07.26.06
Widescreen *bwaaaa*
I finally got my dual monitor setup going at work and am not very happy with it. It’s a bit of a hack since the MacBook doesn’t natively support such a thing. Basically I crank the resolution up to 2048×768 and then this little box cuts that in half and sends each half to the monitors. So I’m stuck at 1024×768, which really sucks. And everything gets thrown in the middle of the screen, as you would normally want, but they just get cut in half. Even my dock. Which at such a low resolution I don’t really have room for. This trick would be OK if you have a machine that supports 2560×1024, but basic built in Intel graphics wont.
So I picked up a good widescreen LCD. UPS overnight wasn’t much more then the usual Fedex saver, so I went with that. Hopefully it really gets here tomorrow. That would make me a very happy person. Price tag is nice too, especially compared to the Apple version. Same size and less then half the cost, even with overnight shipping. If I like it enough, I might even nab one for home. I’m not unhappy with my L90D+ though. That’s is a gorgeous monitor.