AA> Wireless casting of video was one aspect of Win10 that intrigued me.
AA> That would be a handy solution at my shop onto larger displays - to display
AA> product info on one monitor, a book-trailer on a 2nd display,
AA> and a 3rd display specifically intended for a customer to see (instead
AA> of having them come around to my side of the counter and peer over my
AA> shoulder when I might have other security info on the desktop.)
I'm sure that Microsoft makes one that can do what you describe. There
alternate brands, however many of them were getting bad reviews relating to
taking over video card settings with their drivers, eliminating any special
features they would set up, and or the driver being difficult to use. Microsoft
gets reviews of being seemless and "just works," to borrow an Apple slogan, so I
decided to keep it simple for now. The one I bought, I believe only supports 1
additional monitor, but it also was only $45-48 .. I did
notice they had more hub looking versions that I imagine have more video
outputs.
AA> I was not aware of the GEN2 variety. Technology moves ahead. I get left
AA> behind.
Yeah, nor was I, until I needed it :) Its an incredibly cool tech called
Thunderbolt. Check it out. Many PC manufacturers are either misleading
people to think it has the feature and or only including it on their $700 and up
machines. I don't need that much machine, as I don't play video games,
but I would like the video capabilities of the USB C gen2 Thunderbolt.
AA> Are y'all using UPSes in your BBS operations?
Well ... no. Not really. It's running on a laptop to very nice surge
protector, and my power settings are disabled on the laptop so it doesn't go
into sleep mode. So I hadn't seen a reason to really get one. However my
Asus tower runs on one. I don't recall what size it is; or if it even still
works to be honest; my wife and I bought it a good 8 years ago. That PC is
pretty much just used for Zoom calls for my wife's masters classes, and a server
for my Music. The few times the power has gone out here, we haven't needed it
for that machine. IF there is a reason I need it on my laptop,
lemme know. I thought reinvesting the dollars into a higher joule rating
surge protector would be better (and 2 additional displays ;)
-tG
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