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<blockquote data-quote="§am" data-source="post: 111478" data-attributes="member: 9187"><p>Every monitor will be different, so trying to optimise for one may make it less optimal for someone else's monitor.</p><p></p><p>As for multiple monitors - I think it really does depend on your work and also you own lazyness.</p><p>I've done roles where we as an IT department have to authorise additional monitors, and reasons have included "no need to switch between email and word" or the ever popular "I need to copy & paste between two programs"... needless to say those requests were rejected.</p><p></p><p>However, on the other hand, some of our duty managers on the control staff have 7 monitors in a landscape orientation, spread across 3 PCs, but only 1 mouse and keyboard, and no KVM... now that's some nifty hardware just there <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p><p></p><p>I used to have three on my (work) desk at one point, but then knocked it down to two - mainly so I could be lazy and say, "oh sorry, didn't notice you'd raised an incident, I was too busy emailing important stuff to have to send one of my engineers out to replace your mouse!" <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p>Now I just use a docking station to hook up to a 22" TFT, though with the work I do, I might have a whole array of different laptops around me.</p><p></p><p>At home now I've knocked it down to one TFT too, the 2nd one is now stored away ready for my daughter to inherit when I finally decide to stick a PC in her bedroom <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="§am, post: 111478, member: 9187"] Every monitor will be different, so trying to optimise for one may make it less optimal for someone else's monitor. As for multiple monitors - I think it really does depend on your work and also you own lazyness. I've done roles where we as an IT department have to authorise additional monitors, and reasons have included "no need to switch between email and word" or the ever popular "I need to copy & paste between two programs"... needless to say those requests were rejected. However, on the other hand, some of our duty managers on the control staff have 7 monitors in a landscape orientation, spread across 3 PCs, but only 1 mouse and keyboard, and no KVM... now that's some nifty hardware just there :) I used to have three on my (work) desk at one point, but then knocked it down to two - mainly so I could be lazy and say, "oh sorry, didn't notice you'd raised an incident, I was too busy emailing important stuff to have to send one of my engineers out to replace your mouse!" :P Now I just use a docking station to hook up to a 22" TFT, though with the work I do, I might have a whole array of different laptops around me. At home now I've knocked it down to one TFT too, the 2nd one is now stored away ready for my daughter to inherit when I finally decide to stick a PC in her bedroom :) [/QUOTE]
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