Is there such a thing as to much resolution?

DetlevCM wrote in post #10562594
- although I'd be hard pressed to use a screen larger than 13,3" - that's my laptop's size... an I turn my head to look at screen edges - but that might be me....

Thats a matter of viewing distance, I don't have to turn my head to view the whole of my primary screen, but I do have to turn it a little to see all of my secondary.
I do have to move my eyes around a lot, which is a good thing, as it helps stop eye strain.
Turning my head to view the secondary isn't a problem either, again it helps relive muscle stress.

I don't think I could ever do photo work on a 13inch screen, I've done it before and its ok for web browsing, but they are just to small to fit a photo onto, or even a large spreedsheet or work document.

Moppie wrote in post #10562625
Thats a matter of viewing distance, I don't have to turn my head to view the whole of my primary screen, but I do have to turn it a little to see all of my secondary.
I do have to move my eyes around a lot, which is a good thing, as it helps stop eye strain.
Turning my head to view the secondary isn't a problem either, again it helps relive muscle stress.

I don't think I could ever do photo work on a 13inch screen, I've done it before and its ok for web browsing, but they are just to small to fit a photo onto, or even a large spreedsheet or work document.

I suppose it is - but to be honest I'm sitting quite far from my screen right now....
(about 50cm to my eyes maybe) - and I still don't like text from one side to the other - its too wide for my field of view (I do wear glasses though).

In the end its a "what works for you" I'd guess - 13,3" at 1280*800 is ideal for me - on that note... I dislike 16:9 - looks like my laptop needs to last until I die... cough...

Tony-S wrote in post #10557677
Are those models on the top shelf? I also like the Apple sticker.

Models of a sort I suppose.
I once upon a time owned an iPod Nano, the sticker was only good thing that came out of the box.........

DetlevCM wrote in post #10562646
I suppose it is - but to be honest I'm sitting quite far from my screen right now....
(about 50cm to my eyes maybe) - and I still don't like text from one side to the other - its too wide for my field of view (I do wear glasses though).

In the end its a "what works for you" I'd guess - 13,3" at 1280*800 is ideal for me - on that note... I dislike 16:9 - looks like my laptop needs to last until I die... cough...

Yeah, at the end of the day, different people are able to work in different ways.
I sit about 55cm (just measured it) away when I'm sitting properly, and also wear glasses (its also the distance that my vision starts to go blurry).
But, I do have a massive desk which helps.

I started out working on a non-calibrated 15inch screen, then moved to a calibrated 17inch and kept working my way up from there.
But it was the move from the small 800 x 600 to the bigger 1024 x 768 screen that made me realize how nice it was to see the image at close to 100%.

I've also had a job were I had to use a 13inch laptop, it used to drive me nuts, I would spend more time scrolling around a document than I did working on it

My desktop has something similar to this (see below), except I have three 19" LCDs across my 5' wide desk. Just enough room left to put a telephone on the desk. I bought the LCDs about 4 years ago, cost me a small fortune back then, but I love all the real estate space for photo and video editing.

Btw, this setup also works very well if one wished to dabble in the stock market, too. Lots of room for many live charts, watch lists, and level II quotes.