Computer peripherals?

[Thor]

Heh - I have occasionally lost the mouse cursor, and if I have too many white background windows open, it feels like I'm looking into the sun (coding background is all black). The struggle is real!

I am happy to have found a company that realizes that the hardware you use is a cost-effective investment. 6 monitors is approx. $7k. $7k over 5 years is about $1.4k/year. Assuming it makes me just 1% more productive by meeting my optimal "way I like to work" needs, and also avoiding morale destroying "my company skimps nonsensically" actions, all I would have to earn is $140k/year for them to break even. As it stands, I am sure, that my setup contributes to at least 5% higher productivity, and I earn a lot more than $140k/year, so it's an absolute no brainer for them. Despite all of this being true at my last company too (salary and potential productivity increase), for whatever reason they made it nearly impossible to upgrade my desktop hardware. I found myself using old monitors, CPUs, hard disks, etc. despite being fairly senior - it made absolutely no sense, given what they were paying me.

Fck me.

Where do you work?

That's one of the greatest things I have ever read.

 

[cguy]

Fck me.

Where do you work?

That's one of the greatest things I have ever read.

In the US (various cities).

 

[Thor]

In the US (various cities).

You are my new hero.

You are from am advanced civilization

 

[cguy]

You are my new hero.

You are from am advanced civilization

Advanced civilization may have just been Trumped, but we'll see.

 

[NullHypothesis]

I'm using a Microsoft Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000 (keyboard and mouse), which I've found to be quite responsive, I was using a GX gaming mouse before (for work) which was nice and then after that I was unable to use a basic mouse (it felt like I was living in slow motion despite changing double click speed and pointer speed), but I have found that the Microsoft mouse was able to fill the void which is nice because I don't like wired.

 

[[)roi(]]

Heh - I have occasionally lost the mouse cursor, and if I have too many white background windows open, it feels like I'm looking into the sun (coding background is all black). The struggle is real!

What's your base OS? + what desktop / space manager are you using for this?

On my iMac; aside from the default, I've always used Moom re it's ability to quickly customise window layouts & to save these. Have all my favourites layouts (Xcode, Eclipse, Xamarin Studio, ...) all mapped to keystrokes. Plus points it does it not only across macOS's multiple virtual spaces but also multiple monitors. Also have custom saved layouts for most of my Parallels VMs, running e.g. Ubuntu, Windows, ...

re lost mouse... used to have a shake to reveal app for that; now it's part of macOS

 

[cguy]

What's your base OS? + what desktop / space manager are you using for this?

On my iMac; aside from the default, I've always used Moom re it's ability to quickly customise window layouts & to save these. Have all my favourites layouts (Xcode, Eclipse, Xamarin Studio, ...) all mapped to keystrokes. Plus points it does it not only across macOS's multiple virtual spaces but also multiple monitors. Also have custom saved layouts for most of my Parallels VMs, running e.g. Ubuntu, Windows, ...

re lost mouse... used to have a shake to reveal app for that; now it's part of macOS

I use Windows - not sure which version. I run 6 putty sessions fullscreen, one for each monitor, and just leave it like that. The only time I'm not in a putty window is when I'm running Outlook or browsing (Chrome). I also use tmux.

 

[[)roi(]]

I use Windows - not sure which version. I run 6 putty sessions fullscreen, one for each monitor, and just leave it like that. The only time I'm not in a putty window is when I'm running Outlook or browsing (Chrome). I also use tmux.

Sounds like a simple layout.

 

[Thor]

I use Windows - not sure which version. I run 6 putty sessions fullscreen, one for each monitor, and just leave it like that. The only time I'm not in a putty window is when I'm running Outlook or browsing (Chrome). I also use tmux.

You use Windows.

Not sure which version..... Your a guy running my dream setup you seem quite clued up surely that must have been a typo and you so in fact know which version of Windows you are running?

 

[semaphore]

You use Windows.

Not sure which version..... Your a guy running my dream setup you seem quite clued up surely that must have been a typo and you so in fact know which version of Windows you are running?

Maybe its because he barely uses windows ? While the setup sounds nice, its hardly a dream setup. Its more a necessity for his work. Personally I would find that many screens very disorientating.

 

[cguy]

Maybe its because he barely uses windows ? While the setup sounds nice, its hardly a dream setup. Its more a necessity for his work. Personally I would find that many screens very disorientating.

Yup, I just use it to open shells for work, that's about it.

You use Windows.

Not sure which version..... Your a guy running my dream setup you seem quite clued up surely that must have been a typo and you so in fact know which version of Windows you are running?

Windows is just a thin client for me. My desktop would look pretty much as it does now, if I had Windows XP or Windows 10. Almost all my work is done in Linux shells, and apart from mail and browsing, the only parts that aren't are things like R plots, and those I run on an X server, so it doesn't even look like Windows.

 

[Dylan_G]

*thread update*

Bought a wireless mouse, wireless keyboard and a laptop stand.

Can absolutely kick myself for not doing so sooner. Makes a huge difference (screen is now a good 30cm further up = better posture).

First day on new keyboard was a little dicey though (used to a slightly shrunk ultrabook keyboard - low travel)...now on full sized loud logitech keyboard. That'll take a couple days getting used to it.

<400 zar...wtf why didn't I do this 3 years ago.

<R400 ? Link ?

 

[semaphore]

Yup, I just use it to open shells for work, that's about it.



Windows is just a thin client for me. My desktop would look pretty much as it does now, if I had Windows XP or Windows 10. Almost all my work is done in Linux shells, and apart from mail and browsing, the only parts that aren't are things like R plots, and those I run on an X server, so it doesn't even look like Windows.

Was your choice going with windows as a base OS purely so you would not have to fight with linux multi monitor support?

 

[cguy]

Was your choice going with windows as a base OS purely so you would not have to fight with linux multi monitor support?

That was definitely part of it. Outlook and Remote Desktop support are also important (admittedly, I almost always Remote Desktop into a Windows machine that is just running putty shells and X-servers, but whatever... ). I also wanted to keep options open should I have to run a Windows app (it's happened once or twice) - a fully Linux system would make that hard.

 

[chrisc]

Just a 29" wide monitor for me

 

[Slootvreter]

You use Windows.

Not sure which version..... Your a guy running my dream setup you seem quite clued up surely that must have been a typo and you so in fact know which version of Windows you are running?

My thoughts exactly :crylaugh:

 

[Thor]

Maybe its because he barely uses windows ? While the setup sounds nice, its hardly a dream setup. Its more a necessity for his work. Personally I would find that many screens very disorientating.

Oh no no no that is my dream setup I am a data junky and a multi-tasker how else can I type here and skydive

 

[[)roi(]]

Maybe its because he barely uses windows ? While the setup sounds nice, its hardly a dream setup. Its more a necessity for his work. Personally I would find that many screens very disorientating.

Exactly, beyond the novelty of 6 screens, I can't imagine the practical benefit of 6 screens with a full screen terminal session in each. Sounds like exactly what virtual spaces was intended for.

I use 2 screens, but that's only to faciltate running an emulator full screen on one, whilst e.g. running the IDE debugger and Hopperapp on the other.

 

[semaphore]

Oh no no no that is my dream setup I am a data junky and a multi-tasker how else can I type here and skydive

Exactly what data do you need to see real time ?

 

[Thor]

Exactly what data do you need to see real time ?

Confidential sorry