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My new PC[^]
Yes, I need a shave...
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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/ravi
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If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.-John Q. Adams
You must accept one of two basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe, or we are not alone in the universe. And either way, the implications are staggering.-Wernher von Braun
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.-Albert Einstein
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Sweet, I just got a Dell XPS 15 about a month ago, and it's been an awesome development laptop. The 3200x1800 QHD touchscreen is amazing. 
There are some nice 27" monitors out there. I've had my eye on [^] for my wife as she does a a lot of video editing. We just need to crank through some contracts to get some more money flowing in.
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That is the only trivial nudge I have: the video is onboard so I can only get 1920X1080. I may have to buy my own video card to reclaim more screen real estate, sort of. 
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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And, so now: you are not going to tell us the screamin' hardware specs so we can share the envy ?
Tease !
“The best hope is that one of these days the Ground will get disgusted enough just to walk away ~ leaving people with nothing more to stand ON than what they have so bloody well stood FOR up to now.” Kenneth Patchen, Poet
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i7-4770, 3,4Ghz.
16gb RAM
1TB hard disk.
Not really that special until you compare it to the ancient door stop I have been using.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Well, now that you mention it, I visited the western US power administration operations center last week to see what they're using in the dispatch room. The entire grid is lit up on edge to edge Mitsubishi display units - LED, I assume - and updated in real time to show the status of every wire and switch and transformer and breaker in 9 states. The display is made up of edgeless plates, covering a wall 10' high and 60'+ wide. The operators have similar units mounted on hydraulic controls to move them up, down, forward and backward relative to the desk surface, which itself is hydraulically adjusted to be comfortable from a sitting or standing position. These individual desk displays are only 5' tall and about 8' wide, but the color and resolution is excellent. I'm just a tiny bit jealous... 
Will Rogers never met me.
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Apple. Beautiful. Elephanting expensive. I can buy 3 or 4 laptops for the price of a decent Mac Book Pro or whatever they are called.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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Depends. Look at the prices of many of the premium laptops and Ultrabooks and they are more expensive than the Macbook Air. The Macbook Pro, on the other hand, is definitely a little too Pricey.
I :heart: the screen on my iMac though...
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True enough. I'd love to get an Apple: I just can't justify the cost. Pity.
"If you think it's expensive to hire a professional to do the job, wait until you hire an amateur." Red Adair.
Those who seek perfection will only find imperfection
nils illegitimus carborundum
me, me, me
me, in pictures
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mark merrens wrote: It also has a 27" screen
Carefull, you can go too big for porn you know.
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Yeah, there is a danger the dwarves will look normal size.
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A friend of mine bought a 94 inch TV, many years ago. The first porn film he watched almost made him ill, he had to watch it from down the hall it was that gross.
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I use one of these[^] with twin SSDs, 750GB drive & 32GB ram coupled up to 2 30" screens (one portrait, one landscape). It's awesome
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Fixed that headline for you!
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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