If you need to convince someone to buy a larger display for you

posted 11:33PM Aug 02, 2006 with tags hardware productivity screen by Lars Trieloff

Jakob Nielsen in Screen Resolution and Page Layout
Big monitors are the easiest way to increase white-collar productivity, and anyone who makes at least $50,000 per year ought to have at least 1600x1200 screen resolution. A flat-panel display with this resolution currently costs less than $500. So, as long as the bigger display increases productivity by at least 0.5%, you'll recover the investment in less than a year.
Screen resolution increases productivity. Says Apple, says Microsoft, says Jakob Nielsen.