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Hi!
i have 6 monitors attached. Most of them are 24 inch.
And most of the time i use 5 monitors.
1 for visual studio main windows (forms and code)
1 for property-project breakpoint etc. window
1 for sql server management studio
1 for firefox or mail client
1 for reading pdf, explorer or other
and when i am testing code in vm's or do some network stuff via remote i switch on my 6. monitor.
my old configuration with 5 smaller monitors: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yMBdCRQtHW0
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Many people have 2 as one at work place and one personal computer at home.
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It gets easily distracted by the more pixels and you start to not wrap lines properply to fill the screen space ---- most people still read your code on 17/19 inches display. I think this fact is not gonna change quite soon.
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When I code I have VS, and Blend (or Expression Web if I'm doing a website) open at a minimum. Add in Kuler for color schemes, SQL Management Studio, Lync, Outlook, and of course the application I'm debugging. I bought two 24" monitors for 150 a piece and a multi-touch 20" for 200. The convenience and time saved in not having to flip through windows makes the purchase worthwhile.
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I got a 37" HD TV for my xbox, so it kinda counts as a monitor.
The GF wouldn't let me get a 42".
And she insisted on just a 32" in the living room. Well she's not getting my 37" when she finds the 32" is too small!
Pete
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Peter Mulholland wrote: she finds the 32" is too small!
What a size queen!
Friedrich Nietzsche wrote (proof that trolls predate online forums): These [philosophers] always become in the end [...], perhaps without being themselves aware of it, sophisticated vengeance-seekers and poison-brewers.
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Sometimes I would like a separate smaller monitor to kkeep a debug window or a text file or something, but in general I prefer one big one, that way my focus is increased. Visual Studio is also much easier to use in widescreen.
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Or two at work and 3 at home.
OTOH 2 and 3 understates the difference, I have 7.9 megapixels at home vs only 3.1 at work. 
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
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Does a dumb terminus (VT220) count?
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When I work at my office I use two monitors, but when I work at home I use one.
Usually one is for current work and research while other I use for communication, tutorials, testing, reading, monitoring etc.
modified on Thursday, April 14, 2011 7:16 AM
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My monitor told me if she ever sees me with another monitor she would take her lights out - not to mention what she'd do to me.
Peter Wasser
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Ok I only have 1 in work. We were promised a second monitor in the SW dept about 6 months ago as that's what most people were wanted most. The IT guy is STILL waiting for everyone to get back to him with graphics card details, before he orders ANY monitors! 
Pete
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But only when I use my first computer. No OS, no framework, no compiler. Just type in machine code instructions directly. For work it's nowadays the typical setup with two monitors.
"I just exchanged opinions with my boss. I went in with mine and came out with his." - me, 2011
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I am endeavoring, Madam, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins - Mr. Spock 1935 and me 2011
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Ah fond memories, I too had a first computer based on the 1802 microprocessor with a whopping 256 bytes of RAM.
I actually soldered and assembled every resistor, diode, capacitor, etc..
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256 bytes RAM. That's what mine also started with and later I got a 4k memory board (which still works) with 32 1k x 1 SRAMS. Nowadays you can easily add 512k x 8 with one single SRAM chip. You would need almost no additional logic except for some way to provide additional address lines for dividing that RAM up into banks. What a difference. 4k with a board with about 40 ICs against 512k on a tiny board with about three ICs. Back then we would have killed for such parts, but soldering still is fun.
"I just exchanged opinions with my boss. I went in with mine and came out with his." - me, 2011
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I am endeavoring, Madam, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins - Mr. Spock 1935 and me 2011
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Sound like we may have had similar systems mine was the ELF II from Netronics, I was a big "Popular Electronics" reader and was considering building the original ELF when the ad for the ELF II caught my eye and I figured it was a much better option. I two later got a 4k expansion board and the Video modulator so I could display 40 x 20 characters on a old B&W TV. It was and still is a wonderful experience for me, it gave me a big leg up when I went to college and studied assembly language and computer engineering, etc...
You are lucky you still have yours, I have often wished I had mine, but I know there is still an 1802 functioning on the edge of the solar system in Voyager, hopefully it won't come back like in the Star Trek movie.
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Believe it or not, there are still people around who build replicas of the original Popular Electronics Elf. The CDP1802 is still fairly easy to get, but the old RAMs or the CDP1861 are becoming very rare. There also have been or are modernized projects and kits like this one:
Elf2000[^]
I'm in a user group for computers with the CDP1802 and just last week we had been discussing a design with up to eight 1802s at the same bus and up to 4Mb memory. A Parallelf 
Your old Elf II may be gone, but it's not too late to get a new one. No need to catch one of the Voyagers at the edge of the solar system or one of the Vikings on Mars. By the way, my old box is a Netronics Elf II as well.
"I just exchanged opinions with my boss. I went in with mine and came out with his." - me, 2011
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I am endeavoring, Madam, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins - Mr. Spock 1935 and me 2011
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.. I typically have 2 Computers with 2, 1 respectively at the office and one computer at home with two. (the laptop moves around a LOT )
However if i had a 3+ monitor laptop[^] now that would make me happy, guess i will just have to save for this[^] or get an addition to my house and aquire this bad boy[^]
I'd blame it on the Brain farts.. But let's be honest, it really is more like a Methane factory between my ears some days then it is anything else...
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"The conversations he was having with himself were becoming ominous."-.. On the radio...
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It's cool, but I think it's a waste of energy, so I turn off one of them.
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I was against two monitors for the same reason, but when I got in situation where I had to quickly learn and apply new knowledge it felt natural to start using another monitor.
I used one for current work and other for tutorials and research.
Now I'm used to it.
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I have been persuading my manager about adding another monitor. He doesn't see how effective for us to use as software developer. Now that we've acquired new pc with monitor... he now loves the 2nd monitor and find it more effective and uses less papers to view other documents while using other windows.
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Yeah, it's very helpful to have additional monitor, but not every manager can understand it.
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it is effective!
I'm working on a 2 x 19" setup - currently I have my Workbench spread over both monitors, modifying a GUI and aside of that changing the corresponding workers. It would take me much more time to do this on one screen.
I also think it's exhausting for the eyes to see all those flashing effect when changing windows. Windows7 makes it even worse!
regards
Torsten
I never finish anyth...
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I already find it difficult to work with only one monitor.
The minimum is 2 for me... 3 is good, 4 would be the perfect setup.
I can even tell you why:
Monitor 1: Main work, usually Visual Studio
Monitor 2: Browsers for application testing
Monitor 3: Auxiliar development environment (Management Studio, a secont VS instance of another service or even a detached window from the main VS instance)
Monitor 4: Support environment for email, IM, etc
All monitors must do at least 1680x1050. Currently all my monitors do 1920x1200 (even the laptop).
4 monitors with plenty of working area.
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I think that better way is not use 22"-24". I don't like to coding on so big resolutions especially when they all are widescreen. Preferable for me is 2-3: one of them 22"-24" and all others are 17"-19".
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