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Multiple displays for my desktop.

So true...the lack of resistance allows for a more fluid thought and design process too

IMHO, it is more so that one can see multiple windows without messing around with tabbing.

When dealing with desktop publishing as a technical writer, I frequently need multiple application windows, a terminal window or two, a client window for the app, my editing program and it's attendant windows, and several misc application to support my work (eyedropper, wireshark, screen cap, gimp, a text editor).

Three monitors would be ideal, but I just don't have the space on my desk. I'm considering a triple wall-mount, another monitor, and rearranging my space so the desk is pushed up to the wall.

Yes, that's exactly what I meant by lack of resistance - by not having to tab around.

That's it exactly. If I had four sheets of paper I needed to refer to while writing on a fifth, I sure wouldn't stack the four and shuffle them to see the next bit.

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