Tuesday, December 13, 2005

Multiple Monitors

One thing I found interesting when I started at Microsoft was how many people used multiple flat panel displays for development; usually two, sometimes three or more. Windows has supported multiple monitors for years but I rarely saw setups like this when I worked at IBM.

Studies have shown that multiple monitors increase productivity. And they aren't that expensive: many graphics cards already support dual displays and mid-sized flat panels have gotten very affordable.

Going to three or more monitors is somewhat more complicated since it requires multiple video cards. But a cluster of monitors can be used in interesting layouts. For example, the stand pictured on the right from TouchScreens.com supports a nice array of five monitors. May seem like overkill but I'm sure I'd find a way to use all the screen space.
posted by Bob at 12/13/2005 10:30:00 PM  | | digg | del.icio.us | reddit