jtara - 5:39 pm on Apr 12, 2008 (gmt 0)

Now, I have to settle down about 2 vs. 4 monitors (using one right now). 4 really sounds as too many.

I use 4 monitors, but they are old 22" 4:3 ratio monitors. With newer wide (16:9) monitors, 4 would be way too wide.

I have my 4 monitors mounted on the wall in a roughly parabolic configuration. The edges are at the periphery of my vision.

I tried a 2-over-2 setup, but that will give you a stiff neck fast.

I do use all 4, but I am a programmer. I can use all the screen real-estate I can get. Two on Linux, two on Windows, and generally run browsers and PDF documentation on Windows, Eclipse IDE and help files on Linux.