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by ProllyInfamous 65 days ago
After thirty years of attempted-KVM, I finally stopped leaking $hundreds$ on hardware – and instead just bought a bigger desk.

With a VESA-mounted LCD I have enough physical desktop space for three full-sized keyboard/mice combos (and don't have any disconnect/phantom issues common with KVM switching). Without the NUMPAD, two would fit on most desks, IMHO.

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Of course I also recommend having multiple physical desktop spaces, set up for certain routine tasks (e.g. billing/taxes, music/media/TV/hub). Don't know how I used to operate on a single 13" laptop!~

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>120hz (instead of 144hz)

Can you actually notice a difference? My LCD supports both and I use the lesser one just because it reduces energy consumption. I think I can tell between 60Hz/120Hz.

2 comments

No way I see the difference between 120 and 144, but it's just annoying to have to set it up that way, it's like getting a new motherboard and setting your cpu to 3.7Ghz instead of 3.8 or something. It's one more thing to figure out (because my screen would just go dark and it annoyed me for a couple days), setup, and remember next time.

For the desk I'm actually happy I got a reasonnably small one for my new place, the big one I had was just always filled with junk, now it forces me to tidy it up and throw away things. Also it's in my living room, not a dedicated room, so saving space feels better.

60/120 it’s super obvious just moving the mouse cursor around.
Where I think I can see it best 60/120 is the cursor — but nothing noticed 120/144Hz.