On 29/11/15 21:02, Omer Zak wrote:
> (1/9) Shachar Shemesh/Roman Ovseitsev:
> Why connect internal monitor + 3 external monitors?
>
> My response:
> I was not clear in expressing my wishes.
> What I'd like to be able is to work at home with three monitors. I do
> not care if it is 3 external monito
After much consideration, I purchased a Thinkpad W541. The specific model
was important because I make heavy use of the Trackpoint(tm) style pointer
and other newer models don't have this.
My version has a massive 2880 x 1620 pixel display, as I often have
multiple things open.
Linux install hun
On Sun, Nov 29, 2015 at 9:02 PM, Omer Zak wrote:
>
> How are today's ThinkPads (which are probably different from ThinkPads
> from years ago)?
>
There seem to be a notion for slimming down things. Less ports and no DVD
(aka secondary HDD bay) bay anymore. Keyboard on newer models is a bit
weird
People replied to my message in private and to the mailing list. In the
following, I'll summarize their points and respond to them.
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(1/9) Shachar Shemesh/Roman Ovseitsev:
Why connect internal monitor + 3 external monitors?
My response:
I was not clear in expressing my wishes.
What I'
On 29/11/15 17:42, Roman Ovseitsev wrote:
> If you need 3 external monitors on top of the internal, without
> discrete GPU the only option is a Skylake based laptop. It can pull
> off up to 5 monitors through HDMI/DP according to the spec. AFAIK
> older architectures support only 3 monitors.
> Howe
If you need 3 external monitors on top of the internal, without discrete
GPU the only option is a Skylake based laptop. It can pull off up to 5
monitors through HDMI/DP according to the spec. AFAIK older architectures
support only 3 monitors.
However since it just got released only a couple months
On 29 November 2015 at 15:48, Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> On 29/11/2015 11:05, Omer Zak wrote:
>
> - Ability to connect 2-3 external displays (possibly via a docking
> station).
>
> May I ask why? Do you plan to connect the internal monitor + 3 external
> monitors simultaneously?
>
> You need to be
On 29/11/2015 11:05, Omer Zak wrote:
> - Ability to connect 2-3 external displays (possibly via a docking
> station).
May I ask why? Do you plan to connect the internal monitor + 3 external
monitors simultaneously?
You need to be aware that even if there are so many ports (and my
laptop+doc
After long time of not looking for hardware recommendations, I am again
looking for up-to-date hardware recommendations.
This time, I'd like to buy a laptop which will serve as my main
workhorse PC at home and outside of it.
As things look like, I would like it to have:
- 16GB RAM.
- Ability to c
