I can’t stand virtual desktops. I have 4 monitors specifically so I can have as many things visible at once at possible without switching. I work from home so this is my machine I use for everything. 1 monitor for main task or games, 1 for side tasks, 1 for media or even more side tasks, and 1 exclusively for work and personal chat. My top monitor is very large so I often have 2 or 4 different things going on at once side by side on that one. I disable virtual desktops and tiling windows on every operating system I’ve used.
If my GPU had more outputs, I would have more monitors. I also have a 2nd computer with a single 1080p monitor to the right (I have an L desk) for home network stuff, usually keep my security camera feed on that one.
I respect anyone who does use virtual desktops because I acknowledge that if you master the workflow, it can be more efficient if you have more than like 5 or 6 tasks going at once (vs 4 monitors), however I will die on the hill of never ever using them.
Just buy one giant high resolution TV. Same amount of pixels, similar DPI, but no bezels.
I’m using a 4k 48" OLED, with no scaling. So windows and text are “normal” sized but I have a huge amount of space for multiple windows.
Then you can configure zones, using them like virtual monitors, and just shift + drag windows around and they snap into the zone. Different layouts act like different monitor configurations.
It takes some getting used to but I can’t go back to multiple monitors now.
There’s a certain divide I’ll have where, I might want my CAD software, reference material etc. all open, and that can easily spread my two monitors, and then if I’ve got communication stuff like email, slack etc. open it’s easier for me to mentally switch to a different place to do that. Much more than my big center monitor and two others and that’s more than my visual field and I don’t really want to use my computer looking all around the room with me, trying to find the damn mouse cursor.
I can’t stand virtual desktops. I have 4 monitors specifically so I can have as many things visible at once at possible without switching. I work from home so this is my machine I use for everything. 1 monitor for main task or games, 1 for side tasks, 1 for media or even more side tasks, and 1 exclusively for work and personal chat. My top monitor is very large so I often have 2 or 4 different things going on at once side by side on that one. I disable virtual desktops and tiling windows on every operating system I’ve used.
If my GPU had more outputs, I would have more monitors. I also have a 2nd computer with a single 1080p monitor to the right (I have an L desk) for home network stuff, usually keep my security camera feed on that one.
I respect anyone who does use virtual desktops because I acknowledge that if you master the workflow, it can be more efficient if you have more than like 5 or 6 tasks going at once (vs 4 monitors), however I will die on the hill of never ever using them.
Just buy one giant high resolution TV. Same amount of pixels, similar DPI, but no bezels.
I’m using a 4k 48" OLED, with no scaling. So windows and text are “normal” sized but I have a huge amount of space for multiple windows.
Then you can configure zones, using them like virtual monitors, and just shift + drag windows around and they snap into the zone. Different layouts act like different monitor configurations.
It takes some getting used to but I can’t go back to multiple monitors now.
There’s a certain divide I’ll have where, I might want my CAD software, reference material etc. all open, and that can easily spread my two monitors, and then if I’ve got communication stuff like email, slack etc. open it’s easier for me to mentally switch to a different place to do that. Much more than my big center monitor and two others and that’s more than my visual field and I don’t really want to use my computer looking all around the room with me, trying to find the damn mouse cursor.