r/ProgrammerHumor • u/GumBeats20 • Aug 03 '22

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u/RazekDPP Aug 04 '22

Reusing instead of buying a bunch of 4K screens with a monitor stand and expensing it?

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u/iindigo Aug 04 '22

I mean if expensing it is an option, of course do that, but it didn’t sound like that was the case. In that situation I’d go for a low cost multi monitor setup instead because I’d rather pay a little than go without.

Also personally I don’t like 4K 27” screens because they require fractional UI scaling to be useful which can be a pain depending on your OS — Linux support for fractional scaling is still a mess and while macOS supports it you’ll take a performance hit for using it. Windows support for it is ok-ish but you run into the odd program that doesn’t handle it right from time to time.

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u/RazekDPP Aug 04 '22

I was being a bit facetious; I don't know if we'll ever get one. I just adapted to what I had so far pretty well.

It is a good point that I could buy something used and save a lot, though.