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Discussion on: What's your dev machine setup? (hardware, OS, accessories, etc.)

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Srikanth A V

two monitors bother me, I can't get over the bezel gap so I'd rather have 1 large monitor

I think this is like tabs vs spaces. I specifically like the physical separation between the 2 monitors and don't try to keep them right next to each other. It helps me switch contexts easily and when I mess around one workspace, the other is still intact.

I know I can achieve the same with multiple desktops but somehow never got comfortable with it.

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Anthony Bouvier

See, I don't even use multiple desktops except when I accidentally trigger them in OSX.

I use a window manager called Spectacle so I can use keyboard shortcuts to arrange my windows in half/third/left/right configurations.

If I have more stuff than that needing space, it is like multi-tasking -- nothing gets the attention it needs. So I keep a tidy set of windows, close things I don't need, and keep tabs in browsers to a minimum as well.

My computer environment is far, far more organized than anything else in my life. Ha.