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  • #21
  • Oct 28, 2005 4:15pm Oct 28, 2005 4:15pm
trade up man - you know it makes sense!

Quoting narafa
I only use an old fashioned 14" traditional monitor.

I wanted to use a dual 17" system, but all of a sudden, I asked myself, and what would this do to me?? hmmm, nothing for the time being, I am still beginning, learning and everything is still quite, so I don't really need them now.
  • #22
  • Nov 1, 2005 12:06pm Nov 1, 2005 12:06pm
Whose got the >21" monitor then? Anybody care to put their hand up..?
  • #23
  • Nov 8, 2005 8:15pm Nov 8, 2005 8:15pm
Got a widescreen Dell 24" LCD (FPW2405 is the model number)... awesome monitor! Plays movies, games all with no visible issues, color is great, and it's huge, but not deep! Most screens like this cost $2-$3 grand, but this one can be purchased for $850 on sale! I recommend every trader get one, you can have 2 full size documents open side by side on it.

-Aksel
  • #24
  • Nov 8, 2005 9:10pm Nov 8, 2005 9:10pm
Quoting BobMM
Got a widescreen Dell 24" LCD (FPW2405 is the model number)... awesome monitor! Plays movies, games all with no visible issues, color is great, and it's huge, but not deep! Most screens like this cost $2-$3 grand, but this one can be purchased for $850 on sale! I recommend every trader get one, you can have 2 full size documents open side by side on it.

-Aksel
Yeah I think for Christmas I'mma gonna get a new computer with the two monitor setup. I realize now I don't really need two monitors, but I want two!
  • #25
  • Nov 8, 2005 9:23pm Nov 8, 2005 9:23pm
I have two computers connected to my router which is connected to a high speed broadband (Comcast) connection. My charts are running on my Dell Pentium-4 system (w/17 inch monitor). My trading platform (InterbankFX) is on my Sony Vio laptop which has a 15 inch monitor. I also have a third computer hooked up to my network, but I don't use it very much... it's an old system with Win.98.

The two computers serve me well and I am a full time trader.


JohnFX
  • #26
  • Nov 12, 2005 7:14am Nov 12, 2005 7:14am
Quoting Isotonic
Whose got the >21" monitor then? Anybody care to put their hand up..?
The question to ask is who got the "Other" ??? If you haven't got a 14,15, 17,19,21,>21,TFT,CRT, then what actually have you got??? A plasma TV of 60" ??? This is the only option which is left...

Thanks,

Nader
  • #27
  • Nov 18, 2005 3:01pm Nov 18, 2005 3:01pm
Here is my set up at home. Though I'm just using the iMac now. The desktop is over 5 years old, and getting really slow with all the Windows 2000 patches microsoft is pushing on me. The laptop is used mostly by my wife for her work, so not much FX going on there.
Now, if you folks have 2 systems that you would like to control with one mouse and keyboard, you can use this free program to do so. It's not like a KVM switch or anything like that. You move the mouse around and it actually moves from screen to screen. The keyboard also goes wherever the mouse goes. Its cool, stable, and free!
  • #28
  • Nov 18, 2005 8:03pm Nov 18, 2005 8:03pm
I moved to two monitors after getting tired of having to set price alerts when i wanted to go read something on a site. Looking to go to three next year. One for the plaform, one for charts and one browsing
grist for the mill
  • #29
  • Jan 9, 2006 5:20pm Jan 9, 2006 5:20pm
Right now I have a Dell XPS 600 with a 19in digital and an old 17in vewsonic CRT.

For backup I have my old Heathkit/Zenith H-89 with a 9in built in white on black monitor. Of course I can't work without the three Kaypro 286 systems and their 300 baud modems cranking away. The noise from the 14in line printer is a bit of a bother but the resolution on the greenbar in amazing. I managed to get the PDP-11 hooked up with a serial interface to the Olyima dasy-wheel tpyewriter, so I have at least I have one High-res output. I can't find much for the ELF to do except run the thermostat, but what do you want for 4k of RAM.
(edit: Musn't forget the smileys)
Nolite dormiens pungere ursum. -- Latan Proverb.
  • #30
  • Jan 9, 2006 7:21pm Jan 9, 2006 7:21pm
You guys seen the beast Dell has just released? a 30" TFT screen with a resolution of 2560 x 1600.

US$2100, by the way...
  • #31
  • Jan 9, 2006 8:06pm Jan 9, 2006 8:06pm
I've got a laptop I carry around with me all the time to monitor my forex however I have 2 monitors at home, and third when I hook up the laptop. Both are 17".
  • #32
  • Jan 10, 2006 8:07am Jan 10, 2006 8:07am
my trading set up is as follows:
2 x 17" LCD monitors wall-mounted (for more room on the desk surface) into a desktop P4 running my charting software in one monitor and news/live-trading-chat in second.

Then a third monitor on my widescreen laptop running my trade station software.

Very happy w/the existing setup!
  • #33
  • Jan 10, 2006 11:39am Jan 10, 2006 11:39am
(2) 21" and (2) 17"

I multi-task like crazy.

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  • #34
  • Jan 10, 2006 2:39pm Jan 10, 2006 2:39pm
A la moneytec....anybody up for it, in a "I'll show you mine if you show me yours!" kinda deal..?
  • #35
  • Jan 10, 2006 2:40pm Jan 10, 2006 2:40pm
Dude, you need four sets of eyes to multi-task that set up.

Quoting MuddBuddha
(2) 21" and (2) 17"

I multi-task like crazy.

  • #36
  • Jan 11, 2006 12:50am Jan 11, 2006 12:50am
Quoting Isotonic
Dude, you need four sets of eyes to multi-task that set up.
I find that Marty Feldman eyes [think Igor on Young Frankenstein] do the trick for me ; - )
  • #37
  • Jan 11, 2006 4:47am Jan 11, 2006 4:47am
Thread also merged with an earlier one...so reread and vote if you want.
  • #38
  • Jan 11, 2006 5:05am Jan 11, 2006 5:05am
I have a high-end laptop hooked with a side external 17" monitor, so basically I have 2 x 17" monitor set up.

One I use exclusively for the charting platform, and the second one for trading chatrooms and internet browsing.

I feel that for my trading style (swing trading off 4H and Daily charts), this setup is more than enough.
  • #39
  • Jan 11, 2006 2:55pm Jan 11, 2006 2:55pm
Quoting MuddBuddha
For the serious scalper!

Okay, I couldn't resist! I would so buy one of these! Forex trading on one monitor, plus multiple episodes of "Zena Warrior Princess" on the rest - hellya!
http://www.accrete.com/emo/ROFLOL.gif

Hummm lets see, since my wife trades next to me at times, that'll be one monitor for the TradeStation/News, one for Charts, one for Stargate SG1 and one for Monk ; - )
  • #40
  • Jan 21, 2006 5:13pm Jan 21, 2006 5:13pm
Hey all. Who here has multiple monitors? Is it a pain in the ass to setup? Do you find it worthwhile? Is there anything I should know if I were planning to do it?

Thanks have a good weekend all....
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