Full FeedHey Boss: justification for bigger monitor now
If you are like me, you’ve been lusting after a bigger monitor like those the art guys up on 17 have. But how to make the argument to your boss for the upgrade? Answer: you’ll be more productive. And now, you’ve got proof.
According to an article today in the Wall Street Journal (and is therefore true), having a larger monitor makes a difference in your productivity. The article cites a study by the University of Utah where researchers tested users with an 18” monitor, two 20” monitors and a 24” monitor. The one with the 24” monitor got the job done 52% faster than the one with the 18”. Even people that used the 20” side by side set up were 44% faster than us poor schmucks with 18” monitors.
Taken to the extreme that means it could save your boss 2.5 hours a day, assuming you worked non-stop for 8 hours. There is an upper limit though, at 26” productivity gain dropped off, obviously from the users basking in the glow of sheer exuberance.
Forward this link to your boss:
Read: [Wall Street Journal]
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Cool!! Managed to get the boss to let me have 2 monitors but I doubt he’ll go for this :-)
on March 10, 2008 at 06:38 PM - LINK