And how to increase productivity would just be to buy a second monitor. You might increase productivity per square inch by going smaller but you will increase p

And how to increase productivity would just be to buy a second monitor. You might increase productivity per square inch by going smaller but you will increase productivity in total if you get a second screen. I don't buy into any of the arguments for a smaller screen. Depends on what you do and how you do it. If you have trouble managing multiple windows then don't. If you have trouble focusing on your work then you have other issues than a too large display. If you manage to circumvent this by working on a netbook then that's fine, for you. But keep in mind that an netbook can hardly be considered ergonomically decent and my personal opinion is that you perhaps should attack the cause and not the symptoms. http://earlyandoften.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/justifying-dual-monitors/ http://earlyandoften.wordpress.com/2009/12/04/justifying-dua... I constantly hear people say "I'll never accept having just one monitor from now on" after having two for about a week. Same goes for my skeptical father, I just put another screen next to his current on his desk and two weeks later he couldn't live without it. Stories like these are common and you've all heard them since the mid 90's, it is still true today - and there is no point even trying to excuse yourself from buying a second monitor.