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To: Paul Senior who wrote (51351)	4/18/2013 9:47:31 AM
From: Jurgis Bekepuris	Respond to of 78462

OT? Maybe a new $800 Mac mini. Apple sales guy recommends $1300 iMac instead. As a value investor, I still don't understand people buying Apple products. You can get the same functionality for half price in Windows land. I got iPad as bonus from work and promptly sold it. I'd rather have cash.

To: Paul Senior who wrote (51351)

4/18/2013 12:35:34 PM

From: John Koligman

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OT - Trading platforms...

Paul, if you want to get a headache, this is what I sit in front of during the day.... <ggg>

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As far as multiple monitors, you can actually do a quad monitor setup via a laptop these days if you so desire. I use the following for a backup system.... It does require that you purchase a Thinkpad with Nvidia Optimus graphics and a dock... You can also do triple monitors (including the laptop) without a dock...

Best regards,
John
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Quad Display Configuration: ThinkPad Mini Dock Series 3 - 90W (4337)

Supports an active ThinkPad display, and up to three external monitors, for a quad display configuration.

ThinkPad Mini Dock Series 3 Quad Display Configuration:

1st Display: Active ThinkPad display
2nd, 3rd, 4th Displays: Any combination of the following:
- DisplayPort on ThinkPad
- DisplayPort on Mini Dock
- DVI digital port on Mini Dock
- VGA analog port on Mini Dock
For Optimus enabled ThinkPad T410, T410i, T410s, T410si, T510, T510i discrete graphics systems, all additional displays need to be attached to ports on the Mini Dock when attaching a monitor to the dock's VGA analog port.

Note: DisplayPort monitor cables are available that allows attachment of DVI digital or VGA analog monitors to a DisplayPort monitor port.

The following ThinkPad systems, with NVIDIA Optimus technology, support ThinkPad Mini Dock Plus Series 3 Quad Display Configuration:

ThinkPad T410, T410i, T420, T410s, T410si, T420s
ThinkPad T510, T510i
ThinkPad T520 Dual-core models
ThinkPad T430, T430i, T430s, T430si
ThinkPad T530, T530i

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Triple Display Configuration: ThinkPad-only Supports an active ThinkPad display, and up to two external monitors, for a triple display configuration.

ThinkPad-only Triple Display Configuration:

1st Display: Active ThinkPad display
2nd Display: VGA analog monitor attached to the ThinkPad VGA analog port.
3rd Display: DisplayPort monitor attached to the ThinkPad DisplayPort monitor port.

Note: DisplayPort monitor cables are available that allows attachment of DVI digital or VGA analog monitors to a DisplayPort monitor port.

The following ThinkPad discrete graphics systems, with NVIDIA Optimus technology, support ThinkPad-only Triple Display Configuration:

ThinkPad T420, T420i, T420s, T420si, T430, T430i, T430s, T430si
ThinkPad T520, T520i, T530, T530i
ThinkPad W520, W530

To: Paul Senior who wrote (51351)	5/25/2013 8:09:41 PM
From: Paul Senior	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 78462

OT: Bought the Apple iMac 27" couple weeks ago for about $2300, including One-to-One training and extended warranty. Am liking the features, screen, speed. I hope the Apple instructors will help me hone my surfing, searching,and filing skills. ==== I've heard several people say AAPL was the best investment they made -- or never made. I hadn't heard that those first computers though might have been even better investments.