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Never again will I have to suffer single screen hell. As soon as my order arrives… which could take a while…

Years ago I decided to hook a second monitor up to my comp and it was awesome, probably the easiest way to increase my productivity. Simply because it gives you so much more screenspace and you have more of an overview of what’s going on. Like most people I usually had my chat programs (irc, msn, trillian, you name it) on one screen along with my music player and mail and on the other one my productivity apps. Or when working on graphics you can use one screen for the entire picture and the other for all the toolbars and stuff. Or when you’re coding you have your editor on one screen and the preview on the other. Hell, it’s even nice to be able to play a game and still keep an eye on my chatroom on the other screen.

Last year I had to ditch dual screen goodness because I didn’t have the space for it anymore and my computer setup changed (I still have 2 19″ CRT’s, but one’s hooked up to the pc and one to my Mini) and it’s been a very claustrophobic experience. Things just haven’t felt right since.

So seeing as for the first time in history my car checkup today didn’t break the bank and my comp supplier called with a nice deal I ended up ordering 3 luvly Samsung SyncMaster 203B 20″ TFT monitors. Mmmm. I actually wanted to get 4 but that would be a bit over the top… for now…
Alas, apparently there’s a world wide supply problem in the tft market so it could take up to a month before I get my hands on them. That leaves me plenty of time to think about, and build, a new desk.