No, I get it. You need the vertical real estate so you have to have the higher pixel count. I prefer to have the width (NTTAWWT) because it’s easier for me to lay out my windows that way.
When I tried to work on my old iMac with it’s 4:3 ratio, it was a real ball ache because there was no good way to lay out all the apps I have to have open.
Which is why I still use 2 monitors.
Man, I just wanna get rid of the bezel in between the two monitors and have only one monitor arm.
That’s exactly what you’ll get if you go from 1920x1080 to 3840x1080, provided the new monitor is still the same height as the old 2 you’re using.
I assume Ty is using a real desktop machine and Limey is using a Mac Mini. Is anybody driving one of these setups from a laptop? If so, are you using a dock?
My work system is a M2 MacBook Pro connected to an Apple Studio display. I have my Lenovo laptop at home connected to a 4K Dell with no dock. I use the USB-C connection since my monitor has daisy chain ports but I could connect HDMI if I prefer.
When I watch “ultimate clean desk” porn on YouTube, the common wisdom is to use a dock so that you only have one cable to to unplug when you want to take your laptop.
This is what I do. My laptop is connected via USB-C to a dock, which stays attached to the monitors and peripherals (keyboard, trackball, headphones, and camera). I just unplug the laptop and go. I’m guessing that’s same setup I want with the ultrawide…just one connection to the laptop, everything else remains the same.
Well, there’s “can I do it?” and “can I do it without harshing my aesthetic?”
My screen mount as USB ports built in. They are USB A, so wouldn’t work for plugging in a laptop, but if you could find one that has USB C ports, that would be a very slick way of doing it.
I’d still have the other devices to have to plug in, no? I can’t plug the camera, trackball, and keyboard into the monitor, can I?
You just get something like this. Single plug goes into your computer. Everything else plugs into this doodad. “Docking Stations” are not like they used to be.
Right. This is basically a docking station. Does this one provide power to the laptop?
Yep. On the side facing you in the pic is a USB-C input port. That is where your power plug goes and it powers the little doodad and everything that hangs off of it, including the computer via that USC-C whip. This one has 3 powered USB-A ports on the other side and a 1000x ethernet on the end. You just shop around for the one that has all the ports/plugs you need.
I have a docking station now that does all of that. I’m not looking to replace it, just the monitors.
There are two parts to this:
b) The monitor arm has two USB ports in the base that are straight passthroughs with two USB cables coming out the back that I have plugged into the hub. These are very handy when you need to plug something in that’s on the desktop; typically I use them when my keyboard or trackpad need recharging, but I have also used them to plug in an external Blu Ray player. My comment was pointing out that this would be a cool way to plug in your laptop if they were USB C (which presumably will happen at some point).
Clean your keyboard, yo.
Ok, creeper. A dirty keyboard is the sign of a hard worker.
Or someone working it hard.
I’m not some sort of cable hating nothing on the desk Marie Kondo Limey hybrid neat freak weirdo, but I do like a grime free keyboard. I guess I’m just funny like that. Plus, I have to do something with all those q-tips I have now that I found out you’re not supposed to stick them in your ears.
