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Default Where are YOU cutting back?

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cavelamb himself wrote:

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I've been toying with that idea as well.


I hate digging through a bunch of small windows to looks something up
while I'm drawing or whatever.


A second (or third?) screen would be most useful.


Windows XP will support dual monitors, either using a dual-head
video adapter, or two of the same type. A good dual-head adapter
(like the GeForce 8800GT) is the better choice. (Why? Because while
a lot of motherboards have two PCI Express slots, they're usually
not the same speed--one is 16x, the other is 1x or 4x. One card in
the 16x slot gives better performace.)


Gary

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