A little known fact to increase your productivity and efficiency is that moving from using one monitor to two monitors will increase your productivity by 44% according to a study from the University of Utah. It is probably the most cost-effective thing that you can do with your computer to improve your productivity. It should cost about $100 to $225 depending on how fancy a monitor and graphics card you want. But, before you run out and buy another monitor, you should make sure that your computer will support two monitors. Most computers made in the last three years will probably support two monitors. You can easily research that by Googling your make and model. If it doesn’t you can buy and install a separate video graphics card that will support two monitors.
You can also look at the back of your computer and see if there are two different monitor connections. If there are, chances are you can use two monitors.
I have been using two monitors for quite some time and it changes the way you work. It takes a short time to adjust to which monitor your window will come up on, but you can adjust by using the same monitor for a particular application. It also allows you to keep your browser wide open on another monitor and go back and forth. A great tool for when you are researching something and using Word or Excel or any other application on the other monitor. Copy and paste is a dream. It could also reduce carpal tunnel by the fact that you won’t be clicking your mouse quite as often. For more productivity and efficiency solutions, contact IMC.