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I switched to a single ultra wide 38 from LG and it was a huge improvement over my dual monitor setup. I’m on M1 Air, and switched my work pc to the same.

• 2muchcoffeeman 4y ago
  The other reason I enjoy my ultrawide is that there are fewer cables to deal with and less hardware needed to mount the monitors. I bought a 34" UW a couple of years back. But I reckon my next upgrade I'm going to the superwides.
• pc86 4y ago
  I've been really considering an ultra-wide and have heard extremely polarized opinions on it. Is there anything specific that you prefer over two widescreen monitors?
  • evo_9 4y ago
    The lack of a center bar was a bigger deal than I expected. Being able to extend my SQL window to the full screen seeing all columns for example, beyond 'just nice'. Same with code, not always but sometimes I need a wider view. There are a lot of subtle gains that I'm probably forgetting about and really only one negative that I've run into - games don't play super nice on the ultra-wide, but that's not really what I use this machine for. Oh another bonus I forgot - watching shows / movies on it is really nice. I have very rarely considered this but with an 18 month old, you find you have to squeeze in time here/there, we had to stop the new batman movie on HBO with 20 minutes left... I probably would not have ever watched the ending (it was pretty good!) if I didn't have that display, it was a nice way to spend 20 minutes during lunch and I've been watching movies/shows on it randomly during lunch since. It's pretty great for this use too.
    • joshspankit 4y ago
      If you had 3 wide monitors instead, would that make the ultrawide less appealing? It would solve the “center bar” issue, for example
      • evo_9 4y ago
        For me that's just too much screen, but I have guys (DevOps in particular) that do exactly that.
        • april_22 4y ago
          I find it too distracting. When I have multiple screens I spend way too much time thinking about what I should put on which screen.