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Screenrecycler over a network. mac#

Frugal me noted that I already had a perfectly good 17-inch monitor in my PowerBook.

I began shopping for an external monitor to give myself more display real estate, but two thoughts kept nagging at me. Like your mother said, keep doing that and you’ll go blind. (Yes, I need to get out more often.) The dot pitch on the MacBook – that is, the physical size of the pixels – is smaller than on the 17-inch model I was used to, and it made my eyes work harder. Perhaps more importantly, I was starting to experience eyestrain after only 8 or 10 hours on the MacBook. Subjectively, though, the reduced screen real estate drove me up the wall. My productivity took a huge hit on the smaller screen – or maybe it didn’t, it’s hard to tell objectively. I do Web and database development, and most of the time I have 50 different windows open. But it was as disruptive as trying to type with only eight fingers. You wouldn’t think that the switch from 1440 by 900 to 1280 by 800 would be that big a deal at least, I didn’t think the loss of 21 percent of my screen resolution would bother me. But I digress.) The MacBook, as most of you know, is a fantastic computer – blazingly fast compared to my 1 GHz PowerBook G4.īut the transition to the smaller monitor really threw me. (The fix included refrigerating my apartment to 50 degrees and suspending the PowerBook over a tray of ice cubes.

Screenrecycler over a network. mac#

Although I was able to fix it later, I needed a working Mac immediately, so I picked up a new MacBook. A few weeks ago my beloved 17-inch PowerBook died on me.

But the best thing about it is the 23-inch monitor.

#1614: 2022 OS system requirements, WWDC 2022 head-scratcher features, travel tech notes from CanadaĪ couple of weeks ago I began sporting a new laptop: 3 GB of RAM, 200 GB hard drive, dual optical burners, 4 USB and 3 FireWire ports.

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#1616: Explaining passkeys, Apple challenges for senior citizens, macOS 11.6.7 Big Sur fixes email attachment bug.

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Screenrecycler over a network. portable#

Preview selections, portable power for a MacBook Pro #1618: M2 MacBook Air available to order, Lockdown Mode, Live Text vs.