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My monitor does rotate, and Windows supports that, but 1050 is too
narrow and 1650 is considerably more height than I need.
If I were in the market for a new display, I'd probably get a
1600x1200. I picked one up for my wife on Craig's List for $90.
On Thu, Jul 28, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Katherine Noftz Nagel (Kat)
<lists -at- masterworkconsulting -dot- com> wrote:
> Doesn't have to be sideways. On the Mac, at least, you can have up-and-down
> monitors.
>
> I've had several co-workers and clients who had neck problems, and put their
> external monitor on a shelf above their built-in laptop display.
>
> On 2011-07-28 12:59 PM, Robert Lauriston wrote:
>>
>> I rarely even have a use for the full width of my 1650x1050 display
>> except on the rare occasions when I need to look at two or more
>> windows at a time. 17 inches is way too wide for writing or editing a
>> single document, and I can only look at one document at a time.
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