Drool…

• by GeekMan • In Announcements •   3

I got a new monitor.

It’s hard to write at the moment, possibly because each letter I type is about three inches tall on my new 26″ Planar PX2611w monitor because I can’t get my computer to properly sync with it. For some silly reason it keeps defaulting to 1280×720, which makes everything on the screen HUGE!

Wow, writing in all caps DOES hurt.

Anywaste, now that I have this monster I’m looking forward to working on the computer more since everything will be so much… bigger. Bigger is gooder. Mmmm… juicy bigness. Must resist urge to fondle giant monitor…

Man, this thing is huge.

OK, after futzing around I figured out what the problem is, and it suxxors to be me. Apparently, my graphics card is insisting on lowering the resolution of my new monitor to match the resolution of my old monitor, which is 1280×720. This is a bummer since I was hoping to have dual monitors which would have made my life much easier, especially when using Photoshop. I’m going to have to look into this a bit more since I believe I should be able to use different resolutions on two monitors (I know I’ve done it before) but I can’t seem to figure it out right now.

On another note, what the heck’s up (down) with the stock market?!

[edit]
OK, I figured out the problem and now I have two monitors set up as one GIANT monitor! Yay! Also, I am now blind.

3 Comments

  1. I wouldn’t have room for a 26″ monitor on my desk…well maybe I would but I’d rather go for dual 20″ monitors at this point. I made the mistake of getting a Dell XPS M1530 last week. What a POS! I returned it back to Dell because I kept getting BSOD’s. I couldn’t even reload Vista so it was definitely a hardware problem. I’ve decided to get another desktop instead and get a new laptop next year. I’m hoping Mac will come out with a laptop with a bluray writer but it may be moot if I buy an external blu-ray writer.

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