Quote Originally Posted by 'Basilikos',index.php?page=Thread&postID=53838#pos t53838
Jim Tal,

I use a monitor setup very close (just an inch or two smaller on most monitors) to the one you are considering. What I have found is that I have to use maximizer IN CONJUNCTION with editing the config file in the WTF directory so that nothing distorts in the 4 slave windows. The problem there is that I have to mess with the UI layout of even the most basic things (like the minimap) since you'll end up using something that's not quite 4:3 in ratio and the minimap will slide right out of view (which stinks). Also, I have found it a pain to maintain several different UI configurations (especially on patch days). I recommend the monitor setup you've proposed ONLY as a temporary means to start MBing. Right now, I'm in the process of getting two more monitors since the trouble for the two side monitors in portrait mode is taking so much of my play time that it's just not worth the money saved (especially since we pay so much to do this in the first place).

Just a thought.
Hmm, you know what... I honestly thought I would get a standard :ratio split on a 30" but you may well be right! It would suck messing about with all the UI's. And now that it occurs to me, I would probably end up getting irritated by the clicking / Alt-tabbing.

Right, sod it I think I need to get 5 uber-boxes, remove the ATX cases, buy a brand new half size SMEG fridge and build them into that lol.

5box > 3box?

I think you're right about the monitor thing, I may just build some sort of rig... OR, buy 5 projectors and then I can resize them at will to display on a giant screen in my house. That would be imbalicious.

Xzin, show us your equipment :whistling:
/agreed

Quote Originally Posted by 'aetherg',index.php?page=Thread&postID=53841#post5 3841
From everything I've heard, the Optimus keyboards are not that great. They look cool, and it's a great idea, but are just not very good keyboards. The ones that Dell gives out for free have vastly better key response.
It's funny you say this, I've never managed to find a single REAL review about the quality of response times etc... could it really be that bad? It's just keystrokes after all?... The displays should (in theory) be a seperate function just for your eyes, the keystrokes you make should not be changed and will perform the assigned action.. Unless they were really crap at writing the software to drive it?