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4k at 27" seems to be the sweet spot for people who aren't blind. In addition, instead of window managers get 2 or 3 smaller high resolution screens. Multi moni
by tiquorsj 13y ago
4k at 27" seems to be the sweet spot for people who aren't blind. In addition, instead of window managers get 2 or 3 smaller high resolution screens. Multi monitor is the easiest producitivity boost for programmers.
At my company everyone gets 2 monitors. We started with 19" in 2006. Moved to 24" after a fire and insurance replacement and then have upgraded to 27" primaries as sales and new machines were ordered.
After 7 years of multi monitor usage with a team of 12 people I can safely say that bigger is not always better. More desktops to work with are a boost. Pixel density is nice, but the OS by default handles multi monitor much better than any window manager and you can do things like one horizontal and one vertical.
- spupy 13y ago> In addition, instead of window managers get 2 or 3 smaller high resolution screens. Disclaimer: I haven't used a 4k display.) It seems to me that unless you have a decent window manager, working on a 4k display will bring it's own set of (small) productivity hurdles. For example, Windows 7's DWM without any additional software works Well Enough on two/three smaller monitors, but how usable is it at 4k resolutions? Do you have to spend tons of time dragging windows around?