<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><b>Wait, what?</b> <i>FIFTY-FOUR INCHES???</i> Wow, how close to you sit to that mofo?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">I second the productivity benefits of a 4K monitor (but my Acer is a lowly 28"). I used to hear a lot about how 30 Hz wasn't good enough and I'd need a better graphics card, but I find it perfectly fine running at 29.97 fps from the on-board Intel graphics in my 2014-vintage i5-4690K over a single HDMI. Obviously no good for gaming, but absolutely OK for editing, watching 1080p video, etc.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:x-small"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"><div dir="ltr"><div style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:x-small"> <br>// <a href="http://twitter.com/RiCHi" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">@RiCHi</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> |</span> <a href="tel:%2B44.7789.200701" value="+447789200701" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">+44.7789.200701</a> | <a href="tel:1.408.256.0084" value="+14082560084" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">1.408.256.0084</a> </div><div style="color:rgb(102,102,102);font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:x-small">// Other contact details: <a href="http://richi.uk/contact" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.richi.uk/contact</a><span style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px;color:rgb(34,34,34)"> </span></div></div></div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"> </div><div dir="ltr" style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:12.8000001907349px"> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jun 1, 2019 at 3:30 AM Stephen Satchell <<a href="mailto:ipg@satchell.net">ipg@satchell.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On 5/31/19 9:10 AM, Christine Hall wrote:<br>
> I don't have the same needs as you have, but I've only bought one<br>
> brand-new-in-the-box computer in my life. For the last ten years or so,<br>
> I only purchase factory refurbished desktops and laptops, and have only<br>
> had one problem machine, which was promptly returned for a refund from<br>
> the vendor.<br>
<br>
I also tend to buy not-used computers. There is a store here in Reno<br>
that sells lease returns, for about 30% of list. Desktops and laptops.<br>
<br>
I have purchased laptops from the pawn shops here, too.<br>
<br>
But then again...I hit on a huge sale at Costco on a Samsumg 54" curved<br>
monitor. None of the computers at chez Satchell could drive the UHD at<br>
any significant frame rate. So my option was to build a computer, or<br>
something else.<br>
<br>
So I did the unthinkable, bought a mid-range gaming computer from Best<br>
Buy. It came with an AMD video card, which is excellent for CentOS.<br>
When I got the 1 TB SSD, it worked better than expected. I'm still<br>
tweaking it so I won't go blind, but it's really nice to have the screen<br>
real estate of four 27" monitors, and without the ugly bezels.<br>
<br>
Overkill? You bet. The thing is, I'm in the process of refactoring<br>
about 12,000 lines of Python code, and being able to have six editing<br>
sessions on screen at a time is really speeding things up. Not to<br>
mention the LibreWriter screen so I can document as I go.<br>
<br>
Happy birthday to me...<br>
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