Reader WoWspace of the Week: March 29 - April 4
by Paul Sherrard 
Apr 5th 2007 at 5:32PM
This week's entry is a doozy. It is big in all ways that a WoWspace can be big. Lots of write-up, giant images, and 2 screens that just look huge. I never thought my 2x 20" screens would look small. How wrong was I...
Hey, wowspaces moderation folk! Long time reader, first time submitter...although, i guess everyone is a first time submitter. anyways! Here is my wowspace, with a little description of it all.
Let's start out with the monitors first, my pride and joy :P those are 2 24" dell widescreens, each running at 1920x1280 resolution. the laptop is a 13" black macbook. All three of these screens are connected to the same keyboard and mouse, which navigates across all three screens through a virtual KVM program called Synergy. This is nice, since it lets me run processive intensive apps on the mac, while my desktop can be dedicated to running WoW.
So, what about the desktop specs you say?
Athlon 64 4200+ processor
2gb of DDR2 533mhz ram
geforce 6800 ultra card, 512mb video memory
7200RPM, 300GB hard drive.
The laptop is a 1.8ghz intel core duo macbook, 1gb of ram - it does the job when im out of the house :)
Both systems are connected to a Creative Gigaworks G500 sound system.
Here's a closer view of the UI - I custom designed the whole thing from the ground up so that it would take advantage of the monitors as much as possible. as you can see, a viewport mod moves the playable area over to the right a little bit, so that my character isnt stuck split in between both f the screens. Of course, WoWHead is up on the laptop display, along with some other applications for managing the rest of my life :P
Next is a (blurry) view from the top of the computer. That purple blob would the the innards of my desktop, all nice and blacklit. You can see the classic rainbow mac logo on the macbook, that white apple is just so boring. also viewable in this pic are my mx1000 mouse, wireless keyboard, and the control box for my speakers.
One last pic, with me and the setup, hehe. HORDE PRIDE!. Gives you an idea of the size of the displays, and some of the other stuff (like IM) that i run on the laptop.
I really hope you guys will consider this for a future WoWSpace of the week, great site you guys maintain, i try and check it daily!
Sincerely,
Jeremy aka Moonmaster of Lightninghoof (Horde - US)
www.techotter.com
So there you have it, a fantastic submission from Moonmaster! If you want to see your WoWspace featured here, please send your submission (just like the one above) along with photos to readerwowspace@gmail.com.
Filed under: Reader WoWspace of the week
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
FadedReality Apr 5th 2007 5:39PM
I'm liking the bowl piece in the second picture. BURN ONE FOR THE HORDE :P
Todd Apr 5th 2007 5:44PM
Impressive.
Sylythn Apr 5th 2007 5:53PM
Damn you all and your dual flat screens - send some money this way!
brian Apr 5th 2007 5:53PM
how much money does this dude have? fuck
Mike Schramm Apr 5th 2007 5:59PM
Wait, so is that your tauren in the middle of the screen? So you've got a big black bar running right down the middle of your view?
McLean Russell Apr 5th 2007 6:11PM
I can't even begin to describe how jealous I am of those monitors. Nice rig man.
Dracula Jones Apr 5th 2007 6:08PM
I have to ask, sorry... Are you actually 16 or do you just look 10 years younger than you are, like I do? I get carded for R rated movies. I'm 26. Ugh.
Moonmaster Apr 5th 2007 6:27PM
No, I'm 21, sorry :P. and the viewport mod that i use shifts my screen off to the right just a little bit, so that my cow isnt split right in the middle of the two displays. i know it looks like it would be a pain, but since he isnt right in the middle, its not thaaat bad.
TheChrispy Apr 5th 2007 6:22PM
@5 L2Read. he says in his description that he off-sets the view so that its not cut directly in half.
Josh Apr 5th 2007 7:40PM
Homey's rockin' the ganj'!!! Hell yea, even got the slouch to prove it.
Chris M Apr 5th 2007 8:03PM
I know the feeling. I'm 26 and still look almost the same as I did 7 years ago. It's a bit of a pain.
Chris
PS! Great setup man, very smooth. Thanks for mentioning Synergy- I had been looking for a stable virtual KVM for a LONG time. This is perfect for my OSX/Ubuntu/XP desktop/laptop configuration I've got going on here.
Chris
Travis Apr 5th 2007 10:03PM
That line would bug me, I prefer my 40"
OneTwo Apr 5th 2007 10:37PM
Cool setup but it's way too big for me. a 23" Cinema display would be more than enough for me :) Still, nice setup.
Anthony Apr 6th 2007 12:23AM
With those nice monitors you should upgrade your video card. I can see the jaggies even in the pictures. This post is making me really want to submit my setup.
Tigraine Apr 6th 2007 8:06AM
We've seen this setup before here on WoWinsider I think.
Paul Sherrard Apr 6th 2007 9:13AM
Tigraine: This is an entirely new submission.
Check http://www.wowinsider.com/category/reader-wowspace-of-the-week/ to see all the entries so far :)
MadCow Apr 6th 2007 9:29AM
If that dude plays a pvp server, rock on man. That split screen shit doesn't work for me on a pvp realm, drives me up the freaking wall. I replacded my dual 21FPW with a 30FPW, no more split screen headaches ... of course, now I'm half blind from the light that thing gives off.
Sam Apr 6th 2007 10:28AM
I was largely expecting to win this week, but Jesus Christ, how do you sit so close to 2 widescreen monitors? Nice setup.
notsomuch Apr 6th 2007 11:02AM
yeah, i know i need a new video card, #14...the problem with the card is that it's still attached to an AGP motherboard...when i redo the desktop in the summer, a better card will probably come with it. I have higher graphics settings turned on at lower resolutions, but anti-aliasing has a hard time at 3840x1200.
Also, #17, Lightninghoof is an RP-PVP server :P
Mat Apr 6th 2007 12:53PM
I can't help but wonder why you went with 2 24s instead of 1 30? From the looks of current pricing, the cost would have been about the same.
Clean setup though, gj.