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Terry Pratchett[^] has six: "Because I don't have enough space for eight" 
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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The sweet spot for me is 3 monitors.
That's the setup I had, until I moved my primary workstation to a Surface Pro...I have it hooked up to an external USB3 dock (Plugable UD-3000), and it's now running those 3 monitors. With the tablet itself, that's 4 display devices, and frankly, I hardly ever use the 4th one.
That's not to say I hadn't tried it until then--but I had come to the same conclusion; I don't use the 4th one.
All three monitors are 24" 1920x1200; two in portrait mode, the third in landscape. Works well enough for VS and tons of floating windows.
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I only have the two: 1 portrait and one landscape. But if I expanded, then four would be nice: two landscape at the sides, with two portrait stacked in the middle to be about the same size.
But I'm not sure it would be a massive improvement: it's going to take a lot of head movement where I can do it all with eye movement at the moment.
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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All that being said, I'm intrigued by LG's 34" 21:9 4K monitor. I've been tempted more than once to replace my entire setup with a single 4K display (ok, I'll probably leave at least one of the 24-inchers hooked up)...
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I know what you mean, but...it's so handy to be able to maximise and fill a just one screen, or WinKey+Left to fill half of it - you reduce the "ease of manipulation" with a single screen. How often do you want an application that fills your entire vision? Even with graphics work, I have the detailed zoom on one whole screen, and a zoomed out overview and the toolboxes on the other.
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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I've got 1-1/2, the 1/2 one is going down fast.
Have you ever just looked at someone and knew the wheel was turning but the hamster was dead?
Trying to understand the behavior of some people is like trying to smell the color 9.
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please don't have only recently upgraded to 2 monitors at work this year
Every day, thousands of innocent plants are killed by vegetarians.
Help end the violence EAT BACON
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Trying to compensate for something?
Jeremy Falcon
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I'm trying to compensate for my lack of a 4th screen 
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Just the one (and it's small). I don't work at home. One is good enough for email.
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I am. I actually have a true programming reason for doing so. We have an application that runs with up to 24 external 1920x1080 TVs. Since 4 is the most I can reasonably have, that is what I have got. Mine are arranged in a 4x4 square, and programming is excellent on it.
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I currently have 3, though occasionally I'll set up the laptop on the desk as well and use Synergy for seamless mouse/keyboard control. At one point I had something like 7: two laptops, desktop with 3 monitors and another desktop with 2. It had its uses at the time, but as others have said, I find 3 to be the most efficient.
Marc
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I used to have 3 but I've actually throttled down to 2.
1 is a 27" thunderbolt display[^] that works as a docking station for my Macbook, and the other is the macbook's screen itself.
I'm finding I prefer one really big screen than 2 separate screens.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: I'm finding I prefer one really big screen than 2 separate screens.
In the Mac world that makes a lot of sense. Everything is document centric anyway and there's less neck strain. I still have two at work on a Windows box, and wouldn't want anymore because I like having my neck not messed up.
Jeremy Falcon
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Jeremy Falcon wrote: In the Mac world that makes a lot of sense. Everything is document centric anyway and there's less neck strain
That gets my vote for the oddest statement of the week. (Not much competition given that it's first thing Monday morning...)
Firstly: How is this different from Windows?
Secondly: My Macbook is my Windows machine  (I run Windows 7 via bootcamp)
cheers
Chris Maunder
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Chris Maunder wrote: Firstly: How is this different from Windows?
On Windows, apps usually have the concept of a "document" consume the entire app. Think about VS, the code windows are always maximized. Then the app itself is typically maximized by most folks. So, you have one thing taking up an entire screen. On a Mac, there's no such concept of the app container. The desktop is that. If you maximize something it's the actual document. You could have one doc take up an entire screen, but in my experience most folks don't in the Mac world. So, in essence, using one big monitor is like using several mini-screens inside of one big one.
Chris Maunder wrote: Secondly: My Macbook is my Windows machine
Well now that's just crazy talk Chris. 
Jeremy Falcon
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The irony is that my Macbook has been my best Windows machine ever.
I know - somewhere a kitten dies each time I boot it up.
cheers
Chris Maunder
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I have 3 24" and one TV connected
I never use the TV (4th screen) when working only for watching series or movies.
If it's for working purposes it's just to much.
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I had 4 for a few weeks at work after discovering that my laptop would let me use 3 external monitors (1x 19" 1280x1024, 2x 22" 1680x1050) and the build in screen at the same time. When I realized that I only used the 4th screen once the second week and not at all the 3rd and 1st half of 4th weeks; I closed the lid and rearranged my desk to put the dock under a monitor stand again to reclaim the space I'd previously had a tissue box located in. This setup proved to be much more productive. 
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, waging all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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Michael Martin doesn't know any sort algorithms - his data sorts itself
Michael Martin turned water into lager
Michael Martin's skin is made of diamond
Michael Martin wrote Windows 9 - in Notepad
Michael Martin speaks dolphin
Sharks are afraid of Michael Martin
Michael Martin is NP Complete.
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Pete O'Hanlon wrote: Michael Martin doesn't know any sort algorithms - his data sorts itself
Michael Martin turned water lager into lager water
Michael Martin's skin is made of diamond
FTFY!
(Mind you, I've done that trick a few times myself!)
You looking for sympathy?
You'll find it in the dictionary, between sympathomimetic and sympatric
(Page 1788, if it helps)
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