That's exactly the issue I have. Most of what I've been doing lately is web related, so it's not at all uncommon for me to have a CSS file, a couple Javascript

That's exactly the issue I have. Most of what I've been doing lately is web related, so it's not at all uncommon for me to have a CSS file, a couple Javascript files, an HTML template, and some sort of backend view open all at the same time, working between them concurrently. I accomplish this with vim split windows, and I use every inch of my 23" screen to do it (with the browser running the site itself on my second monitor). If I use a smaller screen, I either need to use window splits that are so small, they provide almost no context, or I need to be constantly closing and opening different splits...