What desktop resolution does everyone use?

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I am currently 1680x1050 (dual screens) and I am always itching to upgrade to 1920x1200. I use VS2010 and a text editor for simple stuff. I'd like to hear what everyone is using. The more the better I have always thought but I am sure there is a point where more real estate becomes a non-issue. I don't think 1920-1200 is it but I sometimes wonder how much it would actually help over what I have now.
 
A little extra screen real estate never hurts. I have one 1920x1200 and one 1920x1080 monitor at home.
 
1920x1080 x 2 for my desk @ work
144x900 on my laptop

I'd like to spend a couple days using a 27" iMac as my main machine 2560x1440
 
RIPATI said:
1080p. I really want to make the jump to 2560x1440, though.
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Same here. I recently upgraded to a 27" 1080p from 1680x1050 (22") due to price. I couldn't turn down $180 deal. After the new year, I'm probably jumping to a 30" at 2560x1440. Just need to upgrade my video card at the same time (going to go all out this time on that).

I don't mind the resolution most of the time, but after seeing some of the better monitors, you can notice a difference when you go back down to the lower res.
 
2560x1440 at work and at home. I upgraded at work first when they got me a 27" iMac and it made such a huge difference that I ordered one of those 27" Korean monitors for $300 for my home a week later. I also do quite a bit of work on my iPad (no need for a laptop anymore), and that's 2048x1536.
 
2560x1440 and 1920x1200

for any of you debating 2560x1440, GET IT, it makes coding so much nicer
 
1920x1200 x2 @ work
1920x1080 & 1280x900 @ home (soon to be two(or three!) 23" IPS panels)
 
Work desktop(Mac-mini): two 22" Dells @ 1680x1050 - works fine for me since I'm not doing a ton of photoshop work.

Work laptop(MacBook Pro 15"): 1440x900... thank god I'm up for upgrade next year. I'm ready for some Retina goodness!!!

Home setup(PC): two 24" Asus @ 1920x1080 - Mostly for gaming but works great for dev work in NetBeans.

Home laptop(Lenovo Ideapad): 1366 x768 - I do zero development work on this anymore.

I guess I should note that I am a web programmer... I don't use VS anymore. Usually just NetBeans+terminal.
 
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Work = 1920x1080 (x2)
Home = 1920x1080 + 1680x1050

Go for the extra realestate and get the larger monitors. VS2010 and newer give the ability to yank document "tabs" out of the chrome, so you can drag them onto other monitors.
 
Home is simply a 37 inch 1080p westy for primarily gaming and movie watching. It is old and the right half of it burns in quickly if a static image is left up for too long. Not an efficient setup for coding, but then again, I don't use it much for that anyway.

I use 2 1680x1050 monitors at work. The primary monitor is on the left in landscape, the secondary monitor on the right is in portrait mode. Love them extra lines of code :)
 
Monitor #1: 1600x1200
Monitor #2: 1440x900

I'd love 2x 2560x1440s, especially the $350 models shipped from Korea with an IPS panel but I just can't talk myself into it.

I'm hoping oleds become more main stream because dropping any amount of $ on a new display or 2 at this point seems criminal. It feels like 1080p has been around forever now and CRTs from the late 90s are of better quality than most LCDs today.
 
Staples said:
I am currently 1680x1050 (dual screens) and I am always itching to upgrade to 1920x1200. I use VS2010 and a text editor for simple stuff. I'd like to hear what everyone is using. The more the better I have always thought but I am sure there is a point where more real estate becomes a non-issue. I don't think 1920-1200 is it but I sometimes wonder how much it would actually help over what I have now.
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If you upgrade to VS2012 it would for sure be worth it to go to 1920. They changed a lot of the UI to work better docked on the right side instead of the bottom.

At work I have 2 1280x1024 screens which were annoying enough with VS2010 and even more annoying since we switched to VS2012. VS2012 works great at home with my 1080p screens.
 
At work (Enterprise Web Development), I have

  • 19" in portrait mode @ 1440 x 900
  • 2 x 27.5" @ 1920 x 1200
  • Laptop @ 1600 x 900

The 19" is primarily for IM and reading documentation. The laptop screen is for the mail client. The main 27.5 monitors are for my IDE (Eclipse), SQL Server Ent. Manager, source control, browsers and other programs.

I get a TON of work done with the extra real estate. About 6 of my coworkers picked up the same large monitors soon after I got mine.

At home, I have a pair of 25.5" monitors that do 1920 x 1200 as well. But I'd like to upgrade that setup to use 3 of those new 27" IPS monitors at 2560 x 1440.
 
1920x1080. Wife uses 1920x1200, which is my old monitor that I gave her. I really can't notice a difference between the two resolutions. The monitor quality themselves, however...

Maybe some day I'll get another monitor or two. I use four at work, but just one at home.
 
Currently running one 23" at 1920x1200. I used to have two, but sold the other to help pay for a system upgrade.

Eventually I would like to replace this monitor with one of the same resolution but higher quality. Maybe even go back to a dual-monitor setup at some point. Two monitors were a godsend regarding working in the DAW.
 
At home;
3 X 1920x1080 in eyefinity, 2 X 1440x900 on secondary rig and 2 X 1280x1024 on the rigs in the garage (I usually RDP those upstairs)

At work; 3 X 1280x1024 on main PC (networked) and 1 X 1920x1080 on secondary rig for equipment software installs since I'm not allowed to install anything on the networked rig.
 
2560x1440 x3.

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You won't regret going up to 1920x1200 OP. Don't get 1920x1080 -- that's a low move. :|

I haven't tried 2560x1440, but I've seen a co-worker at a different company have one of those newer all-in-one 27" Macs that have that resolution (or was it retina?). Soooo much real estate. I'd love to have one of those for production work. ;o

I say this for webdesigning too because I have experience in this field. Bigger monitor helps -- as long as you can cordon off quadrants of halves or thirds of your screen so you can reduce minimizing and restoring.

Speaking of which, does anyone know of any programs out there that take Windows automatic windows arrangement/window snapping to the next level? Sometimes I would like to have <internet browser> take up left half of screen, then Notepad++ the top-right quadrant, and another program the bottom-right quadrant. (And then when you have multiple monitors with extended desktop, you can't snap windows to the side of the monitor where your mouse crosses over to the next monitor.) Does Windows 8 have better support for this? Are there any programs out there that improve this functionality? It is a very handy feature for many things (webdesigning, photography, videography, etc).
 
Two 1920x1080 monitors at home, two 1600x1200 monitors at one workstation at work, two 1280x1024 monitors at both of the other two workstations.
 
Work: 1920x1080 + 1920X1080 + 1280x1024
Home 1920x1080 + 1920X1080
 
for me 1080p is kind of a noob resolution (don't slam me, let me finish). i am not saying people who own it are noobs and don't know any better. but SO many people are like:

"check this out, i just bought a 23" 1080p LCD for 100 bucks"

i was shopping for a 24" LCD screen awhile back and i ended up paying $350 for a dell one at 1920x1200. everyone asks what size and then they say oh grab this one for $150 or $200 and i go no its not good enough and their response always was, "what do you mean its 1080p".

as if the 1080p spec warrants a purchase. it doesn't. its not (obviously), and going from (2)1920x1200 at home to (2)1920x1080 at work i am constantly wishing i was at home.

and if money wasn't an issue i would have 2 or 3 2560x1440 screens.
 
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