On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 2:27 PM, Tamas Rudnai wrote: > On Wed, Feb 17, 2010 at 6:05 AM, Vitaliy wrote: >> Wouter, drop everything and go buy yourself a second monitor. Your life will >> never be the same. > > I agree with you Vitaliy. I started to use second monitor when I > swapped from desktop to laptop, and now I just can't live without it. > It is good for applications uses independent windows, so that you can > put schematics on one screen and pcb design to the other for example. > Or different layers. Yeah this is what I do at work, quite a bit recently since I needed to check 8 layout designs over the past two months. Without the 2nd monitor, it is a bit difficult. Schematics on one screen and PCB on the other screen. > It is also good when developing the firmware - > datasheet on one screen, editor is on the other. It is even good for > video editing - you can display the output at full screen on one > screen and in the meanwhile have the editor in the other. -- Xiaofan http://mcuee.blogspot.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist