As a software and web developer, I frequently need to keep my eye on several things at once, including the code, reference documentation and research, diffs, da

As a software and web developer, I frequently need to keep my eye on several things at once, including the code, reference documentation and research, diffs, database tables/structure, you name it. Four primary monitors in a row are ideal for me: two natively-vertical monitors (1536×2048) in the middle (yes, these do exist for medical applications, the trick is in finding them in colour and not B&W), and two landscape monitors (1920×1200) in the wings. My fifth and sixth monitors are up above the first four, and are for less-frequent data that might need occasional but immediate referencing. I use those for long-running dashboards and such. Now granted, if I was doing a lot simpler of a job - data entry or other office work - then sure. I could probably run with just two monitors or even one. Alt+tab isn’t frustrating if you only ever switch between two or three applications all day long. But for what I do? Naw, dog. I consider four to be the functional minimum. I guess my only issue is that I frequently lose my mouse across all those screens, and my Kensington Expert Mouse is getting so old that it frequently sends the cursor skittering off in random directions even when the trackball hasn’t been touched. PowerToys has this awesome tool where the cursor can be highlighted with a CTRL double-tap, I only wish I could set it to activate whenever the cursor is physically moving, no keyboard press needed.