Mounting an LCD computer monitor

[charles]

try and find a 32x9 monitor

[Dave Plowman (News)]

For video editing I can see two (or more) monitors would be useful.

But what else?

[Albert Zweistein]

Any kind of pro-level CAD work for starters.

[RJH]

Most of the GIS staff at work (HE lecturers) now have dual monitors. I'm told that you have to try it to understand the benefits.

I think the principle is that you do your work on one monitor (document, graph, map, video, picture), and all the faffing about (research, floating toolbars, help screens, file manager) on another.

[Albert Zweistein]

Bingo! Using Bentley Microstation for instance it's common to see operators with a dual monitor setup having one screen completely full of tools ...bit like some political parties I could think of.

[John Rumm]

You can have virtual screens on windows as well (its standard on 10)...

However virtual screens, nice as they are, are no match for physical ones.

Sometimes...

[John Rumm]

Loads of things... software development for one - target application on one screen, debugger, editor etc on another.

Creative writing, editor one one, reference materials on others.

As someone said to Terry Pratchett once: "Why do you have 6 monitors?", his answer was "Because I don?t have enough space for eight!"

If you are flight sim nut, then 2 screens is nowhere near enough.

If using a laptop with separate monitor, then keep email etc open on the small screen, and work on the big one.