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> If people found multiple screens so useful that it’s worth lugging an extra bag around, external 13” monitors should be bestsellers. While I mostly agree...

> If people found multiple screens so useful that it’s worth lugging an extra bag around, external 13” monitors should be bestsellers. While I mostly agree... I partially disagree. IMO, the problem isn't so much about screens not proving to be helpful - but about good screens. Here in The Netherlands it's very common to find assistants/secretaries having multiple monitors. Heck, (some of?) the staff at the court in The Hague have curved ultrawide monitors. Evidently people recognize the benefits of screen real estate. The big problem, IMO, is that "standard" portable screens - 99% of which are 16:9 - are simply not tall enough. My 13.5" FW13 screen (3:2 ratio) is about as tall as a 15" 16:9 screen, but is much smaller than a 15" laptop. Windows particularly is excellent/terrible at having a ton of horizontal bars, making usable vertical height terribly little. Why would someone bring another monitor to see more bars?

gjsman-1000 2y ago
I don’t know what to tell you, but an Apple Vision Pro isn’t going to help you. Right now, the individual pixels are about the size of a human blood cell(!), and yet, the panels for each eye are not quite 4K. Not quite 4K, for your entire FOV. As iFixit notes, for a virtual desktop inside that FOV, forget about it looking anything like a good 4K monitor. The Vision Pro can have 3,386 PPI and it’s still no monitor substitute. https://www.ifixit.com/News/90409/vision-pro-teardown-part-2-whats-the-display-resolution?srsltid=AfmBOooSVMxmLrAUD1i5JEZ_5LR7nSNo3TMxUW6UblYK8Wp7vhqeK2QG https://www.ifixit.com/News/90409/vision-pro-teardown-part-2...
- user_7832 2y ago
  Just to clarify, I wasn’t commenting so much on the AVP than on small monitors often being shitty in general. It’s probably also a mini rant- my ideal monitor would probably be 1:1 lol.
crooked-v 2y ago
> curved ultrawide monitors I have a 32:9 curved ultrawide monitor that I bought for games but has ended up invaluable for work (software dev). It's nigh perfect to divide into 3-4 full-size panes and gives enough space to have 6+ documents open and easily readable simultaneously, in a way I think would take three separate monitors to awkwardly emulate otherwise (and even then you'd lose the benefit of being able to go from 3 to 4 main groupings and back as needed). The downside is, of course, the thing weighs over 30 pounds and is completely ungainly. Good luck setting it up or moving it without two people.

gjsman-1000 2y ago

I don’t know what to tell you, but an Apple Vision Pro isn’t going to help you. Right now, the individual pixels are about the size of a human blood cell(!), and yet, the panels for each eye are not quite 4K. Not quite 4K, for your entire FOV. As iFixit notes, for a virtual desktop inside that FOV, forget about it looking anything like a good 4K monitor. The Vision Pro can have 3,386 PPI and it’s still no monitor substitute. https://www.ifixit.com/News/90409/vision-pro-teardown-part-2-whats-the-display-resolution?srsltid=AfmBOooSVMxmLrAUD1i5JEZ_5LR7nSNo3TMxUW6UblYK8Wp7vhqeK2QG https://www.ifixit.com/News/90409/vision-pro-teardown-part-2...

user_7832 2y ago
Just to clarify, I wasn’t commenting so much on the AVP than on small monitors often being shitty in general. It’s probably also a mini rant- my ideal monitor would probably be 1:1 lol.

crooked-v 2y ago

> curved ultrawide monitors I have a 32:9 curved ultrawide monitor that I bought for games but has ended up invaluable for work (software dev). It's nigh perfect to divide into 3-4 full-size panes and gives enough space to have 6+ documents open and easily readable simultaneously, in a way I think would take three separate monitors to awkwardly emulate otherwise (and even then you'd lose the benefit of being able to go from 3 to 4 main groupings and back as needed). The downside is, of course, the thing weighs over 30 pounds and is completely ungainly. Good luck setting it up or moving it without two people.