4k tv / monitors

[David Schwartz]

I’m running a stock (but fully-loaded) MacBook Pro:

MacBook Pro (Retina, 15-inch, Mid 2014)

Processor: 2.8 GHz Intel Core i7

Memory: 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3

Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M 2048 MB

My monitor is a Seiki 39” 4k monitor. It’s plugged into the HTMI port on the MBP. I usually keep the laptop closed.

I currently have 14 desktops with maybe 30 browser windows open in Chrome and ~60 tabs open; 20 Safari windows open with ~30 tabs open; and several other apps I keep open as well.

Chrome has a lot of memory problems, for sure. It slows the entire system down after a while, and I’ve noticed that the more windows on a given desktop, the slower things run. Swithcing to a desktop with fewer browser windows open on it clearly improves performance.

-David "The Tool Wiz" Schwartz



> On Jun 23, 2016, at 6:29 AM, Keith Smith <techlists at phpcoderusa.com> wrote:
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> 
> Hardware specs are in order after seeing 3-48's.  What video card are you driving this with.  CPU?  RAM....?
> 
> I cannot imagine the number of windows you could possibly have open at any one time while being able to see them all at once.
> 
> 
> 
> On 2016-06-23 00:08, Michael Butash wrote:
>> Likewise, much the same, I was going to go with 40", but a buddy got
>> one of the seiki cheap 4k tv's, and it was just too small, odd to say.
>> Standing in front of a 55" seemed too big, I ended up with the 48's
>> that I think are just about right with 4k, and curved was nice for the
>> desktop.  I could have lived with the 55's I think.
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>> I spread things out as well, and I can still full-screen chrome or
>> whatever, zoom in, and read with my aging eyes.  Even with 11520x2160
>> pixels, I still end up with clutter piling up at times.  KDE's idle
>> windows as transparent is great for this.
>> Ubuntu/Unity just sorta barfs and never finishes launching on mine to
>> test with compiz the pretty features.
>> -mb
>> On 06/22/2016 12:10 PM, David Schwartz wrote:
>>> I’ve been using a 39” 4K TV as a monitor with my MacBook Pro for about 8 months now. (I keep the MBP closed.)
>>> My only complaint is not the monitor, but the fact that my eyesight is degrading (I’ll be 60 next month) and I can’t read most stuff displayed at “native” resolution. This is true of the Retina display on my MBP as well. Younger eyes would probably really love it at native resolution (ie., much smaller renderings).
>>> My opinion at this point is that 39” is too small for a 4K monitor.
>>> But parallax plus “angle of incidence” that some monitors have (ie, the effective viewing angle) becomes a problem with larger screens when you’re sitting a little more than an arm’s-length away.
>>> To be viewed most effectively, the screen really needs to be curved spherically or parabolically, where the eyeballs are positioned at the centroid of the curve.
>>> But I have to say, it’s AWESOME to be able to have two or three apps open in different windows and have them spread out on a large viewing area without overlapping. It’s basically like having four HD monitors right there.
>>> -David Schwartz
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