Comments on: Triple Monitors!

By: Head Geek

Head Geek — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:57:17 +0000

Sorry, it was Best Buy. And you're right, Ploni -- this is nowhere near the west coast. Though on days like today, I wish it was.

By: Ploni Almoni

Ploni Almoni — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:01:03 +0000

Fry’s is only on the west coast of the US, and from the descriptions of the weather on this blog, do you think he lives there?

By: Jim

Jim — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 02:06:10 +0000

I doubt you bought this at Best Buy. I think you meant to say Fry's.

Thanks.

By: Head Geek

Head Geek — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 01:44:39 +0000

On this system, the primary monitor is at the bottom. The secondary monitor is above it, with its left side flush with the primary monitor's. The new tertiary (third) monitor is to the left of the first two, and centered vertically between them. The end result looks something like this:


          +----------+
          |          |
+---------+     2    |
|         |          |
|    3    +--------+-+
|         |        |
+---------+    1   |
          |        |
          +--------+

It doesn't look particularly nice when shown that way, but that mirrors the physical layout, and it works surprisingly well in practice.

If you had three monitors with identical dimensions and resolutions, you could set it up the way you're describing very easily, in either Mac OS X or Windows. All three of my screens have different physical dimensions and resolutions, so that wasn't an option for me.

By: David

David — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 00:55:27 +0000

Regarding the 3rd monitor when using extended desktop, assuming the 2nd monitor is extending the desktop of the 1st, is the 3rd a further extension, or is it a mirror of the 2nd. What is desired is a triple-extended desktop, something from 4290 to 5700 pixels wide with windows and menus unique to each.