The Right Monitor is Hard to Come By

It is shocking how difficult it is to find a 34" curved Ultrawide that is either 2560x1080 or 5120x2160. Back in 2020 or 2021, Spectre made one; it's been discontinued now though.

The big issue for me is two fold because I have a triple monitor setup: The monitors to the left and right of my main monitor are both 1920x1080 27" monitors. A 34" ultrawide is physically identical in height to those monitors. 2560x1080 is also identical in resolution height. So with a 34" 1080p monitor, it's just a really nice setup.

My main issue with the current stock you can find on Amazon is that MacOS REALLY struggles with landing on that resolution if the monitor isn't either set to it natively, or is 5K2K. If you get a 3440x1440 monitor... well, I haven't been able to find one that lets me select 2560x1080 as a resolution in standard MacOS.

I did try BetterDisplay, but I had some issues that I couldn't work through on it, so Im back on the prowl for a monitor that fits my needs.

Resolution selecting is definitely one of the areas that Windows has MacOS beat on. That and Microsoft Paint. Omg, I can't tell you how spoiled having that application had made me. I grabbed Gimp for the Mac, but it's overpowered for what I want to do with it; I really just need it manipulate screenshots or something now and then.

Oh, and network file sharing. I made the mistake of trying to use a Mac as a local NAS. Never again.