2 monitors, one computer. It's so much better than 2 girls 1 cup. EDITED WITH QUESTION FOR PEOPLE who do this.

Does anyone else work with 2 monitors on the same PC? I should ask if any other non-tech types work this way. I just got started with this and I am loving life. I wish I had this years ago. I can have LIF open on one side and work on the other. Ok, that is not what it is really for. I will be able to write briefs with a client file open on one screen and WORD on the other. Or I can e-mail a client while their file is viewable on the other screen. No more just having a ton of stuff minimized on the bottom. Why isn't this more common? With flat screens, it does not take up a lot of room. Does anyone else work like this? I am one girl, 2 monitors. Finally, technology is working for me!!!!!!

QUESTION: Now I have a question for all the 2 monitor people. How do you position them? Right now I have them angled so that when I look straight I am looking at where they meet. Should I place one directly in front of me and the other angled to the side? What works best?

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My mom has two monitors at her job - she said it is so much easier!

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I have 2 at work and 2 at home. I love it SOOOO much.

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Yes and no...I tend to work with both the laptop and the desktop open at the same time...but then again I work really very little. (if at all lately-damn economy!)

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stupid question...how to attach two monitors to the same pc??

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At home, I have two 20" monitors attached to my PC, and at work, I have 3 monitors: two 20" and a 17"

I still need more space!!!!

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My FH has 3 monitors on his desk, one computer, he keeps outlook on one open, quickbooks on the other, and the other one for internet explorer.

They are 20 inch monitors each!

People are shocked when they walk in his office

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I can't wait to cut and paste from one open document to another. My life has come to a pioint where I would find the ultimate joy in that. I can almost see having a third monitor but with 2, I do not even have to move to view them both very clearly. I'll get used to this and take it from there!!!!

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I do I do!

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I don't - but everyone in IT at work uses two monitors.

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i DO ! and I love it!

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Now I have a question for all the 2 monitor people. How do you position them? Right now I have them angled so that when I look straight I am looking at where they meet. Should I place one directly in front of me and the other angled to the side? What works best?

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I have two. i sit in front of one and the other is off to my right but angled in.
I do a lot of calendaring so I can read my email on the one in front of me and look at the calendar on the right or vice versa.

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i have two! i have one directly in front of me, and one angled to the right. love it!

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At my previous job I did...I SERIOUSLY miss that! It was multitasking at it's best. I adapting finally almost a year later to one monitor.

I had them in front of me side by side. I used them both all day non-stop...there really was no other way for them to be positioned.

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My DH does this and he loves it.
He sets them up right next to each other.

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At home, with two, I have the 20" widescreen centered in front of me, and the 20" "regular" monitor is off to the side.

At work, with 3 monitors, I have the middle one in front of me, flanked by the other two.

Almost everyone at work has two. I'm one of the only ones with 3.

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i am so glad you all like it bc eventually everyone at my job will have a two monitor set up - they are phasing it in

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I love having 2 monitors.

Usually they are angled in (like a V facing me), just a tiny bit. Also it helps keep wandering eyes off my screens

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Yes! We have at this home. I had it at work as well. When I am using my laptop downstairs I tend to get annoyed and go upstairs to use my desktop with dual screens.