[DM-MUG] Multiple External Monitor Setup Question

[Jon Thompson]

The Mac OS does indeed support rotation- it was added in 10.4 (before  
then it was up to third parties.)


On Jun 13, 2009, at 12:51 PM, Matthew Nuzum wrote:

> On Fri, Jun 12, 2009 at 6:59 PM, Alexander  
> Rhoads<alexander at rhoads.us> wrote:
> 2.  How do I identify which monitors will be best for working with
> documents vs. video/movie watching?
>>
>> Some LCD monitors I've seen are much shorter and wider than  
>> others.  That's what I don't want; I want the more "square" monitor  
>> because most of my work involves letter-sized documents in portrait  
>> mode.
>
>
> Get a wide-screen monitor that supports pivot. It lets you rotate the
> widescreen monitor so that you have a super-tall monitor.
>
> The Dell equiv to the Apple 24" monitor is the Dell UltraSharp
> 2408WFP. It's pretty much just like the Apple except that it does not
> have the integrated cable where all your wires are bundled together
> but it does support rotation. Like the Apple it has Display Port and
> USB but also hdmi, DVI and standard VGA inputs.
>
> http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/monitor_2408wfp?c=us&l=en&s=dfo
>
> I'm sorry, I don't know for sure if the Mac OS supports rotation but
> if they do you'll love it considering your use-case. Oh, and like the
> Apple display, this Dell Ultrasharp is a premium monitor and is priced
> as such (but I do see it go on sale once in a while). But it's not
> hard to find less expensive monitors that support rotation.
>
> -- 
> Matthew Nuzum
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