The Most Productive Work Monitor

I used to work all day long using three monitors. I had one 17 inch and two 15 inch monitors on each side. At the time, I thought it was a good solution that gave me a detailed look into just what I needed to see on each screen. I then started noticing even my 17 inch monitor wasn't giving me enough space to see everything across a web page or through a remote desktop connection. I was getting slowed down multitasking between remote desktop screens as they were completely filling my 17 inch screen from top to bottom.

Along came the Dell UltraSharp U2412M 24-Inch Screen LED-lit Monitor and it opened up everything for me. This is more than just your average 24 inch widescreen monitor. It's a 1920x1200 resolution monitor, this means it's taller than the typical widescreen monitor. Below is how it looks:

 You'll be able to then remote into another computer at a slightly lower resolution of 1920x1080 but still display the remote computer screen at full-screen, all the while allowing yourself to still see your own taskbar and desktop programs. This makes it a breeze to work between all your open windows without having anything get covered up.

Comparison of my 24 inch monitor next to a 15 inch monitor viewing the same website

I still like to have my 15 monitor right next to the big 24 inch screen, as shown in the picture above. This lets me move anything I need to type or pin into view off to the side while I type using the 24 inch monitor.

After demoing this monitor at work I bought 9 more of them for everyone in the office to each have one. Everyone has become much more productive since using them and never wants to go back to their smaller monitors.