Re: New PC - What MS OS?

[PaulMmn <PaulMmn@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>The last advantage, multi-monitor support, is pretty slick.  It will
>be in the next version of NT (now renamed Windows 2000), but does not
>exist in NT 4 without using real expensive special video cards.  As a
>developer, I love having multiple monitors active.  I use two 17" plus
>one 15" on a regular basis.  It lets me view multiple sessions
>concurrently, or keep one maximized on my editor while I still have a
>couple of sessions in full view.  Or I can spread the editor across my
>two 17" monitors and have multiple RPGLE source members open
>side-by-side for drag-and-drop while still seeing the full width of
>each member.  (Or multiple sections of the same member.)


As long as everyone's letting their buttons be pushed...

It's been in the Macintosh OS as a standard feature since the Mac II came
out ca. 1988 (+/-).  Just plug in a 2nd (or 3rd... 4th...) video card, boot
and go!  The OS recognizes the extra monitors, and you configure them as a
contiguous desktop.


Calmed down yet, Dean?   (ducking again)



--Paul E Musselman
PaulMmn@ix.netcom.com


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