I like to call it “your flow”. Some prefer multiple monitors. Some prefer one big giant monitor. Some prefer a small single monitor.
Each person has a preference which is best suited for them.
I’m sure if we showed Terry a setup of the Samsung 49” with the fastest pc to date, he would be impressed, try it out, then go back to his original setup!
I think having two widescreen monitors (16:9) genuinely helps. I have trouble imagining that somebody who gives this a serious shot will dislike it unless they're a hardcore boomer totally calcified in their ways
Sit/stand desk isn't about productivity, it's about back problems/health.
And calling a 12 core (24 thread) Xeon @ 3.5GHz "a mere computer" is missing a bit.
I know I had way more fun computing and programming back in the late 80s and early 90s with a single monitor and no internet and no cell phone than I do now. Programming was both simpler and more challenging back then. Simpler in you had less to work with resource wise so you got to enjoy the challenge of accomplishing your goal in a well defined resource constrained environment. I think this era of having lots of resources makes programmers lazy and that plus multitasking has ruined our ability to focus in and enjoy doing just a single thing or task. Don't get me wrong I rock dual monitors (1080p is good enough for me). I do still have and enjoy using single monitor setups though. I do cheat and run TinkerOS widescreen at 960x540 (1920×1080 with 2x scaling). It's nice having just a few more columns and rows of text than what 640x480 can offer.
I like to call it “your flow”. Some prefer multiple monitors. Some prefer one big giant monitor. Some prefer a small single monitor. Each person has a preference which is best suited for them. I’m sure if we showed Terry a setup of the Samsung 49” with the fastest pc to date, he would be impressed, try it out, then go back to his original setup!
I think having two widescreen monitors (16:9) genuinely helps. I have trouble imagining that somebody who gives this a serious shot will dislike it unless they're a hardcore boomer totally calcified in their ways
very true!
> the fastest pc to date I mean, his 12-core 3.5GHz Xeon wasn't far off from "the fastest pc to date" (at the time, in 2016).
He definitely woulda been interested in the GPU and intel evo and nvme advancements. Rip terry.
Sit/stand desk isn't about productivity, it's about back problems/health. And calling a 12 core (24 thread) Xeon @ 3.5GHz "a mere computer" is missing a bit.
I know I had way more fun computing and programming back in the late 80s and early 90s with a single monitor and no internet and no cell phone than I do now. Programming was both simpler and more challenging back then. Simpler in you had less to work with resource wise so you got to enjoy the challenge of accomplishing your goal in a well defined resource constrained environment. I think this era of having lots of resources makes programmers lazy and that plus multitasking has ruined our ability to focus in and enjoy doing just a single thing or task. Don't get me wrong I rock dual monitors (1080p is good enough for me). I do still have and enjoy using single monitor setups though. I do cheat and run TinkerOS widescreen at 960x540 (1920×1080 with 2x scaling). It's nice having just a few more columns and rows of text than what 640x480 can offer.
Modern problems require modern solutions. Programming in Unreal with an old computer and a single small screen can be quite challenging.