dont know shit about video cards but i know having 2 different sized monitors would bug the fuck outta me. has to be the same size and same brand/make/model for me. consistency or ocd i cant tell.

another note, i dont know what you do for a living/school but do you really need that hi res and big a screen? i cant imagine multitasking so many things to need a huge workspace and being efficient/accurate.

how bout one nice big screen and doings things one at a time?

I use a laptop, docking station and 2 monitors.

But that's because I have one monitor rotated in Portrait mode to view source code. The laptop screen is for outlook and the other monitor is for running tests.

The more monitors the better. It's easier to get a quick glance at important stuff that you wouldn't spot when a minimized window. Notice stock brokers? They usually have 3 to 6 monitors to track everything. Makes sense, your peripheral vision will alert you to important stuff quickly. Even though it might be 45 degrees to your right, a flashing red line will be noticed quickly.

The stockbroker thing is a very poor analogy, you know security guards and air traffic controllers also run such setups...none of them have outlook on it though.

In the end my decision to go to a single screen came down to ergonomics and health, straining your neck and to sit crooked because of inefficient use of monitors isn't worth the "perceived" productivity you think you are gaining. There are definitely environments where 2 or 3 monitors are useful, for the basic paper shuffler I don't believe it's worth it. In your case it totally seems justifiable because of screen orientation and not having to scroll as much, not everyone codes doe.

In the past I found myself using one screen for outlook/SAP/intranet/surf/whatever the other for excel, but it wasn't often that I needed to reference things between all where I required both screens. Plus the new windows and a good proper monitor makes tiling windows pretty efficient/fast/easy for the times when you need to reference different applications while not requiring to twist your neck 45 degrees.

How do they deal with looking at the ITA/CPEM/HB, plus the case facts, plus word doc, plus excel files, plus anything additional one may be googling (for me usually related to what I'm working on)? I find that I'm honestly just clicking and looking for the same shit over and over again and am constantly clicking on the wrong thing. I've had dual screens since I started university so I am accustomed to it. I really like having all things open in view. Does that make me high-maintenance, probably but I don't care. It helps me do what I need to do and makes things much easier.

Vas....Maybe I'm trying too hard, but I want to actually learn something and get used to finding things in the ITA/HB. So when I'm doing the cases, I have that shit open. Its a must IMO cuz i've been told that quoting sections in the relevant book is absolutely necessary. Often times sections are large so I have to refer back to the ITA more than once to give a complete answer.

The 4k monitor wasn't to have one massive spreadsheet displayed on it. The point of it is to have more than one thing, maximized to what would normally be "full screen". So on a 4k I would like to accomplish 3 things maximized. Then the second screen for anything additional. My desk at home lends itself very well to dual screen. Turing my head is minimal as it is right now. Shuffling through a shit load of tiled windows I find more difficult.

I all read in this thread is someone not knowing how to use multi-destktop XD
If you aren't on win10, then you can get an extension for win7 which enables multi desktops. You shouldn't have to click to get to another application. Just move to another desktop which has it.

http://www.howtogeek.com/195962/unlock-virtual-desktops-on-windows-7-or-8-with-this-microsoft-tool/

I all read in this thread is someone not knowing how to use multi-destktop XD
If you aren't on win10, then you can get an extension for win7 which enables multi desktops. You shouldn't have to click to get to another application. Just move to another desktop which has it.

http://www.howtogeek.com/195962/unlock-virtual-desktops-on-windows-7-or-8-with-this-microsoft-tool/

didn't click link, but doesn't the processor need to be able to handle visualization?

raocorp i get it now.

all my materials i refer to are still in book/paper so i have multiple books notepad on the table while i use the screen for spreadsheets/documents/csi. old school i guess.

forget 4k. just get the biggest monitors you can afford that dont hurt your eyes.

8800GTS ? Good god.. that must get hot like a reactor..

dual monitors FTW.

catalog on one screen, billing on the other...

at home, gaming on one side, surfing/chatting/movie on the other.

I use to run a 34 21:9 ultra-wide but just upgraded to an iMac 27" 5K

But even with an ultra-wide, I would still alt/tab to swap windows... I'm not the most productive person

The 5k is a bit harder on the eyes for text (I have almost 20/20, I just got glasses and my prescription is -0.25). I've moved away from laptops but when I did use laptops, I would always order the 1080 screen or lower resolution because the text would be so small on a 15" screen. Text on the 5k is quite small and I noticed I have the tendency to lean forward to read.

I have bit ocd so I am staying with a single 27" monitor until Apple updates their monitor so I can have matching 27". I don't use the 2nd monitor effectively but it's always nice to have when I'm doing lots of copy/paste work. The 2nd monitor would mainly be for non important things like surveillance, calendar, reminders/stickies.

Perhaps. But I've been doing this ever since the core 2 duo days. I doubt there is any processor which cannot support virtualization these days.
In windows10, to do this, just click the funky button in the task bar to add a new desktop. You can add as many as you need: http://www.howtogeek.com/197625/how-to-use-virtual-desktops-in-windows-10/

You can also configure the hotkeys you want to use to switch between them. Super easy. Or use touch screen swipe.

ya, and I have that too....lol. But all my CPA materials are digital versions so I couldn't really use a book even if I wanted too. Unless I busted out some past Uni text books. I'm old school as well. I need to physically write my ideas first. But having all the shit open at once on both screens at the same time with my paper infront of me would be uber fantastic.



Phoenix, and video card suggestions? I know nothing about it.



I was looking at ultra wide screen but not too sure how I feel about them. I have yet to actually see on in action. I did see a couple of 29" and wasn't too impressed but I think they were only 2560x1080 which IMO is pretty useless.



I've seen this on mac's at work. Its ok but doesn't really suit my purposes. I just tested it now at home. I'd still need to switch desktops. I'm attempting to get everything (or as many things as possible) in the same place.

It seems you value screen real estate the most, what's wrong with getting another 27" monitor to pair up to your existing one? Isn't that the catch all solution or are we chasing unicorns?