Frequent readers will know I’m a Mac Bigot and only work using a laptop, i.e. I’m your typical road warrior. But given all the stuff I need to see and organize how do I cope with only 15.4 inches of screen real estate? The short answer is that I don’t. But…
Upgrading to the Leopard operating system introduced me to Apple’s Spaces. Via Sig. Check this screenshot below to see what I mean.
I can access applications that I assign to ’spaces’ which I access using a combination of alt-arrow or command-number keys. The alt-arrow combination allows me to scroll between spaces while the command-number combo allows me to directly select a space.
This is not as cumbersome as it sounds and provides me with the equivalent of six times the amount of physical screen real estate. It’s not an ideal solution but it will do until the delivery of a 24 inch Dell screen I have on order. Why the Dell? Recommendation from a number of sources and having seen some in action when I visited the Seesmic offices last week. Why a much larger screen? Despite my best efforts, I genuinely need at least 6 applications open at the same time, including VMWare running Windows XP. Even with spaces, the screen feels incredibly cluttered and that distracts from productivity.
As a side note, the equivalent euro pricing is not bad with an effective exchange rate only 3.5% adrift from the market rate. That beats the crap out of Apple who really do know how to work the exchange rate game.
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