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I'm not buying it. The bottleneck in my productivity is definitely not switching between virtual desktops and windows. More/bigger monitor is a "nice to have.

• Goladus 19y ago
  I'm not sure... I've become addicted to my vertical split-screen in emacs. Often, I feel like I can only have so many finger macros loaded at once. I do a lot of switching back and forth merely to reference stuff. Error messages, output, data structure definitions, grammars, etc-- if you're trying to modify code based on information like that, it helps a ton to be able to see that and your code at the same time. When working on multiple projects, it's easy to forget about stuff that gets buried; especially buried under explorer windows. If you're waiting for an important email or IM or something, being able to see activity on a separate screen out of the corner of your eye is often preferable to (a) periodically checking or (b) setting some sort of flashy or loud message box alert If you have server monitoring requirements, or stock market monitoring requirements... the list goes on. Screen real estate is important, so long as it's organized appropriately. YMMV, of course. I've had issues like this for my whole life. If I need to use a reference for something, I slow way way down unless the reference is convenient.