I was back in the office last week and picked up a machine they had for me. First time in more than 10 years I won’t be using my own equipment but that’s ok. With the machine came a monitor and a video card supports dual monitors via a 1 to 2 DVI cable. That gives me to LCD’s the 20′ wide screen with the machine and my 19′. I’ve never had dual monitors but always wondered if the extra screen real estate would be worth it. At this point I’d say maybe.

Back in my support days I’d have 3 to 5 terminal windows open at once and 10 plus applications. Today the number of applications I might have running at once is 6 to 10 and a few of those are always minimized. One thing that is nice is if you have an app that opens multiple windows inside it’s program window moving that app to it’s own monitor can be a plus.

Time will tell if they both stay.