Since July 2007, I’ve been building my optimal workspace to manage my hotels. Let me know if you have any specific questions on my setup, and I can make a video on it.
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HARDWARE
I have yet to find one as cost effective, ergonomic, and with as many extra programmable buttons as this one. |
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The extra buttons make it easier to program window moving shortcuts and tab window browser manipulation. |
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I liked the ergonomics of this and this seems to work all the way into the other room. I also really like its charging base, though you’ll have to make a minor modification to fit your earpiece at the same time. The price was right as well. |
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Extremely affordable and the range with my headset lets me go all the way into the other room. |
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6 Ports of Mini Display Ports. It’s a necessary evil unless you want to get a motherboard with dual PCIe slots and purchase two graphics cards (Which I was tempted to do, except for the fact that my CPU is a discontinued socket). There aren’t really any other options until super affordable MST Hubs start coming out. |
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Any time you go above two DVI/VGA/HDMI displays out the back of a SINGLE card, you need an ACTIVE adapter to connect any ADDITIONAL monitors. So unless your monitor natively supports DisplayPort, you’re going to have to buy some of these adapters. |
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Generic brand, but gets the job done and seems to be pretty cheap. Trust me. You’ll need all the ports you can get. |
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I actually have two of the S1500 older model of this version, but it’s now discontinued. I HIGHLY recommend the old model, and when it comes to replacing my existing units, I’ll most likely purchase the newer version. |
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You’ll need these to put your monitors in “Portrait” position. I have two of them. You can also use arms from MonoPrice.com that are much cheaper, but they may not be able to reach far enough forward like I have for my setup. |
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You could possibly go with a smaller one, but you’ll want to double check the dimensions. With the ergonomic keyboard and extra mouse pad, it can get to be a tight fit if you don’t plan appropriately. |
• 4x 24″ 1080P Monitors (Pricing Here)
• 1x 27″ 2560 x 1440 Auria Monitor (Bought from MicroCenter)
• 1x 46″ 1080P Monitor For Staff Meetings (Pricing Here)
• Humanscale Freedom Chair with Headrest (Pricing Here)
SOFTWARE
• AutoHotKey (For Easy Keyboard Mapping)
http://www.autohotkey.com/
• Logitech and Microsoft Default Mouse and Keyboard Software
• DisplayFusion (For Multi Monitor Taskbars)
http://www.displayfusion.com/
• GQueues (Task Management and Delegation via “Getting Things Done” Methodology)
https://www.gqueues.com
• Microsoft Outlook
• Skype (Only $2.95/Month for Unlimited Outgoing Calls!)
• Google Voice (For Speedier Text Messaging)
• Google Docs (For Easier Collaboration with Staff)
• LastPass (For Password Management)
https://lastpass.com/
OTHER
• Dvorak Keyboard Layout
The more efficient keyboard layout versus QWERTY. Here’s my demonstration.
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