The vast majority of people have a single monitor. Even suggesting adding a second would baffle them.

‘Eh, why?’ they might ask while staring at you as though you just landed in a spinning saucer.

Here’s my answer.

‘Because productivity is increased, desktop size doubled and it looks AWSOME’.

For those of you who follow me on Twitter you’ll have noticed that I spent an hour last night hooking up a second 19” monitor in my office. As I write this post I currently have Microsoft Outlook and Trillian Astra running on the spare screen with my whole laptop screen available for work. If I want to check my e-mails I just move my cursor to the second screen and use it as though it was a different computer. Then just move it back to the left until it reappears on my laptop – then back to work!

Seriously, for anyone who is even a semi-hardcore computer user I would definitely suggest this quick tip. It’s as easy as plugging in the new monitor, going to display settings and setting the resolution of monitor number 2. Easy.

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