I started with dual monitors several years ago, then went to 3, and now I have 4. Nothing beats coding in an IDE thats 3 screens wide:) I used to drool over 21" monitors or HDTV resolution flat panels, but now, the only way I would go to flat panel is if I could go to 4 17" ones. I would miss the real estate too much to drop down less than 4.
Really, I don't know if I could live if I went back to only dual monitors. I have 4 surplus Dell Trinitron 17" at 1024x768 each, which give me a desktop of 4096x768. Ultramon is mandatory if you are living with multiple monitors for any serious work.
When coding, I will have html or pdf docs in one window, the IDE in 2 others and my Trillian, email, clock calander and other misc in the 4th monitor. I am using a Matrox G200 PCI quad card and an ATI9600 AGP. The G200 quad card was purchased off of ebay for $70 a year or so ago. If you are serious about running multiple monitors, this is a great video card for this.
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I started with dual monitors several years ago, then went to 3, and now I have 4. Nothing beats coding in an IDE thats 3 screens wide :) I used to drool over 21" monitors or HDTV resolution flat panels, but now, the only way I would go to flat panel is if I could go to 4 17" ones. I would miss the real estate too much to drop down less than 4.
Really, I don't know if I could live if I went back to only dual monitors. I have 4 surplus Dell Trinitron 17" at 1024x768 each, which give me a desktop of 4096x768. Ultramon is mandatory if you are living with multiple monitors for any serious work.
When coding, I will have html or pdf docs in one window, the IDE in 2 others and my Trillian, email, clock calander and other misc in the 4th monitor. I am using a Matrox G200 PCI quad card and an ATI9600 AGP. The G200 quad card was purchased off of ebay for $70 a year or so ago. If you are serious about running multiple monitors, this is a great video card for this.