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I kind of strategically place my charts and info windows where on the 2 sides (the 2 walls), those are background info only or stocks that I have an interest to keep an eye on. The active war zone (15 mons) are in front of me to the max of my peripheral vision. I tried the minimize the need...

Hey easymon. Happy New Year to you too! And hello Scataphagos and all familiar faces. 29 total in a bullet shape around me. About 4 stacks high. (I started with 3 CRTs... those are long gone, of course)... Some 24", 23" and 22". I bought a 26" once. Immediately regretted and...

RE: heat, multiple displays Only if you use the CRT (hello) or LCD technologies. I advise to use the LEDs. e.g. Acer S211HL (21.5") monitors. Those critters are bright, light, and generate very little heat.

I tend to agree with that sentiment. I have many monitors. I regret buying the earlier models at 24". 23, 22, till too big if you have a cluster of them. The latest I bought were some Acer 21" LED and I love them. Different strokes for different folks. Some like 26" x 6, or even 40" x 6...

Sure. But recovery takes time. 1 hour. That's how long it took me to use Acronis to recover the image backup from an external USB drive to my SSD C drive, about 110 GB size. Restoring to a blank or not blank is not going to speed it up. If you have a "spare" bootable Windows drive with...

I just re-read the thread in its entirety. Some of my comments were already said, sorry. As for what to do with the old SSD: I would suggest only un-install the apps and transfer data to save disk space, but keep the bootable Windows on it, and maybe the trading apps. It has already been...

I want to join others to say "don't buy a HP" laptop. My first hand experience. I have 2 HP laptops - dv9730us (about 4 year old) and dv8t 1100 (about 2 year old). Both are crappy. dv9730, sent back to HP 3 times for various reasons within the first year. hard drive dropped dead, LCD...

"Booting from the C drive" is a misnomer I think. When you boot from a hard disk, you boot. The hardware (your motherboard) has no concept whether this is a "C" drive or not a C drive. You tell the motherboard where to boot using the control in CMOS/BIOS. It can be from SATA disk, it can be...

What does that mean, "have 4 individual screens at once"? 4X4, isn't that 16 monitors? (you have 4X1 = 4 monitors, and 2X2 = 4 monitors).

Phone companies have been raping customers for decades. First it was AT&T monopoly. The US government broke it up. So the 7 baby bells rape customers individually, plus Sprint and MCI. Since then the baby bells ate up each other or got married. But the game goes on. Every time the...

One large monitor is not equivalent to multiple monitors. You need to look at the resolutions for each monitor, and the amount of information you want to view, and to what level of details. Most large monitors are only 1920x1080. May be the same as small monitors capable of 1920x1080. This...

I thought traders are practical type. Are we? 29" monitor, 2560 x 1080 resolution. $699 on sale $630. Acer S211HL 21" LED monitor, 1920 x 1080. $115. For $515 more, you are buying an additional 640 x 1080 screen space. About 33% more. Say you want 8 monitors. 1920 x 8 = 15360...

As I typed some comments about monitors in your other thread. Take it from someone who actively scans over 20 monitors. - You plan to have 6 or 8 monitors in an array. Do not use monitors that are big. Resolution is what you want. 1920x1080 at minimum. 24-inch IMO is too big. Pick some...

This page may have some insights that you are looking for: http://www.overclock.net/t/721931/active-vs-passive-displayport-adapters-the-truth

If your cable is Cat 5 or Cat 5e or Cat 6 or above, you are fine. (Most of the cables sold at computer stores are). CAT 5 is rated for 100Mbps and Gigabit Ethernet. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category_5_cable As for the modem, you need contact your internet service provider (ISP) to...

There is something called a "trackball". I have multiple 1x8 monitor configurations. Using a trackball, from far left to the far right takes 2 to 3 seconds. Configure the mouse speed to the fastest would help too. = = = = = RE: If you get much over 24" widescreen monitors it's going to be...

The Quadro NVS 450 cards, bought new, are expensive. From what I see, $450 for each card for supporting 4 monitors. 2 of these, it is almost the price of the computer. If you are not using the high-res 2560x1600 monitors, you may be paying a lot more for what you don't need. If you are...

If or when you do a 8-monitor configuration, do a little ergonomic design before hand. I have seen pictures of people having 8 monitors all lining straight up against a wall, flat, in a row. This is crazy! You are not looking at the body of a dragon. You don't need to line the monitors...

I am a visual person. So I like to scan over different monitors. It works for me. Some like it, like me. Some don't. To each his own. I think whichever processor (the named 3) you choose would work fine. With 6 to 8 monitors, should be no problem. The prices of monitors have come down...

Sure 3930/3960 would be very fast. Prices kind of high though. It wouldn't matter how many monitors you need to support. For charting, those are 2-D images (very basic) anyway. What matters is how many math calculations you need to perform. For chartings and indicators, multiplying the...