New Monitor
The last year my desktop has seen a lot of monitor setup changes. Early this year I had only my laptop. Getting an additional 17" was truely amazing. Especially when programming, screen real estate is very important. More information available at the same time, without having to scroll and switch views, is a major boost to productivity. The months following, in addition to my laptop, I had a 19", 20", and now, finally I have a 24".
The 24" Dell monitor arrived yesterday. This panel is pretty close to what I call an optimal monitor size. Any bigger than this, and you have to tilt your head to see everything that is displayed. You don't have to do this with 24", but it is still huge! I love this monitor! With its 1920x1200 resolution, you can fit lots windows on it, and the twenty four inches make the physical sizes of the windows viewable aswell. My laptop resultion is also 1920x1200, but with only 17" everything is tiny.
I was adviced by my colleagues that I should buy two of these monitors aslong as I was buying... I'm quite happy with only one, but is two 24" panels the optimal setup? I can imagine it is...
The 24" Dell monitor arrived yesterday. This panel is pretty close to what I call an optimal monitor size. Any bigger than this, and you have to tilt your head to see everything that is displayed. You don't have to do this with 24", but it is still huge! I love this monitor! With its 1920x1200 resolution, you can fit lots windows on it, and the twenty four inches make the physical sizes of the windows viewable aswell. My laptop resultion is also 1920x1200, but with only 17" everything is tiny.
I was adviced by my colleagues that I should buy two of these monitors aslong as I was buying... I'm quite happy with only one, but is two 24" panels the optimal setup? I can imagine it is...
posted by Bent André Solheim at
12:06 PM
2 Comments:
Nice. I've been trying to convince myself that I need a bigger monitor ever since Dell lowered the price on the 3007WFP last Wednesday.
I agree that the tennis match spectator effect on anything >24" is a bit of a drawback though. Still, I think you would see more of that with 2x24" than one 30".
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Frode, at 3:52 PM
Agreed. I constantly find myself titling my head to see the other monitor. However, I find it easier to organize stuff I use together on each of the monitors, so each time I tilt my head, it's because I enter a different mode; like going from developing to debugging for instance.
But don't get me wrong! I would not let the opportunity to own a 26" or 30" pass me by! ;)
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Bent André Solheim, at 9:56 AM
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