What do you people use dual display for?

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Soulflare

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Probably because they want more screen space without cranking their resolution
through the roof.
 
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I don't use two monitors. My roommate said he did it over the summer. He never specifically said why he did it, but I would guess that it was because he likes to have 800 million windows open all at once and with two monitors, he could actually see some of what he had open.
 
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amnesiac

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I have a 15" monitor as my secondary, running at 1024x768.
Right now there's Quintessential Audio Player along the top, AIM and CoolMon on the right side, and Outlook filling the rest.
Windows Media Player takes outlook's place if I watch a movie while I work, and I also do all my IM'ing on that side.
I can't imagine not having 2 monitors anymore.
 
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gopunk

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ever see the matrix? :p

i have two 19 inchers... it's just nice to have everything in view and not have to switch windows.
 
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SmiZ

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It really does add to your productivity. Not to mention the cost savings. I have two 15" monitors running, one of which I paid a former boss $20 for. I then Combined that with an old video card and now I have twice the desktop space for a very small price.

It also makes programs like flash and photoshop much easier to use because you can drag the toolbars outside of the main window and place them on the second monitor. This leaves the space on the first monitor for your main project.
 
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<< It also makes programs like flash and photoshop much easier to use because you can drag the toolbars outside of the main window and place them on the second monitor. This leaves the space on the first monitor for your main project. >>



That's how I work. Except that I use two 19" monitors.
 
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wolfsblood

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better for multi-tasking as many people have already said. I dunno though I find that I like virtual desktops alot better.
 
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Ya, so that when one is showing the guy's face you can look at the other one. :)

 
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propellerhead

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Chat program on the 17", while I surf, play games, email, etc. on the 19". Multiple monitors in Windows is the easier way to get more desktop space without spending a lot on a 21" monitor.
 
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erub

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I mainly use mine for AIM, and do everything else on the other one. Its an old 13" Dell monitor; my main one is a 17". I can't believe the 13 incher is still functioning, its 12 years old :) A friend of mine was working on Powerpoint, and evidently it is set to automatically display a full preview on the other monitor (i doubt she was futzing with it, and I hadn't used it, just installed it for her to use). That was pretty tight.
 
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gopunk

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<< what's a virtual desktop? >>



where you have a number of virtual desktops... say you open a window in desktop 1. then when you go to desktop 2, it goes to a blank desktop. when you open one in 2, and go back to 1, the window from 1 shows up but not the one you opened from 2. it's just what it sounds like : virtual desktops.
 
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<< what's a virtual desktop? >>



You have couple of screens to work with. In Linux, when you move all the way to the left of your screen, it goes in to a new screen. Basically its like having 4 or more monitors. One with its own programs, and you can switch betwen the screens you want see (in windows, they added buttons to choose the screens instead). I suck at explaining this. :eek:
 
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Shalmanese

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I find that having a 19" and a 15/14" is pretty handy. You can keep your Email/Winamp/ICQ/System Montior on the 14" and have it for eas reference and not clog up your big screen. Plus, if you ever need to refer to a page in another page, its damn handy, especially for writing reports and stuff where you can have word open on one and the Web on the other.
 
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SuperTool

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At work I have a UNIX workstation with 2 monitors.
21 inch monitor that has 6 virtual desktops that I use for netscape, calendar, email, process manager, etc.
And 24 inch monitor with 10 virtual desktops that I do work on schematics, simulations, etc.
I usually add a virtual desktop for each new assignment I am working on. That way when I want to switch to some task, I have all the things set up in it's own desktop. I usually work on ten different things at once.
 
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Scootin159

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I have 2 monitors set to 1600x1200 (a 19" & a 17"). I use the 19" w/ 2 windows open side by side (800x1200 windows), makes for great web browsing. Like right now i have the listing of all threads on the right side & this window on the left. On the other monitor I have Winamp & AIM. It's real nice because if someone IMs me I don't have to quit what I'm doing to see what they said. The only problem I've found is that I have a tendancy to have like 30 windows open now. Get a LOT of RAM if you plan on having 2 monitors, especially of any considerable size ;).
 
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BCYL

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When you do coding for a living, you can never have enough screens... a lot of the time you are coding multiple files at the same time (or needs to have another file open for reference), and switching back and forth slows you down quite a bit...

I wish I have multiple screens at work.... :(

EDIT: I already have 6 virtual desktops on my machine at work... but it's still not enough...
 
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