Fuck Apple, Fuck the Macbook Pro, {other inflammatory curses}

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SkyFire

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Just ordered a new Macbook Pro. I'm not happy about it, but some of the stuff I'll be doing over the next few moths requires OSX (I have to meet specific & stringent (read stupid as fuck) security guidelines).

Anyway, does anyone here run 3 external screens from their MBP? I really don't want to keep the lid open, I'd like to keep my standard setup I've always had, and I want know what I need to buy (adapters, etc) to keep using this setup. If it matters I ordered the Retina 15" because it has an Nvidia GPU.

I've 2 22" in portrait and a center 27" in landscape.

Helps?!

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JarredLv said:
Is it really that important to have three different porno's running at the same time?
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Yes. Dudes on left, betties on right, trannies on middle keeps all my personalities happy. Also, feng shui. ;)

I don't really get Thunderbolt / Mini DisplayPort. Same port different things, ya?

I was thinking two mini DisplayPort to HDMI and then the third on the HDMI output?

natewitt said:
Ever heard of google you fucc worm
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I have not. Thanks for the suggestion, it never occurred to me to search for other people using 3 monitors with a closed macbook pro retina, two screens rotated one not, two different resolutions. :321:
 
You don't need thunderbolt.

I ran the following from my NON-RETINA MbPro w/out Thunderbolt.

1x30" Dell
2x21" Dell (1600x1200)

You need USB to DVI or VGA adapters. They work perfect for work. No gaming no movies, but for keeping my email, docs, chat, spreadsheets, websites, notepad, etc... couldn't tell the difference.

I no longer use this setup, and have 2 USB adapters if you are interested in them shoot me a PM and we can work something out. I also have the Mini-DP to Dual-Link DVI adapter if you need that too for your 27".
 
Thanks peoples!

I ordered a pair of Thunderbolt to HDMI adapters for left and right and for the center one I'll us the built in HDMI port. Thinking about the book arc stand, but that can wait till It gets here and I settle in to the crappy UI.
 
You are supposed to leave the lid open.

Keyboard - cooling element.
Mac's cool themselves through keyboard and a fan.
When you close the lid you cover half of its cooling capacity and it starts to overheat.
 
That's what I hate about the mac, they are the most american products ever. Thunderbolt, because we also have foot, yards, galons, miles. Fuck that.
 
Got it all setup, thanks for the help.

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How can you work w/ those vertical displays? Is it functional? Seems like you could turn them back to "normal" and ditch the little one.
 
microphone head said:
I can only assume the small tablet display at the top is for animal porn then?
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Haha. It's a mimo USB monitor. I don't use it often, but when I do I netfli... uh, animal porn it.

dmnEPC said:
How can you work w/ those vertical displays? Is it functional? Seems like you could turn them back to "normal" and ditch the little one.
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There are a couple reasons, each relative to a task (ignore whitespace, is non-pixel area from the different orientations:

In Unity, I like to have the editor open on the left most of the time (except for during level design), so I can stack multiple views that are wider than tall, then I code in the middle, and reference docs and such on the right screen, along with the Unity console:

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When doing web development, I keep terminal, a nautilus window (well, finder now), and any images I need to check open on the left, code in the middle, and keep both the active dev page, and, if on the front end, a reference page open with the original design stacked so I keep things working and looking like they should:

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guerilla said:
That would be so badass for Eve if you could split the UI across multiple screens.
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I wish more heavy UI games would let you move and manage panels.
 
I've seen Eve mentioned so many times now, I've got to try it.

I'm assigning one of my monitors to portrait duty, thanks OP. Never thought of it.
 
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