Several weeks ago, I made the jump into the world of ultra-wide monitors. I held off on writing about my experience until I had lived with it for a bit. The bottom line is that I have adjusted and can’t imagine going back. Here’s what happened. For many years, I happily lived with 2 monitors….
Tag: hardware
More Power Scotty!
Many of you have seen my travel with my Yoga 2 Pro laptop and a Gigabyte Brix running Hyper-V with 16GB of RAM and a 240GB msata drive. I use these rigs for demos when traveling and they also provide me with a test domain network. But lately I’ve started feeling some constraints. Even though…
My Mobile Training and Presentation Setup
As many of you know, I typically travel with a mobile Hyper-V setup using a mini-server housed in a Gigabyte Brix unit. I also have a brand new Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro, which I’ve also written about. During the recent PowerShell Summit my intent was to use this gear during my presentations and demos. Sadly,…
The Ultrabook Quest is Ended
Over the last several weeks I’ve been researching, thinking and mulling over a decision for a new laptop. In short, I was looking for something smaller in the ultrabook form factor that could still run a few Hyper-V virtual machines. In the end I decided to compromise and ended up with a Yoga Pro 2…
The Ultrabook Quest Continues
I’ve been continuing my research and deliberations over a new laptop, and am still leaning towards the ultrabook form factor. As to be expected there is no perfect, no-brainer solution, at least for me. What I have been able to do is prioritize the features I need. Since my primary need is for a presentation…
My Ultrabook Quest
Working for myself, I try to keep major expenses to a minimum. Computer equipment falls into that category. But the time has come to refresh my laptop. And since many of you buy and support hardware I thought I’d turn to you for suggestions. I have some requirements and something of a short list but…