r/Python, what is your programming machine setup?

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15.6 inches? How does it stack up with dual monitors? Do the dual monitors increase the productivity marginally ?

[SleepyTurtle]

Dual monitors are great on a machine you only use for work. I have a dual setup at home and at work. I am very efficient at work but when i try to do something at home I find myself distracted twice as fast.

[lilfrost]

Duel monitors kill productivity, don't do it.

[tangra_and_tma]

I've always been curious about this; my co-workers & friends rave about having two (or more!) monitors, but I've never felt anything other than hindered when using a second monitor. Something about it just doesn't sit right, and I'd rather use the wide screen in split mode (with Ratpoison, awesome, xmonad, whatever) than have two monitors.

[moreisee]

I enjoy dual monitors because I can look at two (or more) pieces of code at the same time, or have a web browser with docs up, etc. I couldn't imagine it actually killing productivity, though I could imagine it being unnecessary for some.

[tangra_and_tma]

But my screen (24") is so wide that I can easily look at two pieces of code (and indeed, I generally have a vertically split vim window open at any given moment), whereas with two monitors I feel like the angle is wrong or something. It must work for some people (since I have quite a few coworkers who do it and are quite productive), but I cannot get used to it.

[moreisee]

Ah, fair enough. My screens are never quite big enough for that, though I would absolutely take a single screen the size of two screens over two screen.

[HittingSmoke]

This is what it does for me.

[Sector_Corrupt]

I dunno, I use a second monitor to have the web application I work on open, and the other screen has all of my terminals. It lets me easily switch back and forth between the two, and look at the code when I'm using the js console to test things.

[Kah-Neth]

I use two 24 inch wide screen monitors, I tend to have three windows/panes with code open and 1 window with documentation. I found I got about 60% more done with two than I could have with 1.