My desk is getting its dual monitors on. I felt my productivity shoot up upon getting the dual monitor setup back. Studies show a second monitor raises productivity 10-50%. A $200-$300 investment for up to 50% improvement in output, even on an employee making just $20K per year, makes a ton of sense.
September 13, 2007
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Well said. Most day-to-day office work doesn't require a high-powered workstation. So adding an extra monitor instead of a really fast processor, fancy graphics card, or huge HD makes a lot of sense. Yay dual monitors!
you guys are scaring me...! : )
No wonder you can read so many blogs! We consultants with our laptops are at a disadvantage!
Is this why you have to get up at 5 to start your daily reading, jnott?
I constantly multi-task, but can't figure out how two screens increases productivity. Seems easy to click various documents or programs to switch between them, compared with losing usable desk space. Unless there's a thought that like football games if they aren't both being watched simultaneously then something is being missed? How does the second monitor help with productivity?
Here are three ways I find it increases my productivity:
1. Referencing calendar while filling out time sheet.
2. Referencing G/L statements while completing budget worksheets.
3. Stretching large Excel sheets across two screens in order to view the entire thing.
I totally agree - I have the same setup at home and at work. If I use someone else's computer with one monitor, I feel like I'm missing an arm.
Yeah, I can think of several advantages of dual monitors in accounting:
*Copying and pasting data from one spreadsheet to another;
*Creating spreadsheets for reversing journal entries and quickly verifying that they are indeed the opposite of each other; and
*Comparing this week's sales report to last week's.
I asked my boss for the $600 needed for a couple 20" widescreen Viewsonics and a video card but didn't get approval. I cited the up to 50% productivity increase and he said, "So does that mean if I don't get 50% more work out of you, I can take them back?" Basically it looks like I'll be shelling the cash out of my own pocket.
@Nathan: Even if you got just a 1% jump, at your salary over the 3 year life of a monitor, the investment would pay for itself.
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