i develop fine on mine. i really think this is just personal preference / acculturation - for years i also used a 17" monitor on my desktop. while i now have

i develop fine on mine. i really think this is just personal preference / acculturation - for years i also used a 17" monitor on my desktop. while i now have 1900x1200 there i don't feel more productive for it - i just don't jump between desktops like i used to (in fact, i just realised i can't remember what the keyboard shortcuts are for doing so!). in particular, with intellij idea, i feel like i have hit a sweet spot matching the layout to the screen - i have the project tree / leiningen / find window on the left, source in the middle, and run / repl / debug on the right. it works really well in the x220 window shape. that doesn't mean i don't wish the screen were bigger / squarer. i preferred my old x60 and i am very concerned about the keyboard - the keys are the best thing by far on this.