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Using Two Monitors Makes You More Productive?

Posted by Cliff on from the it's-all-about-the-screen-real-estate dept.

Double Vision asks: "In my job, I work with several software applications at once. I find that constantly switching back and forth wastes a tremendous amount of time and causes me to lose focus. My video card supports two monitors, so I found a discarded monitor in my office and hooked it up. This has made it much easier to do my job. However, we are getting ready to go through an equipment audit, which means I will likely lose my additional monitor unless I can justify keeping it. How can I make this case? Is anyone aware of studies that support my claim that two monitors makes me more productive?"

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  1. Re:Here's a study by SanityInAnarchy · · Score: 0, Troll

    1) Many OSes don't tile windows well.

    That is the job of the window manager, not the OS. Many window managers tile windows very well.

    To have two windows properly tiled on a single monitor, you need to minimize everything but those windows

    Or just grab another virtual desktop. Now all your "minimized" stuff can stay open somewhere else.

    Oh wait, you have to do this with Windows? I guess you could use nVidia's virtual desktops, but now I see why... dual monitors make a lot of sense when your OS / Window Manager sucks that much.

    You do have a point about price, though.

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  2. nVidia video adapters on laptops: Dual monitors by Futurepower(R) · · Score: 0, Troll

    Free help for problems with dual monitors with nVidia video adapters on laptops: LaptopVideo2Go.com. Help for other nVidia driver problems, too.