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Recently, while reviewing our year-end records, I noticed that my original (Aqua-style) 23-inch LCD Cinema Display just turned six years old. This is my main monitor, and it's in use every day. I was curious, though, just how many hours I'd been using it during those six years, so I did some rough back-of-the-envelope calculations.
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Unlike buying a McMansion, boosting your on-screen real estate is more than an exercise in wasteful vanity -- it boosts productivity. I myself have three displays adorning my desktop. On the left: A 19-in. Dell CRT on which I keep open a minimum of a dozen Firefox tabs at any given time. In the middle: A 19-in. ViewSonic LCD on which I take notes and write articles in Word, read PDF and Excel attachments, and watch Windows Media files. On the right: The 15-in. LCD screen of my ThinkPad T42, on which I do e-mail and IM chat.
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Build a three-screen workstation
Fujitsu Siemens launches 'zero watt' monitors
Six years with an Apple Cinema Display
NBA player allegedly tosses PC monitor at mall