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Jeremy Falcon wrote: Looked at the 32" IPS options too and was close to getting one, but turns out the few I checked out weighed 10 pounds more than 28" ones
If you own your place, then look at an arm mounted to the wall. You will get desk space back, no weight on your desk, and can position it more freely.
If you get a dual monitor arm, you can reuse the old monitor.
PS: Watch the NITS (ref: What Is a Nit of Screen Brightness and How Many Do You Need? - Make Tech Easier[^]) of the screen. I would not go below 350. Below 350, the sun will flatten the colours.
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
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I'm in a rental, but I don't think the landlord would care if I did do that. The only catch is... I'm literally facing a corner of the room, so if it were mounted on a wall I'd have to turn my head at an angle.
Note to self, Ikea desks suck.
Jeremy Falcon
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Check for Studs, that's all that you need. It may not be right in the corner, but a foot or two from the corner... See if a mate has a stud finder, otherwise they're not that expensive.
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
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You've got me thinking... I haven't clicked buy yet since I'm spending way too much money. Got the new laptop chosen. May look into mounting the monitor. Thanks man.
Jeremy Falcon
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Actually, come to think of it... I could just stick an extra 2x4 under the desk for support. Sometimes you gotta redneck it.
Jeremy Falcon
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The good thing about an arm mount is that where it mounts does not need to be centre, you position the monitor where you want it to be. So if you have a bookcase next to the desk, you could bolt it to that!
Graeme
"I fear not the man who has practiced ten thousand kicks one time, but I fear the man that has practiced one kick ten thousand times!" - Bruce Lee
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Good to know... thanks.
Jeremy Falcon
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Except when you noms on some mints like this, they show up in a package like this. Now, even sans aspartame free.
Because... why not.
Jeremy Falcon
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...computers getting too expensive?
So, here I am, trying to stop myself from buying a new laptop since my current one is about 5 years old. Ain't gonna lie, I'm this close to it. But for a new higher end laptop and monitor (to last another 5 years) it's about $5.6K USD once you add in the extended warranties so the company you buy from doesn't tell you to p1ss off if something goes wrong.
That's like 6K... homes used to cost that much. Probably 1K of that is just the GPU. How on Earth do companies honestly expect non-techy folks to drop that kinda money?
Jeremy Falcon
modified 20-Aug-23 11:34am.
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What the heck are you getting for USD$6K?
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It's just a high end laptop with 2TB drive and 64GB memory and a 28" 144Hz monitor to go with it. $600 of that is just extended warranties / replacement (which is crazy). And I'm sure a third of the remainder is the GPU. Wouldn't surprise me.
I don't need the graphics card, but I do want the 64GB RAM. Seems like it's all or none though. Not too many years ago, this would've been a 3K purchase for the same thing.
Jeremy Falcon
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I am fortunate enough to be able to afford a high-end laptop/PC and would have no issue paying $6,000 USD for such.
Is it worth it? Hell no!
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Yeah... I mean... I won't go broke... but.. ya know... that's also the price of a car or one hell of a weekend with a call g*** (can't say and be kid sister friendly).
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: that's also the price of a car
Really? They sell cars that cheap? Very, very used I am guessing. Wow, I have shown my ignorance of such things. Ugh.
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Yeah, like a starter, teenager car. Then again, I might be showing my age. Cuz you know, back in my day...
Jeremy Falcon
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Kids on your lawn Jeremy?
Software Zen: delete this;
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None that I saw. None of them getting a car though if I do find one... I got computers to buy.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: that's also the price of a car or one hell of a weekend with a call g***
I'm guessing "goat."
Will Rogers never met me.
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You must be a graphics designer. That's the only reason I can think to have that much memory in a laptop. The price you're seeing is a result of the memory and SSD, nothing else.
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I do like me some multi-tasking and future proofing. When it comes to laptops especially, since most are non-upgradable with their parts, better to go large once every 5 years because the next few versions of OSes to release will always take more umph.
Jeremy Falcon
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In case you're not familiar with Framework Laptop, they allow you to easily open and change things. I thought their original 13.5" screen was too small. They now have a 16" version. Unfortunately for me, it doesn't ship where I live...
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That's cool. Thanks.
Jeremy Falcon
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In March of 2018 I purchased my next 5+ year desktop. I sprung for an AMD ThreadRipper 1900X. I like the idea of the extra cores to run virtual machines.
Two and a half years later it was obsoleted by Windows 11.
Still runs great with Windows 10 which I will run on it towards October of 2025 when mainstream support ends and try again. So I guess it will last me 5 years, it was just dissapointing to be shut out half way through.
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