There was a choice between a "big" single monitor, or a "small" dual monitor setup. I had just not realized how much I used the framing of the 2 monitors to stay organized, and I chose the "big" single monitor setup. That turned out to be a mistake. The point is that it was easier to "dumpster dive" for a second small monitor than it was to get one in a legit way...

At my employer, I happened to get one of the first machines they built with SSDs (in 2014) and one of the last machines they issued as desktop instead of laptop.

A year later they stopped issuing SSDs and I have to do the whole "managerial approval" thing to get any variation from the "standard" machine, so I am more than a year overdue for a replacement.

When decent monitors cost like $100-$150, it's nuts. I've got a quad 27" setup. I'd like to have more, but things get a little dodgy when you run out of real video ouputs and have to start using displaylink usb adapters.