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Two screens anchors you in one place. Some of us value the flexibility of being able to go work out of a coffee shop whenever we damn well please. To add to th

by Klonoar 16y ago

Two screens anchors you in one place. Some of us value the flexibility of being able to go work out of a coffee shop whenever we damn well please. To add to that, I personally get no benefit from extra screens; maybe it takes a certain type of brain, but I'm able to visualize everything in my head very easily to the point where I can not be looking at a screen of text but still recall it all just fine. Having windows crammed onto a screen just isn't an issue for some of us. :)

kayoone 16y ago
Never really understood the "to be able to work from coffeeshops" argument. Actually we have an office, i have to commute to everyday but i love it far more than working on my own. I am achored to the office yeah, but its the place where i can get most done and talk to other engineers working on the same project. Its not that having a Desktop disqualifies you from having a laptop aswell, so if i feel like it, i could still work from somewhere else. I like to have the best gear for every situation, so in the office having a workstation with 2x 24" screens and a MBA for on the road seems to be perfect for me. Dropbox makes syncing relativly painless. Oh yeah the brain argument ;) Well people tend to work on different stuff. I am a game developer and apart from a huge IDE i also need to compile builds, test server & client on the same machine, view debugging/docs while running the builds etc. With only the Laptop screen its a major pita. For doing some web development its mostly fine though i guess.
nikcub 16y ago
The link between screen resolution and productivity is well established: http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2008/03/screen-size-matters.html http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2008/03/screen-s... I have two screens sitting on my desk at home with bluetooth keyboard. Plug it in when I am at home with bluetooth keyboard, and laptop when I am away (although I usually always take my external mouse with me)
- Klonoar 16y ago
  Perhaps that works for some people, but others (like myself) still differ. To each their own. :)
  - nikcub 16y ago
    I can see what you mean. I do ok on the laptop alone, since you only need 80 columns of width. You end up just paging up and down a bit more And Spaces and/or virtualterminals are a dream

by Klonoar 16y ago

kayoone 16y ago

Never really understood the "to be able to work from coffeeshops" argument. Actually we have an office, i have to commute to everyday but i love it far more than working on my own. I am achored to the office yeah, but its the place where i can get most done and talk to other engineers working on the same project. Its not that having a Desktop disqualifies you from having a laptop aswell, so if i feel like it, i could still work from somewhere else. I like to have the best gear for every situation, so in the office having a workstation with 2x 24" screens and a MBA for on the road seems to be perfect for me. Dropbox makes syncing relativly painless. Oh yeah the brain argument ;) Well people tend to work on different stuff. I am a game developer and apart from a huge IDE i also need to compile builds, test server & client on the same machine, view debugging/docs while running the builds etc. With only the Laptop screen its a major pita. For doing some web development its mostly fine though i guess.

nikcub 16y ago

The link between screen resolution and productivity is well established: http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2008/03/screen-size-matters.html http://www.newscientist.com/blog/technology/2008/03/screen-s... I have two screens sitting on my desk at home with bluetooth keyboard. Plug it in when I am at home with bluetooth keyboard, and laptop when I am away (although I usually always take my external mouse with me)

Klonoar 16y ago
Perhaps that works for some people, but others (like myself) still differ. To each their own. :)
- nikcub 16y ago
  I can see what you mean. I do ok on the laptop alone, since you only need 80 columns of width. You end up just paging up and down a bit more And Spaces and/or virtualterminals are a dream