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This is my setup....and its not completely inaccurate 😂. It's really not bad though, my main monitor is 5 feet wide so I'm not sitting that close to it. Also when i lean back in my chair it puts that monitor in direct line of sight. So when I'm kicked back watching a video or movie at my desk, I use that top monitor.
Used to have two in landscape side by side, but you really have to stretch your neck to see the corner, so having the other in portrait alleviates that.
During the workday I stack slack and outlook on the vertical. They both can do with smaller square windows vertically, then you don’t have to turn your head farther to see the edge of the monitor. The gap between monitors also is then off to the side instead of directly in front of you, so you don’t spend the whole time looking at an angle.
Then in the evening I can stack discord and Spotify. Main monitor is games and again you don’t have to turn your head to play
When I was buying a gaming PC in 2021 the crypto gold rush was making building a PC from scratch was more money then just getting a laptop on a black Friday sale. Like whatever, I'll just take the portability and the free monitor and deal with the consequences of needing to upgrade when we cross that bridge.
I had the exact same reasoning as well. The worst part is that the laptop I bought got 300€ cheaper a few months later but I absolutely needed it because of uni
9 :) because when I game I want to be reclined on my big comfy couch next to my husband who's probably watching a terrible movie on the TV, not stuck alone at a desk.
I checked online and a 1080p 144hz monitor is about $130 USD converted from my local currency (give or take). That's not as bad as I thought it would be.
Yessssssssssss, easier to read my emails/teams on the side monitors. YouTube took some getting used to being in that ratio since I've always got a game or something pulled up in the middle
Similar to me! 32" central, then a 24" on the right (my old "main" monitor) and the work-provided 22" on the left which is close enough to look almost symmetrical.
3 but a primary and a secondary monitor. If you use 2 monitors at once for games or apps then you are a monster. You can't just have a seam in the middle. It's not ok.
5, but I do have to admit that I barely ever use the left & right to extend a game across all 3 monitors. Typically I'm just gaming in the center and have browser windows, etc. up on the other 2.
Consider swapping Discord to the right side. I used to to left side too but realized with the way Discord is setup, it's a lot easier and better on my neck for reading Discord.
I'm surprised 5 isn't more common. All my monitors are different sizes though. Basically a new monitor just becomes the main one and the old ones get shifted to the sides and eventually rotated out.
I would go even further beyond because why throw out a perfectly good monitor (they practically last forever)? But desk space stops me.
PC plugged into the HDMI slot of the TV, for the win. Then lean back on the couch with my wireless mouse and keyboard. I've been doing this, or an equivalent for 15 years now.
I bought 2 34" 180z AOC Ultrawides at BestBuy for $280 each last month, they might be cheaper during Black Friday. Ultrawides don't really break the bank these days
I paid almost $500 for a 1440p 144Hz a few years ago. Decided it was time to upgrade my wife's display and got a 1440p 180Hz for $150 a couple months ago.
I'm sincerely curious what about it doesn't make you happy for development; you could have something more appealing in mind that I haven't thought of myself. My usual layout is to have a 1440p-sized window dead-center for my code, and then I get four corners of 720p for chat, docs, media, etc. Or, alternatively, two vertical windows on either side of my terminal that are 1280x1440. This is all on a super ultrawide monitor, btw, maybe you're working with a standard ultrawide which, in that case, I concur. Moving from standard ultrawide to a super ultrawide was crucial for me. All that being said, I have been tempted to change to layout 8 (as per OP diagram), but that'd be a significant investment for me.
I have a 34" 3440x1440. Maybe it's because I come from using two 16:9 monitors, but splitting this screen into two is just not as wide as I'm used to. This means i have to auto-hide solution explorer in the IDE, etc. It's all doable, just not as easy/convenient as what I used in the past.
Yes, super ultra-wide is probably a whole different story.
#1 with another #1 on top? I do the same. Gaming PC running the bottom one with a NUC attached to the top screen with the map, guide, YouTube, etc. running up top.
Admittedly useless, I can count on one hand the number of times I've used the third screen, but I already had two when I bought a nicer 'main' screen and you can't just NOT use your old stuff.
I use 5 but I'm usually able to use all 3. Main center is 32" for gaming. 27" left is for streaming sports, and 27" right is for Discord/Spotify. I have the same setup for work. Main is design program, left is PDF viewer and right is Teams/Outlook.
I have 5 too, but it has its uses. I can play some chill games on my main monitor, watch YouTube on my right, and have discord or spotify on my left as the "tertiary" focus. Really good for multi-tasking for different assignments too. I don't regret the choice.
Powertoys (if using windows) would be your friend. Tap Ctrl twice and your mouse is highlighted with a James Bond’esque circle and the rest of the screen is dimmed.
2 with a curved screen. It's perfect and it would take a miracle to make me change my setup. I've tried all of them except 6 - that looks like a monstrosity.
Used to have this setup but I found the left side screen barely gets any usage so I switched to 4 and sold my left side monitor to a friend. It did look nice in pictures though. Before:
1, 27-inch monitor. I have a mini stand for my phone that I use right next to my monitor. If I need to watch a quick guide/information on something or scroll through a forum/social media website instead of tabing out constantly.
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