New ips 4k monitor
Posted: Mon Feb 08, 2021 8:53 pm
I've been trying to decide what things I could do to improve my computer situation in that my main computer is now pretty old and lacking behind the curve on performance. I had decided to start putting together a new one using parts just behind the cutting edge to gain the price advantage of established parts.
When I got a new lap top I went with the dell XPS13 with the 10th gen i7 and higher resolution 4K screen. I love it! And without a doubt it is faster then my main machine in every respect.
The display being only 13" and 3840 x 2400 has been limiting my use of things like sketchup as I still like to see things on the larger screen of my main system. The monitor there is a 25" with a maximum 2560 x 1440. I got a dell hub so I can get the laptop to the main screen HDMI but that is still a long way from the what the laptop can do.
So this month I have started by buying a 27" monitor that can do 3840 x 2160. It arrived today and I have it unboxed and warming to room temperature. It has two HDMI ports and a display port. I hope to have the laptop connected to one of the HDMI ports when I want to take advantage of the larger display and bring the laptop to the desk where I will use it rather then the main computer for those times when the speed and larger display will be useful and then I can unplug it and use it has it has been, just a laptop. The other HDMI I can then use for the main computer for general use.
I'll move the old monitor over to another computer that has an even older display. That is a MAJOR update for that one. Then that monitor can replace one that is a TV/monitor what works but just barely.
So I will have some down time but by morning I should be up and working at all three/four computers. What I'm most interested in seeing is the lap top on the big screen.
Ed
When I got a new lap top I went with the dell XPS13 with the 10th gen i7 and higher resolution 4K screen. I love it! And without a doubt it is faster then my main machine in every respect.
The display being only 13" and 3840 x 2400 has been limiting my use of things like sketchup as I still like to see things on the larger screen of my main system. The monitor there is a 25" with a maximum 2560 x 1440. I got a dell hub so I can get the laptop to the main screen HDMI but that is still a long way from the what the laptop can do.
So this month I have started by buying a 27" monitor that can do 3840 x 2160. It arrived today and I have it unboxed and warming to room temperature. It has two HDMI ports and a display port. I hope to have the laptop connected to one of the HDMI ports when I want to take advantage of the larger display and bring the laptop to the desk where I will use it rather then the main computer for those times when the speed and larger display will be useful and then I can unplug it and use it has it has been, just a laptop. The other HDMI I can then use for the main computer for general use.
I'll move the old monitor over to another computer that has an even older display. That is a MAJOR update for that one. Then that monitor can replace one that is a TV/monitor what works but just barely.
So I will have some down time but by morning I should be up and working at all three/four computers. What I'm most interested in seeing is the lap top on the big screen.
Ed