Joshua Stengel

I love multiple monitors.  I made everyone at work start using multiple monitors last year. At first they were afraid...they were petrified...but now they don't like working at home if they only have one monitor.  If you're looking to justify multiple monitors in your organization, here's a report outlining some productivity research regarding monitor size, aspect ratio, and multiple displays.

Okay, so don't be surprised that display company (NEC) found that larger and more displays improves productivity, but it would appear there is a limit to productivity gains. What's your optimal layout?  Check out the report and see for yourself:

• Productivity Research: A comparison of Single and Dual Traditional Aspect Displays with a Widescreen Display over Productivity

On a related note...Here's a gotcha I banged my head into with Vista and multiple monitors...

I recently upgraded my home/office PC.  My old system had three monitors under Windows XP and ran great.  I used a nVidia AGP card and added an ATI dual-video PCI card to create my surround video. 

Enter crotchety ol' Vista with it's fancy-smancy new way of handling multiple graphics cards...  Up until now, I've been pretty happy with Vista but this just chaps my hide. If you are planning to use more than two monitors with Vista, you need to read this article first.