Perhaps this is a difference between sysadmins and programmers... at this point in my career, I would be lost on a single 1600x1200 display, much less a single 1680x1050 one. I've relied on multiple monitors to get work done for the last 7-8 years, whether it meant having multiple whole computers with one monitor apiece (at one point I wrote software to share my clipboard between two computers because I read email on one machine, and surfed the web on the other), or using synergy to let me pretend I was using one computer, or (finally!) having multiple displays hooked up to the same beast.
Now, at work I have two 21" CRTs at that oh-so-perfect 1600x1200 resolution. Every inch of both displays is constantly in use, whether I'm goofing off or working. At home I've got one 17" 1280x1024 display and one 20" 1680x1050 display, for (effectively) 2960x1024. It's not as big as what I have at work, but it's generally acceptable for the stuff I do at home.
I am contemplating buying a couple of big LCD displays for the office, though. I'm sick and tired of dealing with Dell CRTs: they don't seem to last more than a year before they start fuzzing out, getting jittery, or doing other things that make my eyes bleed. I've been at this company almost three years, and I've seen at least half a dozen CRTs die (and try to take my eyes with them!). A few of my co-workers have gone to further extremes: one has three 20" LCDs on one stand, one has a couple 22" LCDs (one of which is pivoted to be 1050x1680, and is devoted entirely to database queries), and then there is the one guy who has two 30" monsters (mostly for reading email).
By the way, there is a world out there beyond Monster. Have you ever tried a Mana Potion Energy Shot? Holy hell, that stuff rides you like a pony, no shotgunning required.
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Now, at work I have two 21" CRTs at that oh-so-perfect 1600x1200 resolution. Every inch of both displays is constantly in use, whether I'm goofing off or working. At home I've got one 17" 1280x1024 display and one 20" 1680x1050 display, for (effectively) 2960x1024. It's not as big as what I have at work, but it's generally acceptable for the stuff I do at home.
I am contemplating buying a couple of big LCD displays for the office, though. I'm sick and tired of dealing with Dell CRTs: they don't seem to last more than a year before they start fuzzing out, getting jittery, or doing other things that make my eyes bleed. I've been at this company almost three years, and I've seen at least half a dozen CRTs die (and try to take my eyes with them!). A few of my co-workers have gone to further extremes: one has three 20" LCDs on one stand, one has a couple 22" LCDs (one of which is pivoted to be 1050x1680, and is devoted entirely to database queries), and then there is the one guy who has two 30" monsters (mostly for reading email).
By the way, there is a world out there beyond Monster. Have you ever tried a Mana Potion Energy Shot? Holy hell, that stuff rides you like a pony, no shotgunning required.