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I would prefer just one 6K or 8K monitor personally at a size of say 55" with a wide ratio. Simpler setup. No post in the middle. Something like this but big

I would prefer just one 6K or 8K monitor personally at a size of say 55" with a wide ratio. Simpler setup. No post in the middle. Something like this but bigger with higher resolution, and maybe a bit more height vertically (this one is a bit too wide for its height in my opinion): https://www.samsung.com/ca/monitors/gaming/super-ultra-wide-dual-qhd-32-9-gaming-monitor-49-inch-lc49rg90ssnxza/ https://www.samsung.com/ca/monitors/gaming/super-ultra-wide-... I think that dual 4K is the old way, single 6K/8K ultra wides are the future. That said I am rocking the dual 4Ks on the Mac Mini M1 and it works great: https://twitter.com/BenHouston3D/status/1384693982249340935 https://twitter.com/BenHouston3D/status/1384693982249340935

meepmorp 6y ago
Do you have periodic weirdness on the thunderbolt monitor? Every so often, my m1 mini wakes or boots so that there’s a vertical misalignment by a pixel or two about halfway across. It’s like the desktop was cut in half and taped back together slightly crooked.
- alanwreath 6y ago
  YES -- it's not just me! At first I thought my monitors were somehow broken (which is unfortunate as I paid a bit extra for name brand LG). I suspected something, as each monitor is plugged into an M1 computer (one's a Mac mini M1 and the other a MacBook Air m1). Both exhibit the visual problem you describe on a random basis.
  - alanwreath 6y ago
    pairing this with another comment by myself (about multi-monitor support beyond only one external monitor). I wonder if this is the main reason that Apple didn't support more than one external. Does the issue exhibit itself even more when additional monitors are connected? To be clear it never occurs with my main MacBook Air screen (only the external).
  - BoardsOfCanada 6y ago
    Just as a data point, I have an MBP M1 and an LG external monitor and this has never happened to me in almost 6 months usage.
    - alanwreath 6y ago
      I didn't mention this but it didn't happen initially, only after a couple months did the random screen errors happen. And power cycling, disconnecting/reconnecting/changing cables, etc to the monitor changes nothing.
- gwking 6y ago
  I haev this problem! For me it's a strip about 2 inches wide, down the middle, one pixel higher than the rest of the image. I am using an LG 5k monitor, and I have been unsure if it's a problem with the monitor or the machine. I'd love to know what kind of monitor you are using; this gives me hope that it might be an apple bug that will get fixed eventually.
  - meepmorp 6y ago
    I have an LG 5k, too! And it only happens on that monitor - my LG 4k over HDMI is fine.
    - astrange 6y ago
      It's because the 5K monitor is actually two monitors taped together ("multi-stream transport").
      - brigade 6y ago
        It is two streams but it actually isn’t MST. It’s two independent HBR2 links; MST would have been two streams over one HBR2 link, which doesn’t have the bandwidth for 5k.
  - arghnoname 6y ago
    I also have this problem--also an LG 5K. Disconnecting and reconnecting seems to fix it for now. No idea if it's the monitor of the laptop, but it's the exact same problem and hopefully hardware doesn't glitch in such a consistent way and it can be fixed in software.
- macNchz 6y ago
  I don't have an M1 machine, but I have had periodic weirdness on external monitors (of every flavor) when waking from sleep on all the Mac laptops I've owned over the last 10 years.
  - alanwreath 6y ago
    that is ... bad luck. Or I have really good luck (having used mac's for over 20 years). This situation is a first for me (and in my case happens during normal usage, ie not upon waking) - though given Apple's recent track record screams buggy software
- dfinninger 6y ago
  I have this happen on my Windows PC every now and again. It’s on the monitor that’s hooked up via DisplayPort.
  - bhouston 6y ago
    I have run into poor quality DisplayPort cables in the past. I now only buy ones I know are brand name.
- bhouston 6y ago
  I have zero weirdness at all. It just works perfectly all the time. Neither monitor supports Thunderbolt. But I run off of a USB-C to Display Port cable and one is using the HDMI port. Both run at 60Hz as it is HDMI 2.
  - alanwreath 6y ago
    I run from display port to usb-c adapter -- I wonder if it is my adapter which is a simple Cable Matters adapter (which gets somewhat warm). Be nice if you shared what adapter you're using for comparison.
- jclardy 6y ago
  I have an Acer Predator that has this issue (Whether using my Mac or PC attached.) Power cycling the monitor makes it go away. Basically the left side of the screen is shifted one pixel higher than the right side of the screen, making a vertical line down the middle where the shift changes.
  - alanwreath 6y ago
    in my case power cycling does not change anything, could be a separate issue for you. In my case it is also retaining a "ghost" of previous pages I've had open. It does eventually go away (and most of the time is not there).
solarkraft 6y ago
I use a 55" 4K Samsung TV as a monitor. It cold boots quickly and has no latency or subsampling issues in the right mode. I can recommend it as a more cost effective alternative to multiple monitors. The amount of available screen space at 1:1 is refreshing (not as crazy as imagined though), but it makes me realize how grainy "normal" monitors are. In some years 8K TVs might be cheap enough for an upgrade, but on that time scale I can see VR being a serious contender as well (it's really good already).
- sgt 6y ago
  One thing about TV's is that they are grainy up close. Being a 55" you probably don't sit very close to it, but how does it overall feel e.g. in font quality? And I also wonder if it's good for your eyes to focus on something that's constantly far away. I would think a mixture of the two (normal distance to a PC monitor with frequent breaks) would be preferred.
  - solarkraft 6y ago
    > how does it overall feel e.g. in font quality? > they are grainy up close Hmm, maybe it's its "TV-ness", but the individual pixels look pretty sharp to me at a close look (no quantum dots or weird pentile arrangement, that should definitely be looked out for), but I have no other low DPI display to compare it to. My reasoning was always "it's just an LCD panel, why would it be different" and so far I feel proven right. > I also wonder if it's good for your eyes to focus on something that's constantly far away My appeal-to-nature-argument would be that the natural human mix would probably have been much heavier towards looking into the distance than it is now (see the massive rise of near-sightedness in cities), so it can only be better than what we're currently doing.
    - dsr_ 6y ago
      It's best for your eyes to change focal distance. Staring off into infinity, staring at 75cm, and staring at 30cm are all bad for you. Find something else to look at every so often. There are few differences between a 4K 42" screen and 4 1080P 21" screens: the smaller screens can be angled, they have bezels, and are probably more expensive in aggregate.
masklinn 6y ago
> I would prefer just one 6K or 8K monitor personally Sure but the Air and MBP already support 6k external displays. They don’t support 2x4K.
- bhouston 6y ago
  I do agree. But what I am trying to say is that we should be pushing for 6K and 8K ultra wide monitors rather than the old hack of 2 monitors to one computer.
  - dylan604 6y ago
    There are times I actually prefer 2 separate monitors. Allowing one monitor to quickly go full screen while continuing to use the other monitor is quite useful in my workflows.
    - macintux 6y ago
      Virtual desktops are also more useful with two separate displays, or at least lend themselves to different use cases.
  - Foxhuls 6y ago
    Out of curiosity, when did you last use a single monitor instead of your current dual monitor setup? I’ve been using an ultrawide since 2015 but have almost always had a second side monitor with it. The period where I didn’t have a second monitor was short as having a separate monitor has always come in handy. All of the extra space on an ultrawide is great but when you’re doing something that takes the whole screen, it still leaves you in the same position you would be with a single 16:9 display.
    - masklinn 6y ago
      Not the GP, and I really don't agree with their position, but I did switch from two monitors to a single UW last year. TBF my old setup was a decade old so it was merely a 24" (1920x1200) and a 19" (1280x1024 in portrait). Though my new display has a much larger logical size, the inability to put something fullscreen on one of the monitors (whether the small one or the large one, depending on the content) is definitely one of the drawbacks I had a hard time getting used to, not only can it be inconvenient, it actually wastes space as I can't get rid of window decorations, which putting e.g. a video player or browser window in fullscreen allowed.
lofi_lory 6y ago
Something like this... but a lot cheaper please. Like <500€ please.
throw0101a 6y ago
> No post in the middle. I personally prefer the visual break as I find it useful for creating fixed 'work areas': terminals/xterms, browser, mail, etc.
- xnx 6y ago
  With a single screen, you can add any virtual (stripe of pixels) or physical divider (piece of tape) that you like. With two screens, there's no way to remove the gap.
powvans 6y ago
1000x this. For several years I've been eyeing the 49" ultrawides as a replacement for my current 34" ultrawide. It would definitely be a big upgrade, but I keep thinking that something high DPI must be around the corner in that format. The years just keep rolling by and it seems like display tech barely advances.
- mleo 6y ago
  I purchased the Dell 49” ultra wide to replace a Thunderbolt Display and 27” 4K. It is effectively the same resolution as I was using. It is nice not having the break and being able to better center windows. Split window views are much easier to work with when being able to see the entire line of code.
samgranieri 6y ago
Here's an old picture of how I use 2 4k monitors at home https://i.imgur.com/Wwr6G42.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Wwr6G42.jpg (I've upgraded my desk and keyboard since) I'd strongly consider getting a 6k monitor, or maybe a 5k2k ultrawide if I didn't already have two my two Dell 27inch 4ks.
chevill 6y ago
>I think that dual 4K is the old way, single 6K/8K ultra wides are the future. In the near future 16:9 8ks are going to be standard (too bad it won't be 16:10) but right now you can get a decent triple 4k monitor setup for half of what an 8k monitor costs. IMO ultra-wide is great for productivity in a situational sense but it sucks for gaming and media consumption. Also getting proper support for ultra-wide to be standard is probably going to take another decade. I think there's something to be said for each monitor being a separate entity. I think some people will still prefer multiple monitors over ultra-wide even when support for ultra-wide is a solved problem. My personal setup now is a 28" 4k@60hz, a 32" 1440P@240hz as a primary and a 24" 1440p@144hz. I have my work computer, my desktop, a mac-mini, a switch, and a PS4 running off of them so having separate monitors is ideal for me. Ultra-wides and super-ultrawides are cool, but IMO they aren't as practical yet.
- Foxhuls 6y ago
  I’ve been playing games on an ultrawide since 2015 so I’m going to have to disagree hard with you. In the beginning ultrawide support was hit or miss but at this point I’d safely say 90-95% of games support ultrawide. There are also of plenty gaming specific ultrawide monitor options. I still have a second 16:9 monitor on the side because I do agree with your point of monitors being a separate entity. There are programs from dividing the space of monitors but if you’re used to multiple monitors I don’t think switching to a single monitor of any size will be a good replacement. I think it’s also worth throwing in that watching movies on my ultrawide is my favorite place to do it as the 21:9 aspect ratio means that movies stretch to the entire screen. It’s definitely an amazing experience.
  - chevill 6y ago
    >In the beginning ultrawide support was hit or miss but at this point I’d safely say 90-95% of games support ultrawide. There's support, and then there's that support being so flawless that its the same quality of experience you would get with a standard aspect ratio. Each of us has our own standard of what's good enough. Its working out for you but the people I game with that were using ultra-wide monitors switched back due to the number of issues they were having, as recently as last year. I did some research myself when I was upgrading my monitor and some of the games I played would have had issues so or me personally it wasn't good enough. Another thing to consider is a lot of game content is designed with standard aspect ratios in mind, so whether expanding the viewpoint makes it better is going to be a personal standard. It will be interesting to see if UW monitors do become a standard in a couple of decades whether game developers start specifically making content that utilizes the extra space to offer something that isn't possible with existing games.
bobmaxup 6y ago
How do you deal with full screen video, games, etc on a single monitor?
redm 6y ago
8k is 4x the resolution of 4k at a 16:9 aspect ratio. It would require supporting 4x 4k displays. Example: https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/articles/07toBDd6lpyucCyM0xWrcQv-1.fit_lim.size_1942x1089.v_1569470731.jpg https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/articles/07toBDd6lpyucCyM0xWrcQv...
jedberg 6y ago
I much prefer two monitors. I run each one as separate desktops, which means I can have "left screen apps" and "right screen apps" and cycle them independently. It also means I can switch desktops on my left screen while my apps on my right screen stay where they are. Also, with two screens, I can adjust the angle between them to be more or less severe.
- GordonS 6y ago
  Yeah, I even actually kind of like the "post" between monitors that the GP mentioned (as long as the bezels are thin :) - it help as a kind of mental division between types of work. Also, 2 monitors means more choice in layout; for example, my 2nd monitor is in portrait orientation.
ticviking 6y ago
Only if I can have a nice tiling WM. I work on mac all day and on my 1440p widescreen I am constantly trying to put stuff so I can use everything I want to at the same time. `[Code|App|Docs]` is so common we ought to be able to split a wide screen 3 ways the way we do a normal 2.
- spockz 6y ago
  Try out Rectangle.app. It saved my bacon mentally and can tile windows how you want. Just not automatically like a full tiling window manager. https://rectangleapp.com/ https://rectangleapp.com/
  - Cd00d 6y ago
    +1 on Rectangle recommendation. Learn a few hot-keys (or rely on the menubar dropdown) and you can very easily get any layout of windows you want. I was using Spectacle before, but I think the project died, and Rectangle is what I use now.
- bartvk 6y ago
  Rectangle was mentioned, but I'm currently using Amethyst: https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst It was recommended to me here on HN, and it's been very, very nice.
prawn 6y ago
I'd prefer two distinct monitors. I use one more expensive colour-calibrated one, and then a standard one for work where colour isn't as critical. A large colour-calibrated screen would be prohibitively expensive.

meepmorp 6y ago

Do you have periodic weirdness on the thunderbolt monitor? Every so often, my m1 mini wakes or boots so that there’s a vertical misalignment by a pixel or two about halfway across. It’s like the desktop was cut in half and taped back together slightly crooked.

alanwreath 6y ago
YES -- it's not just me! At first I thought my monitors were somehow broken (which is unfortunate as I paid a bit extra for name brand LG). I suspected something, as each monitor is plugged into an M1 computer (one's a Mac mini M1 and the other a MacBook Air m1). Both exhibit the visual problem you describe on a random basis.
- alanwreath 6y ago
  pairing this with another comment by myself (about multi-monitor support beyond only one external monitor). I wonder if this is the main reason that Apple didn't support more than one external. Does the issue exhibit itself even more when additional monitors are connected? To be clear it never occurs with my main MacBook Air screen (only the external).
- BoardsOfCanada 6y ago
  Just as a data point, I have an MBP M1 and an LG external monitor and this has never happened to me in almost 6 months usage.
  - alanwreath 6y ago
    I didn't mention this but it didn't happen initially, only after a couple months did the random screen errors happen. And power cycling, disconnecting/reconnecting/changing cables, etc to the monitor changes nothing.
gwking 6y ago
I haev this problem! For me it's a strip about 2 inches wide, down the middle, one pixel higher than the rest of the image. I am using an LG 5k monitor, and I have been unsure if it's a problem with the monitor or the machine. I'd love to know what kind of monitor you are using; this gives me hope that it might be an apple bug that will get fixed eventually.
- meepmorp 6y ago
  I have an LG 5k, too! And it only happens on that monitor - my LG 4k over HDMI is fine.
  - astrange 6y ago
    It's because the 5K monitor is actually two monitors taped together ("multi-stream transport").
    - brigade 6y ago
      It is two streams but it actually isn’t MST. It’s two independent HBR2 links; MST would have been two streams over one HBR2 link, which doesn’t have the bandwidth for 5k.
- arghnoname 6y ago
  I also have this problem--also an LG 5K. Disconnecting and reconnecting seems to fix it for now. No idea if it's the monitor of the laptop, but it's the exact same problem and hopefully hardware doesn't glitch in such a consistent way and it can be fixed in software.
macNchz 6y ago
I don't have an M1 machine, but I have had periodic weirdness on external monitors (of every flavor) when waking from sleep on all the Mac laptops I've owned over the last 10 years.
- alanwreath 6y ago
  that is ... bad luck. Or I have really good luck (having used mac's for over 20 years). This situation is a first for me (and in my case happens during normal usage, ie not upon waking) - though given Apple's recent track record screams buggy software
dfinninger 6y ago
I have this happen on my Windows PC every now and again. It’s on the monitor that’s hooked up via DisplayPort.
- bhouston 6y ago
  I have run into poor quality DisplayPort cables in the past. I now only buy ones I know are brand name.
bhouston 6y ago
I have zero weirdness at all. It just works perfectly all the time. Neither monitor supports Thunderbolt. But I run off of a USB-C to Display Port cable and one is using the HDMI port. Both run at 60Hz as it is HDMI 2.
- alanwreath 6y ago
  I run from display port to usb-c adapter -- I wonder if it is my adapter which is a simple Cable Matters adapter (which gets somewhat warm). Be nice if you shared what adapter you're using for comparison.
jclardy 6y ago
I have an Acer Predator that has this issue (Whether using my Mac or PC attached.) Power cycling the monitor makes it go away. Basically the left side of the screen is shifted one pixel higher than the right side of the screen, making a vertical line down the middle where the shift changes.
- alanwreath 6y ago
  in my case power cycling does not change anything, could be a separate issue for you. In my case it is also retaining a "ghost" of previous pages I've had open. It does eventually go away (and most of the time is not there).

solarkraft 6y ago

I use a 55" 4K Samsung TV as a monitor. It cold boots quickly and has no latency or subsampling issues in the right mode. I can recommend it as a more cost effective alternative to multiple monitors. The amount of available screen space at 1:1 is refreshing (not as crazy as imagined though), but it makes me realize how grainy "normal" monitors are. In some years 8K TVs might be cheap enough for an upgrade, but on that time scale I can see VR being a serious contender as well (it's really good already).

sgt 6y ago
One thing about TV's is that they are grainy up close. Being a 55" you probably don't sit very close to it, but how does it overall feel e.g. in font quality? And I also wonder if it's good for your eyes to focus on something that's constantly far away. I would think a mixture of the two (normal distance to a PC monitor with frequent breaks) would be preferred.
- solarkraft 6y ago
  > how does it overall feel e.g. in font quality? > they are grainy up close Hmm, maybe it's its "TV-ness", but the individual pixels look pretty sharp to me at a close look (no quantum dots or weird pentile arrangement, that should definitely be looked out for), but I have no other low DPI display to compare it to. My reasoning was always "it's just an LCD panel, why would it be different" and so far I feel proven right. > I also wonder if it's good for your eyes to focus on something that's constantly far away My appeal-to-nature-argument would be that the natural human mix would probably have been much heavier towards looking into the distance than it is now (see the massive rise of near-sightedness in cities), so it can only be better than what we're currently doing.
  - dsr_ 6y ago
    It's best for your eyes to change focal distance. Staring off into infinity, staring at 75cm, and staring at 30cm are all bad for you. Find something else to look at every so often. There are few differences between a 4K 42" screen and 4 1080P 21" screens: the smaller screens can be angled, they have bezels, and are probably more expensive in aggregate.

masklinn 6y ago

> I would prefer just one 6K or 8K monitor personally Sure but the Air and MBP already support 6k external displays. They don’t support 2x4K.

bhouston 6y ago
I do agree. But what I am trying to say is that we should be pushing for 6K and 8K ultra wide monitors rather than the old hack of 2 monitors to one computer.
- dylan604 6y ago
  There are times I actually prefer 2 separate monitors. Allowing one monitor to quickly go full screen while continuing to use the other monitor is quite useful in my workflows.
  - macintux 6y ago
    Virtual desktops are also more useful with two separate displays, or at least lend themselves to different use cases.
- Foxhuls 6y ago
  Out of curiosity, when did you last use a single monitor instead of your current dual monitor setup? I’ve been using an ultrawide since 2015 but have almost always had a second side monitor with it. The period where I didn’t have a second monitor was short as having a separate monitor has always come in handy. All of the extra space on an ultrawide is great but when you’re doing something that takes the whole screen, it still leaves you in the same position you would be with a single 16:9 display.
  - masklinn 6y ago
    Not the GP, and I really don't agree with their position, but I did switch from two monitors to a single UW last year. TBF my old setup was a decade old so it was merely a 24" (1920x1200) and a 19" (1280x1024 in portrait). Though my new display has a much larger logical size, the inability to put something fullscreen on one of the monitors (whether the small one or the large one, depending on the content) is definitely one of the drawbacks I had a hard time getting used to, not only can it be inconvenient, it actually wastes space as I can't get rid of window decorations, which putting e.g. a video player or browser window in fullscreen allowed.

lofi_lory 6y ago

Something like this... but a lot cheaper please. Like <500€ please.

throw0101a 6y ago

> No post in the middle. I personally prefer the visual break as I find it useful for creating fixed 'work areas': terminals/xterms, browser, mail, etc.

xnx 6y ago
With a single screen, you can add any virtual (stripe of pixels) or physical divider (piece of tape) that you like. With two screens, there's no way to remove the gap.

powvans 6y ago

1000x this. For several years I've been eyeing the 49" ultrawides as a replacement for my current 34" ultrawide. It would definitely be a big upgrade, but I keep thinking that something high DPI must be around the corner in that format. The years just keep rolling by and it seems like display tech barely advances.

mleo 6y ago
I purchased the Dell 49” ultra wide to replace a Thunderbolt Display and 27” 4K. It is effectively the same resolution as I was using. It is nice not having the break and being able to better center windows. Split window views are much easier to work with when being able to see the entire line of code.

samgranieri 6y ago

Here's an old picture of how I use 2 4k monitors at home https://i.imgur.com/Wwr6G42.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Wwr6G42.jpg (I've upgraded my desk and keyboard since) I'd strongly consider getting a 6k monitor, or maybe a 5k2k ultrawide if I didn't already have two my two Dell 27inch 4ks.

chevill 6y ago

>I think that dual 4K is the old way, single 6K/8K ultra wides are the future. In the near future 16:9 8ks are going to be standard (too bad it won't be 16:10) but right now you can get a decent triple 4k monitor setup for half of what an 8k monitor costs. IMO ultra-wide is great for productivity in a situational sense but it sucks for gaming and media consumption. Also getting proper support for ultra-wide to be standard is probably going to take another decade. I think there's something to be said for each monitor being a separate entity. I think some people will still prefer multiple monitors over ultra-wide even when support for ultra-wide is a solved problem. My personal setup now is a 28" 4k@60hz, a 32" 1440P@240hz as a primary and a 24" 1440p@144hz. I have my work computer, my desktop, a mac-mini, a switch, and a PS4 running off of them so having separate monitors is ideal for me. Ultra-wides and super-ultrawides are cool, but IMO they aren't as practical yet.

Foxhuls 6y ago
I’ve been playing games on an ultrawide since 2015 so I’m going to have to disagree hard with you. In the beginning ultrawide support was hit or miss but at this point I’d safely say 90-95% of games support ultrawide. There are also of plenty gaming specific ultrawide monitor options. I still have a second 16:9 monitor on the side because I do agree with your point of monitors being a separate entity. There are programs from dividing the space of monitors but if you’re used to multiple monitors I don’t think switching to a single monitor of any size will be a good replacement. I think it’s also worth throwing in that watching movies on my ultrawide is my favorite place to do it as the 21:9 aspect ratio means that movies stretch to the entire screen. It’s definitely an amazing experience.
- chevill 6y ago
  >In the beginning ultrawide support was hit or miss but at this point I’d safely say 90-95% of games support ultrawide. There's support, and then there's that support being so flawless that its the same quality of experience you would get with a standard aspect ratio. Each of us has our own standard of what's good enough. Its working out for you but the people I game with that were using ultra-wide monitors switched back due to the number of issues they were having, as recently as last year. I did some research myself when I was upgrading my monitor and some of the games I played would have had issues so or me personally it wasn't good enough. Another thing to consider is a lot of game content is designed with standard aspect ratios in mind, so whether expanding the viewpoint makes it better is going to be a personal standard. It will be interesting to see if UW monitors do become a standard in a couple of decades whether game developers start specifically making content that utilizes the extra space to offer something that isn't possible with existing games.

bobmaxup 6y ago

How do you deal with full screen video, games, etc on a single monitor?

redm 6y ago

8k is 4x the resolution of 4k at a 16:9 aspect ratio. It would require supporting 4x 4k displays. Example: https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/articles/07toBDd6lpyucCyM0xWrcQv-1.fit_lim.size_1942x1089.v_1569470731.jpg https://i.pcmag.com/imagery/articles/07toBDd6lpyucCyM0xWrcQv...

jedberg 6y ago

I much prefer two monitors. I run each one as separate desktops, which means I can have "left screen apps" and "right screen apps" and cycle them independently. It also means I can switch desktops on my left screen while my apps on my right screen stay where they are. Also, with two screens, I can adjust the angle between them to be more or less severe.

GordonS 6y ago
Yeah, I even actually kind of like the "post" between monitors that the GP mentioned (as long as the bezels are thin :) - it help as a kind of mental division between types of work. Also, 2 monitors means more choice in layout; for example, my 2nd monitor is in portrait orientation.

ticviking 6y ago

Only if I can have a nice tiling WM. I work on mac all day and on my 1440p widescreen I am constantly trying to put stuff so I can use everything I want to at the same time. `[Code|App|Docs]` is so common we ought to be able to split a wide screen 3 ways the way we do a normal 2.

spockz 6y ago
Try out Rectangle.app. It saved my bacon mentally and can tile windows how you want. Just not automatically like a full tiling window manager. https://rectangleapp.com/ https://rectangleapp.com/
- Cd00d 6y ago
  +1 on Rectangle recommendation. Learn a few hot-keys (or rely on the menubar dropdown) and you can very easily get any layout of windows you want. I was using Spectacle before, but I think the project died, and Rectangle is what I use now.
bartvk 6y ago
Rectangle was mentioned, but I'm currently using Amethyst: https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst https://github.com/ianyh/Amethyst It was recommended to me here on HN, and it's been very, very nice.

prawn 6y ago

I'd prefer two distinct monitors. I use one more expensive colour-calibrated one, and then a standard one for work where colour isn't as critical. A large colour-calibrated screen would be prohibitively expensive.