Originally Posted by
scubadu
And I agree about working on a smaller screen. I really am perplexed by all these folks claiming they can accomplish productive work on 12" or 13" notebook screens at a coffee shop, that is neither effective or productive for the type of work I do. In fact, my wife and I often day dream about working remote or being digital nomads (e.g. from the beach in Mexico for a month), but honestly neither one of us can fathom how we'd be productive on a small notebook screen for a month...
It really depends on what you do. If you're doing day trading or coding (or even drawing), a small monitor is definitely not a good idea. But if you're primarily writing articles (eg, reporter) it is certainly possible. You can use multiple monitors or as another poster pointed out, several desktop layouts. It all really depends on the kind of work you do. As an example, a large part of my job now is cloud-based. I could use two monitors, however if I can't, it just means I have to be a little slower (eg, when comparing code). But, as always, YMMV