I use my computer for both work and entertainment. I'm not content with any old things, honestly. Upgraded recently to a 1440p 27" 240 Hz OLED. Not super large but perfect for me at my desk with my viewing distance.
What a world of difference when you stare at the screen upwards of 12 hours a day. It really makes a difference.
But real talk, 6 monitors? I had two at one point in my life but I just got tired of looking sideways all the time. Just wanted one monitor to look straight ahead at.
I feel like people who need that many monitors are actually in need of (a) better window management (/manager).
Ever since I switched to tiling windows over a decade ago I had no need for multiple monitors. And now that I'm using a scrolling window manager, life is just so gucci when working and during leisure time on the computer. 👌
I feel like people who need that many monitors are actually in need of (a) better window management (/manager).
Consider it like a tiling window manager, but each monitor is a 'tile', allowing each tiled application to still have a full-sized window that's not cramped.
And, yes, of course there's a center monitor that's the main workhorse. But I want other things to be visible at a glance at any time, without needing to move or cover up my main work piece to do so. For me, I'm a writer, and the 5 extra screens are often used for notes, outlines, maps, research material, etc. That way, I can have all that stuff open and available to reference with a glance, without needing to pause my typing on the main screen, without needing to take focus* away from the main document I'm working on.
*By focus, I mean in the window manager sense -- the main document's app remains the one in focus, the one receiving keyboard input, so I can continue typing even while looking at my notes.
Needing to switch between apps and take the focus away from my main document in order to check my outline/notes/whatever would really slow me down and would just be a pain, no matter how easy switching is. Trying to tile it all onto one monitor sounds horribly cramped, making each window small and difficult to work with. (Maybe if I tiled it all on one huge monitor, it could be acceptable ... but 6 small monitors are cheaper than one really huge one. It would have to be a massive single screen in order to have the same amount of screen space and resolution as 6 monitors.)
That's very enlightening actually. Different use cases and work types have different needs and require different setups I guess, yeah.
I'm a programmer, so I often have a window open with documentation, or the result of my work, beside my editor. But rarely do I need to keep typing while looking at the other window, so that's a different scenario for me. Every window is kind of my "main" window, you could say. Very linear work. Do an edit, examine the results; repeat.
Fair. Tbh, I just hate the bezels in between the monitors, my brain alerts me to it no matter how thin. The solution is probably for me to get an ultrawide, but most ultrawides nowadays are curved which...I also don't really care for.
The monitor on the left is the same cheap LED monitor I had for over 10 years up until 3 years ago. It started to have weird shaky horizontal lines all over the screen and later would sometimes turn off and wont turn on for no reason. Surprisingly, worked well so long.
33 Comments
victorz@lemmy.world · 23 pts · 83d
Some old-ass monitors right there.
carotte@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 83d
well, if they still work…
victorz@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 83d
I use my computer for both work and entertainment. I'm not content with any old things, honestly. Upgraded recently to a 1440p 27" 240 Hz OLED. Not super large but perfect for me at my desk with my viewing distance.
What a world of difference when you stare at the screen upwards of 12 hours a day. It really makes a difference.
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 4 pts · 83d
Seriously...
I'm currently distressed because one of my 6 monitors died and I had to temporarily replace it with a smaller 1080p one.
But then I look at OP's setup, and I wonder ... how do people live like that?
(At least put the monitor without rows of dead pixels in the straight forward, primary monitor position!)
victorz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 83d
Also the cable management is killing me.
But real talk, 6 monitors? I had two at one point in my life but I just got tired of looking sideways all the time. Just wanted one monitor to look straight ahead at.
I feel like people who need that many monitors are actually in need of (a) better window management (/manager).
Ever since I switched to tiling windows over a decade ago I had no need for multiple monitors. And now that I'm using a scrolling window manager, life is just so gucci when working and during leisure time on the computer. 👌
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 3 pts · 83d
Consider it like a tiling window manager, but each monitor is a 'tile', allowing each tiled application to still have a full-sized window that's not cramped.
And, yes, of course there's a center monitor that's the main workhorse. But I want other things to be visible at a glance at any time, without needing to move or cover up my main work piece to do so. For me, I'm a writer, and the 5 extra screens are often used for notes, outlines, maps, research material, etc. That way, I can have all that stuff open and available to reference with a glance, without needing to pause my typing on the main screen, without needing to take focus* away from the main document I'm working on.
*By focus, I mean in the window manager sense -- the main document's app remains the one in focus, the one receiving keyboard input, so I can continue typing even while looking at my notes.
Needing to switch between apps and take the focus away from my main document in order to check my outline/notes/whatever would really slow me down and would just be a pain, no matter how easy switching is. Trying to tile it all onto one monitor sounds horribly cramped, making each window small and difficult to work with. (Maybe if I tiled it all on one huge monitor, it could be acceptable ... but 6 small monitors are cheaper than one really huge one. It would have to be a massive single screen in order to have the same amount of screen space and resolution as 6 monitors.)
victorz@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 83d
That's very enlightening actually. Different use cases and work types have different needs and require different setups I guess, yeah.
I'm a programmer, so I often have a window open with documentation, or the result of my work, beside my editor. But rarely do I need to keep typing while looking at the other window, so that's a different scenario for me. Every window is kind of my "main" window, you could say. Very linear work. Do an edit, examine the results; repeat.
Thanks for sharing your perspective!
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 3 pts · 83d
Congratulations: you are now wiser than a Gnome dev.
victorz@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 82d
Why do I sense some resentment there 😅
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 1 pts · 82d
grue@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 83d
XKCD 37 strikes again!
victorz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 83d
Added the hyphen so it can become reality! 🙌
nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 83d
I too have that black samsung one.
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 83d
I have had that one too, but it was a whole bunch of years ago. I bought it used.
victorz@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 83d
Never had one myself but it's a classic for sure.
wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 83d
I don't think he knows about UHDsies, Pip.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 83d
What about 144hz, he must know about that right?
wyldrstallyns@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 82d
I wouldn't pixel-count on it.
Cascio@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 83d
Been seeing these two monitor memes starting to crop up. I'm going to have to do one soon to rep us three monitor folk.
funkless_eck@sh.itjust.works · 5 pts · 83d
I read this on my phone sitting in front of 6 other screens
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 83d
Found the trader 😉
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 1 pts · 83d
Samesies.
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 83d
Three's the charm!
OwOarchist@pawb.social · 9 pts · 83d
When your keyboard costs more than both of your monitors combined...
sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz · 5 pts · 83d
...am I a filthy plebe for only using one 30" monitor that I multi-window on?
It's an OLED, does that make it better?
Brickhead92@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 82d
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but, you are, and it doesn't.
This message was bought to by the superior dual monitor users.
tmyakal@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 82d
More = Better. I use three monitors at home and four at work.
sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 82d
Fair. Tbh, I just hate the bezels in between the monitors, my brain alerts me to it no matter how thin. The solution is probably for me to get an ultrawide, but most ultrawides nowadays are curved which...I also don't really care for.
Maybe I should use a TV as my monitor...
hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 83d
What about portraitsies?
imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 82d
The monitor on the left is the same cheap LED monitor I had for over 10 years up until 3 years ago. It started to have weird shaky horizontal lines all over the screen and later would sometimes turn off and wont turn on for no reason. Surprisingly, worked well so long.
notthebees@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 82d
Psu probably went poof. You can fix those easily. I did that to my flat screen tv.
imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 81d
Didnt knew it could be the reason. PSU was external, was easier to fix. But I just bit the bullet and got and upgrade to 32inch 165hz monitor.