Slyke Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 If anyone here has experience working with dual monitors then they may have come across this problem before...In Vista (And XP) when you try to position your monitor in Display Properties you'll find that it auto-docks to the screens edge. So you can't have it say 10+ pixels from the other screen, since it auto-docks.I'll provide screen shots if my description wasn't clear :).Does anyone know how to disable this "Feature"?Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slyke Posted January 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 Wait - Figured it out.Just hold the CTRL key down when positioning :). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hb_Kai Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 Enlighten me; what is the gain from dual-monitors? I've never understood. :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slyke Posted January 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 It's really a personal choice. I use my main one for everything, yet I use the secondary for MSN, Myspace, Facebook.Also when I'm coding it helps a great deal to be able to view 2 documents at the same time, instead of swapping between them. This is especially true when dealing with lots of variables and when dealing with databases. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hb_Kai Posted January 18, 2009 Report Share Posted January 18, 2009 Oh. I knew that. :PActually, Ubuntu has something similar. It has two "workspaces". In the bottom left hand corner you can switch between both. It's more or less the same as this and you can drag and drop windows over to the other workspaces. I usually forget I'm using it when I do though. Might have a think about dual-monitors. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted January 19, 2009 Report Share Posted January 19, 2009 There are some complex applications where 1 monitor is simply not enough to have all information present. The doctors at the local hospital use dual-monitor applications for diagnosis entry and medication ordering. The right monitor usually shows results from some tests (x-rays, MRO, ...), and the left one personal data, history, etc.Also some music studio applications are more conveniently used with two monitors. More may be even better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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