Trading with Multiple Screens

[payday]

This dock will allow you to connect 2 more monitors to your laptop.
http://www.mwave.com.au/product/tos...tion-aa45171?gclid=CM-s3eihvL8CFYksvQod5JsAxg
This is what I use and it's cheap and easy to do. As for the specs for a laptop ( I run amibroker, NT and TWS) I used the amibroker help page to give me a basic idea of what specs I needed and took it from there. http://www.amibroker.com/kb/2011/10/25/recommended-hardwaresoftware-for-amibroker/

I run a SSD 256gb with no Hard drive and I have a drop box subscription for my backups. I have no antivirus on my lappy as I only use it for trading - I use another lappy for surfing the net etc. I like to keep my trading laptop as bare bones as possible so less can go wrong with it - no bloatware etc.

 

[waza1960]

Windows 8 is great IMO. But I did tweak it
The best tweak is "classic shell" which gives you back a start button + W7 menu --
so Functionality almost the same as W7.

The best things about W8 are more integrated multi-monitor desktop environment
+ Windows defender does anti-virus as well.
So there is no need to worry about getting an additional anti-virus program unless
you are paranoid about that sort of thing.

 

[MikeRR]

Windows 8 is great IMO. But I did tweak it
The best tweak is "classic shell" which gives you back a start button + W7 menu --
so Functionality almost the same as W7.

The best things about W8 are more integrated multi-monitor desktop environment
+ Windows defender does anti-virus as well.
So there is no need to worry about getting an additional anti-virus program unless
you are paranoid about that sort of thing.

Thanks Waza! When you say tweak are these just standard options that you are adjusting? I'm not a technofobe but don't tend to get too off piste with screwing about with settings. I think I would feel a little more comfortable with start button etc. Although, if it makes things easier I'm happy to embrace a new way of doing things.

 

[waza1960]

Thanks Waza! When you say tweak are these just standard options that you are adjusting? I'm not a technofobe but don't tend to get too off piste with screwing about with settings. I think I would feel a little more comfortable with start button etc. Although, if it makes things easier I'm happy to embrace a new way of doing things.

No "Classic Shell" is a standalone free program but very good and makes W8 a bit more user friendly

 

[sydboy007]

This dock will allow you to connect 2 more monitors to your laptop.
http://www.mwave.com.au/product/tos...tion-aa45171?gclid=CM-s3eihvL8CFYksvQod5JsAxg
This is what I use and it's cheap and easy to do. As for the specs for a laptop ( I run amibroker, NT and TWS) I used the amibroker help page to give me a basic idea of what specs I needed and took it from there. http://www.amibroker.com/kb/2011/10/25/recommended-hardwaresoftware-for-amibroker/

I run a SSD 256gb with no Hard drive and I have a drop box subscription for my backups. I have no antivirus on my lappy as I only use it for trading - I use another lappy for surfing the net etc. I like to keep my trading laptop as bare bones as possible so less can go wrong with it - no bloatware etc.

Please rn some antivirus software. While unlikely, the trading websites you use could become compromised and install malware on your PC from just visiting the site - no clicks needed.

Microsoft security essentials is free, takes little RAM, and provides a decent level of protection - no AV is perfect.