how does one live without dual monitors???

[Scarpozzi]

I have 2 at work and 1 at home. I've been working with 2 monitors for about 4 years.

What holds me back from getting 2 at home is that I purchased a very high quality CRT about 4 years ago that's perfectly fine and I expect to use it quite a few more years before upgrading. Furthermore, I have a corner desk with only one space for a monitor. I would have to get a new desk as well as the 2 monitors making it a $800+ investment for 1 more monitor.

I agree though, it's very difficult when you're used to having Email/chat windows open in one window and your work content in another... I feel like I'm over 20% more productive with the second screen...especially when I'm doing a lot of different projects. I can drag multiple web browser windows around when I'm working between my SAN and FC Switch configs....as well as having different Putty windows open with tcpdump running for packet traces. I'm surprised I went so long without 2 monitors.

 

[TastesLikeChicken]

I have dual monitors at home since home is also my work. One monitor is used for documentation applications and folder navigation and the other is for viewing reference information like drawings, spreadsheets, vendor data, etc. Basically, the second monitor substitutes for printing out stacks of engineering documents so I can work virtually paperless.

 

[spacejamz]

Originally posted by: sonambulo
I just have one huge monitor instead.

this....

having the bezel between the two monitors is annoying as hell...went from two 19" Sammys to a 37" Westy (now a 42" Westy)..


old Dual setup

new 42" on left....old 37" on right

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: spacejamz

Originally posted by: sonambulo
I just have one huge monitor instead.

this....

having the bezel between the two monitors is annoying as hell...went from two 19" Sammys to a 37" Westy (now a 42" Westy)..


Dual

new 42" on left....old 37" on right

:Q :Q :shocked:

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: spacejamz

Originally posted by: sonambulo
I just have one huge monitor instead.

this....

having the bezel between the two monitors is annoying as hell...went from two 19" Sammys to a 37" Westy (now a 42" Westy)..


old Dual setup

new 42" on left....old 37" on right

Just make the bezels overlap, that's what I do with mine

 

[spacejamz]

Originally posted by: Steve

Originally posted by: spacejamz

Originally posted by: sonambulo
I just have one huge monitor instead.

this....

having the bezel between the two monitors is annoying as hell...went from two 19" Sammys to a 37" Westy (now a 42" Westy)..


old Dual setup

new 42" on left....old 37" on right

Just make the bezels overlap, that's what I do with mine

pic??? not sure how you get around having an annoying black bar down the middle of the two monitors?? overlapping will reduce the width, but it is still there...

 

[spacejamz]

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: spacejamz

Originally posted by: sonambulo
I just have one huge monitor instead.

this....

having the bezel between the two monitors is annoying as hell...went from two 19" Sammys to a 37" Westy (now a 42" Westy)..


Dual

new 42" on left....old 37" on right

:Q :Q :shocked:

here is pic before I upgraded to the 42"....that is a 22" monitor on the right...

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since I am at it...here is pic of the 19" sammy LCD before I went dual...another sammy 19" CRT monitor was for wife's PC...

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[middlehead]

I have two at home, but I can live with one at work. I'm not at my desk terribly often anyway.

 

[lokiju]

I have a 19" LCD at my desk at work that's just fine.

I do most of my stuff through RDP anyway.

At home I have dual 19" LCD's and really don't even care that much for it.

I usually just leave one off.

 

[vi edit]

5 x 20"



Like this:
http://conferences.medicexchan...CS_Carestream-4873.gif

Ok so not me...but the Radiologists I support get that. I get hand-me-downs from them and run 2x 20 at my desk.

 

[Tremulant]

Originally posted by: RedSquirrel
I have 2x 19" at home and love it. One is directly in front of me I do most of my stuff on it, the other is angled to the side and I leave stuff I look at open there, such as a program I'm working on (usually full screen ssh console window).

I recently upgraded to two at work, that helped a lot. I can have my ticket on one side, my work on the other, or open up dslam lookup tools on one, do troubleshooting on other side etc...

Only thing I find anoying is when you open a window in a program it tends to go anywhere on the two monitors so I find myself dragging windows a lot. Like sometimes my email will open on one monitor, sometimes on the other, etc. But that's on any dual screen setup. Depends on the app some remember the last screen they opened on and open there, some don't.

I've noticed on my laptop that some apps don't remember their position if the app is closed while maximized (this is in Windows, so it may not be true for any other OS).

However, when my windows get shuffled around it's usually after I've been using the laptop off of the dock for awhile. If it's docked everyday (and therefore connected to both monitors) then it seems to be fine.


I have 2 19" monitors at work and they're almost required. It just makes things a lot easier.

At home I have a single 20" WS monitor and no need for a 2nd monitor. Though I have thought of upgrading the monitor to something bigger (24" or 27")

 

[Evadman]

20 & 22" widescreen at work, a bunch of 20's at home.

 

[olds]

Originally posted by: Evadman
20 & 22" widescreen at work, a bunch of 20's at home.

Yes, Nik......

 

[CKent]

I had one, no longer do. It was useful when I played WoW, since the game can be played in fullscreen windowed mode, allowing you to "tab out" and do other things while still able to see what's going on. I haven't found any other use for 2 monitors, and I quit WoW...

 

[sandorski]

Octo-Monitors!!! Rest all-you-all are Loosers!!! xInfinity Yo!

 

[hanoverphist]

Originally posted by: spacejamz

Originally posted by: Kaido

Originally posted by: spacejamz

Originally posted by: sonambulo
I just have one huge monitor instead.

this....

having the bezel between the two monitors is annoying as hell...went from two 19" Sammys to a 37" Westy (now a 42" Westy)..


Dual

new 42" on left....old 37" on right

:Q :Q :shocked:

here is pic before I upgraded to the 42"....that is a 22" monitor on the right...

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since I am at it...here is pic of the 19" sammy LCD before I went dual...another sammy 19" CRT monitor was for wife's PC...

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none of these systems are dual monitor... you have two systems with 1 monitor each.

i have a 17" laptop that is my work puter. i have a 22" wlcd on my desk that i use as a second monitor when i work, tools on the laptop screen and output on the big one. its also nice to be able to have two programs side by side to compare. i also use 2 laptops, for different programs. so, in all i use two mouse, keyboards and 3 screens regularly. when im building a new system the monitor gets put on the new system and i have 3 individual systems i am working on. when i work out in the field, i only have the two laptops, and usually not at the same time so im not really able to use the 2nd monitor. its ok tho, i dont really miss it in those situations.

at home i sit on my couch and use my laptop, the 3 in my office are all single monitor set ups with 19" screens. but the kids dont need more than that.


as for the dual monitor thing, i can take it or leave it

 

[Steve]

Originally posted by: spacejamz

Originally posted by: Steve

Originally posted by: spacejamz

Originally posted by: sonambulo
I just have one huge monitor instead.

this....

having the bezel between the two monitors is annoying as hell...went from two 19" Sammys to a 37" Westy (now a 42" Westy)..


old Dual setup

new 42" on left....old 37" on right

Just make the bezels overlap, that's what I do with mine

pic??? not sure how you get around having an annoying black bar down the middle of the two monitors?? overlapping will reduce the width, but it is still there...

Right, it's still there but at least smaller. Here's mine:

http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/sm8000/monitors.jpg

I drew it slightly wrong though, the LCD's screen and the CRT's screen are almost identical heights.

 

[2Dead]

2 19" at work, 1 24" at home. Although I'd probably hook up another at home if I had the desk space for it.

 

[spacejamz]

Originally posted by: hanoverphist

none of these systems are dual monitor... you have two systems with 1 monitor each.

I could sworn this was a dual monitor setup...

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[Loreena]

I'm sure if my second monitor stopped working I would not die.

 

[necine]

2x17 at work
2x22 widescreen at home

works nice as hell.

 

[Mellman]

yeah i dunno how people can use a single monitor anymore. I have 2x24" Dells + 1x 23" Sony on my home rig...now i can't see going back to just two.

 

[shoRunner]

1 big one is better than 2 smaller ones

 

[imported_Champ]

currantly 1x 22" but I once had a dream where I had 4x 30" so that is a life goal of mine

 

[mugs]

Originally posted by: shoRunner
1 big one is better than 2 smaller ones

Not necessarily, and two big ones is better than one big one. Also, it's not the size that matters, it's the resolution. 22" doesn't gain you anything over a 20" other than the ability to sit a few inches farther away if you have poor eyesight (also is nice if you use it to watch TV). 19" doesn't gain you anything over 17"; same resolution, bigger pixels. I'd rather save the desk real estate, I have good eyesight.

But I digress. 2 17" LCDs have more total pixels than one 24" LCD. There are also benefits to having two workspaces instead of one. As a developer, it's nice to have one screen for your code and view your output on the other screen. Or you can use one screen for e-mail and the other for whatever you're working on. There are other tasks that benefit from a single very large workspace - video and photo editing for instance. There are advantages and disadvantages either way, and which is better depends on how you work.