Two Monitor Set-up - Page 3

I definately prefer two (on windows/linux at least) as without special software, you just end up using the entire 30" (maximize button and all) and then it just gets too inefficient with respect to mouse movements. With two monitors, I can maximize a document in one screen (and the window will behave like a maximized window...no accidental dragging or resizing) and do what I want on the other screen. A new feature I have actually been enjoying is making something full screen on one screen (killing any toolbars/menus/etc) and still having the taskbar and non-full screen apps open on the main screen.


You don't look at both...but you rarely look at the entire single monitor either. It is perfect for having a document you are working on and a source side by side...or a code editor/excel and a reference page. At work I use a monitor with my laptop next to it...email is always open on the laptop screen and primary work on the main screen. If I start doing a lot of back and forth between two windows...just move one to the laptop screen.

Nifty bonus trick: Set the right screen to be slightly "lower" than the left screen in the display settings. I do this because my laptop is actually a few inches lower and it makes the mouse jump less when you cross. Here is the real bonus though (and why I still do it slightly with level displays): your mouse will still "catch" in the top right corner of your left screen...allowing you to twitch to the corner and click the x on a window without ending up on the wrong screen.

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That's how I roll.

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I believe GQg33k has his display on his projection screen... in his dad's basement.

Same

How cold do you keep your place, man? Are you scrimping on heat to afford two monitors? Can you burn copies of David Brooks articles to keep warm?

Also, big timers and their hangers-on have cashmere shawl-collar cardigans.

A friend of mine also has a three-monitor set up.

Have had two, at work, for a long time. I like being able to do the two monitor thing for working on two related things at once, like creating a Word report from an Excel spreadsheet. Usually though, I have our security cameras pulled up on one and whatever I'm doing on the other. The cameras sort of work in my background and it's surprising what I notice out of the corner of my eye. I love calling to stations where I see obvious things happening, like say, a pizza at a nurses' station. It really freaks them out. Monitoring outdoor smoking areas is pretty informative too.

And then sometimes I just see suff that makes me laugh

if 2 is good 3 is better, gives you a 'center'

al gore has a good setup

Only on SF will you find someone say something like this:


implying his big-timer "real work" credentials

and then almost in the same breath say that he lets his "clients" into this den:

I've never felt the need for three either.

Any other ways you would like to twist my words to fit your issues? Be my guest.

Pics or it didn't happen.

2 monitors are really great for increasing production.

http://www.styleforum.net/showpost.p...7&postcount=43

If you need more desk space, get this:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16824994029

--Andre

On one I have market data, another is a dedicated Bloomberg and the third is my email/ms office/SF monitor. Very easy to go from one to another, which I do a lot, with a mouse click. Also easy to see different data points at the same time.