Lifehacker today posted an article based on a NYT article regarding the productivity increase when using a dual monitor setup. I can't agree with it more. Though I used virtual desktops before I found them only marginally useful. The dual monitor setup is great. Especially for someone who does more than just email and browsing. The setup I use is not a PC with two video cards. At least not visibly so. I use an IBM T41 laptop, which happened to come with "Multiple Monitors" support. I have my laptop raised up a few inches next to my 19" LCD monitor with the laptop's display also open. I use both the laptop's LCD and the external LCD at the same time resulting in a double-wide screen. The screen real estate is nearly doubled. In order to use an external monitor as an additional monitor to your laptop's LCD, the laptop needs to have support for "Multiple Monitors". If you have a modern laptop, perhaps it already has that support.
How to find that out ? Right click on an empty area of your Windows desktop. Click on Properties. Go to Settings tab. If you see two monitor icons, you are in luck. When you click on #2 monitor, you will see a checkbox below that says "Extend my Windows desktop onto this monitor". Click on Apply and you are good to go. You can change the position of the monitors by dragging #1 after #2 or vice versa.
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