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I use a 24" 1920x1080 and a 19" 1280x1024 at home which is my project dev/gaming/internet trolling box.
I work on presentation software so dual screen is a must to be able to test the thing. Not that there's any bugs 
Also, I use windowspager[^] which is a virtual desktop manager.
Three desktops (covering both monitors).
1st contains Firefox/RSS/IM type of garbage.
2nd is where I mostly keep VS/Netbeans/MSDN or anything related to a project when I'm working on it.
3rd is rarely used.
Ninja (the Nerd)
Confused? You will be...
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I prefer to use one big monitor (2560x1440, 27", which is equivalent to 2 "normal" monitors). That way, all data is close together and in one plane, which is easier on the eyes. And it's better for the environment!
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I concur, one large monitor per computer; and multiply computers at the ready handling different tasks.
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I was commenting about myself (as everybody was invited to do). Traders or people with a lot of security relevant monitoring applications might need more. However, most people just overdo it and having a single monitor with the combined number of pixels of two other monitors is always the better solutions (both for the eyes and the environment). Believe me, I used to have two and was a bit uncertain about the move to one super monitor. It worked out to be one of my best decisions.
Four cores with hyperthreading easily handle all the stuff I need to do (a host and three to four virtual machines all doing different stuff is no problem at all!). Everything (including the monitor) adds up to some 160 Watt on average.
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Using 1 monitor and probably the same as around 2004 (at least it does feel like that sometimes  ).
"I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by." (DNA)
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i would use 2 moniters if my wallet did not have so much SPACE. 
Never say Never,
Because Never comes too soon.
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get a used one. That's better than arguing about the leak.
regards
Torsten
I never finish anyth...
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the problem with that is i dont know where to find one(and i dont know if my desk has enough space for another CRT(but im shure i could make some)).
and you reminded me, there is an old one here somewhere that has a green tint to it, no just to find it...
---edit---
maybe i should get a smaller wallet 
Never say Never,
Because Never comes too soon.
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Best is two portraits (or three if you can do it)
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Two portrait and 3:4, 1200x1600 aspect ratio which is becoming more difficult to get hold of these days as the TV style widescreen aspect ratio is taking over monitor sizing.
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JaECH wrote: I prefer Landscape
me too
I appreciate your help all the time...
CodingLover
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I agree.
I have 2 widescreen 1080x1650 portrait monitors plus a 1280x1024 monitor plus the laptop screen (1280x800)
The 2 side portrait monitors are great for coding (one for Visual Studio, one for SQL Server Management Studio) then the 1280x1024 displays web pages and the laptop displays mail, chat or anything else. Thus:
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modified on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 4:45 AM
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I got my team 2 19" LCDs on top of 2 23" Widescreen LCDs.
They are spread across 2-3 machines.
My monitors are:
-Top Left monitor is for email / inter-office messaging
-Top Right - Source Code Control / InstallShield
-Bottom Monitors - coding / obfuscation
We all use a program to use one mouse and keyboard to control all the machines without a KVM. Has really nice clipboard support as well (can copy & paste from one computer to the next... including files).
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
-Albert Einstein
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Mike Baldini wrote: We all use a program to use one mouse and keyboard to control all the machines
without a KVM. Has really nice clipboard support as well (can copy & paste
from one computer to the next... including files).
I used to use MaxiVista software. Now I use USB-to-VGA adaptors (which despite the name can actually run DVI and HDMI) so don't need the second machine any more.
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Anyway I feel that too much space leads to some difficulties a well. look around is too messup for me. what you think?
I appreciate your help all the time...
CodingLover
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I would quit if someone told me what monitor a given application had to run on while I developed.
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I was just saying what my monitors are for. They can use them for whatever they want. I just made sure they have what they need to get everything done efficiently.
"Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one."
-Albert Einstein
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I currently use three (actually don't power up the third until I'm knee deep into something) but have support for up to 6 thanks to my super awesome ATI card. I can only use four monitors at maximum currently, unless I get two more DP monitors or two active DP converter boxes.
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At work I have 2 17" monitors at 1280 x 1024.
At home I use my TV 32" 1920 x 1080 and a 19" 1280 x 1024.
I much prefer working with the wide screen resolution for Visual Studio. Yes I know I can move windows onto different monitors. But I prefer having it all on one screen.
Ideally, at the moment, I would like to have 2 22" wide screen monitors and one 19".
Scott H.
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Work is slightly better, 2x24" vs. 24"+19"
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I have 2 at each, but 2 24" at home vs 2 19" at work. Yuck.
"Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming "Wow! What a Ride!"
— Hunter S. Thompson
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I got almost the exact same setup at work and home. Once I tasted the flavor of two monitor development at work last year, there was no going back. I had to set up the same at home.
But I have been reading on video boards that offer 3 monitor setup (Plus Kick-Arse gaming experience). Once I read it, it's in my blood-stream, then there's no stopping it. Nothing can stand in the way of an idea whose time has come.
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At home, I have an 21.5" iMac and a 37" LCD TV. At work, I have a 15" Lenovo ThinkPad  .
That means: I think my home setup is better...
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