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Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 8:46 am
by thibodeaux
My wife has a video production business, so she has a high-end PC (she never got on the Mac bandwagon b/c she's also a miser) and 3 nice monitors.
I work at a cutting-edge software shop, so we're all using nice Macbooks and have Thunderbolt monitors on our standup desks.
We just had this conversation (slightly paraphrased):
Me: I'm getting a 4k monitor at work
Her: I hate you
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 8:57 am
by TheCatt
Nice.
Which monitor? I've got a 4k, but it's a crappy one.
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:06 am
by thibodeaux
I dunno, my boss said he could get me a 4k monitor so I said sure.
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:23 am
by GORDON
I sometimes tell my wife she reminds me of her mother. Really pisses her off.
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:26 am
by thibodeaux
Oh, yeah they hate that. Because they know it's true!
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:30 am
by GORDON
And it really is true. And I say it as a warning.... STOP BEING LIKE HER BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 5:14 pm
by TheCatt
thibodeaux wrote:I dunno, my boss said he could get me a 4k monitor so I said sure.
You should find out.
If it's the Seiki one, it's very hard on the eyes for extended periods of time. I use it mostly for monitoring long-running jobs, clusters, etc.
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 8:37 pm
by thibodeaux
Guess I won't be getting it. He sent this note today:
"Please verify your laptop is MacBook Pro Retina is Late 2013 or newer. If not, it will only drive the 4K monitor at 30 Hz and you will hate it."
Mine is Mid 2012 :\
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 9:16 pm
by Malcolm
You have a MacBook Pro?
Posted: Fri Oct 03, 2014 10:26 pm
by TheCatt
thibodeaux wrote:Guess I won't be getting it. He sent this note today:
"Please verify your laptop is MacBook Pro Retina is Late 2013 or newer. If not, it will only drive the 4K monitor at 30 Hz and you will hate it."
Mine is Mid 2012 :\
I drive mine at 30Hz. The Hz aren't really an issue, since it's not video.
The quality of the Seiki just isn't that much. And the pixel pitch is a bit small at 39"
Posted: Sat Oct 04, 2014 7:53 am
by thibodeaux
Malcolm wrote:You have a MacBook Pro?
Well, it belongs to The Man, but yes.