A positive step forward in how you use Fusion
Ever since I started using Fusion (over 10 years ago now … how time flies ..) I had a single wide screen Dell U2913WM 29″ monitor (2560 x 1080). This is a really nice screen to use and has lots of interface options including a Dell Display port (aka HDMI). When using Fusion it gives acres of working space. The U2913 can be picked up on EBay for a reasonable cost and this size and aspect ration makes it well worth the investment.
The frustation with single monitor working is the need to minimise Fusion if you want to dive off to do something in another app.
Lurking in the corner of my office was an old Dell monitor that only had VGA and a DVI as connector options. I wondered at the possibility of using it on my new GEEKOM mini PC which has two HDMI outputs. To my surprise I discovered that you can buy cables and also dongle adapters to allow both VGA and DVI to connect to a HDMI output (how does that work I wonder ?).
I orderd a DVI to HDMI dongle from Amazon and now have the U2913 as the main activity screen and the old Dell as the side activity screen via the DVI to HDMI dongle. This dual screen working is relatively easy to set up in the Windows display options but can be a bit confusing until you get your #1 and #2 screen selected correctly. (I intially had my mouse disappearing off the left side of the big screen and reappearing from the right hand side of the small monitor).
What a joy to have two screens. You can be deep into Fusion on the main large screen and then dive off to do a quick websearch on the other. This has had almost the same impact on my way of working as when I added my 3DConnexion SpaceMouse.
If you have a second screen gathering dust under a bench check it out for possible use. Even an old TV with HDMI interface can be pressed into service . If you don’t have a screen handy there are lots of old interface style ones on EBay at silly prices.
Go two screen ! You won’t regret it.
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