[clue-tech] two monitors - the new fad

[Jack Parker]

I've used a dual head setup for much the same reasons and with much the same
success.  My only beef with the setup is that I move from client(s), to
hotel, to office, to home.  The physical side of the laptop that the monitor
is on varies from place to place - if one is available.  If I'm in a
situation where I don't have the second monitor hooked up, and I foolishly
opened something like Winzip on the other screen when I last had it hooked
up - W2KPro cheerfully keeps it on the screen which is not hooked up.  In
other words I have no access to that app until I find a monitor and hook
back up to it and drag it back to the right screen.  Hard to do in a hotel.
Since I keep moving around like this, it's obnoxious to try to remember when
shutting down/hibernating - to drag everything back to the main screen -
especially when you've worked with a dozen different applications and you
have to remember to do each one.

In other words, not something I'd recommend for the road warrior.

j.

-----Original Message-----
From: clue-tech-bounces at cluedenver.org
[mailto:clue-tech-bounces at cluedenver.org]On Behalf Of Jeff Cann
Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 5:01 PM
To: CLUE tech
Subject: [clue-tech] two monitors - the new fad


At work, we hired a new guy about 9 months ago who is convinced that
having two monitors is a good thing.  My boss got a second one and now
is converted.  He bought everyone in our department a second monitor
(these are all LCDs).  He didn't ask me if I wanted one - just a box
was in my office one day.

I've asked the adopters why they like / need it.  I haven't really
gotten a definitive list of benefits.  Most people like to have email
or the trouble-ticket system up all of the time so they can monitor
it.  I can agree to some extent.

OTH - I think that email is over-used and often just a distraction.  I
have no email alert pop-ups or sounds to interrupt me to new email and
I turn my email off frequently.  So, to me a second 'always on' email
screen would be distracting.

But, trying to be open-minded, I put the questions to the cluebies:

Who's using two monitors?
Why?
Are you more/less efficient with your work?

Thanks for comments.
Jeff
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