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Interning and using the two Acer VG240 monitors I had for my gaming setup, which are cheap and work quite well imo

 

G34WC by Gigabyte. Or Dell Ultrasharps. Use wide monitor and control alt left/right. Two monitor makes it kinda icky for OCPD people with the bezel in the middle and constant dragging between two screen.

 

DELL U3014 or UP3017. They both have aspect ratio of 16:10 which is more square rather than wide rectangle so you can see more excel vertically too instead of just horizontally

 

make sure you get a dock for your laptop that has two HDMI outputs. otherwise you'll just duplicate the same screen on both of your external monitors

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Depends, how many monitors do you want and how much is your firm comping you/how much do you want to put down? 

My firm only agreed to comp 1 monitor up to $350 and I was okay with spending about that much so I got 2 Asus PB287Q. They are 28" and 4K so my setup at home is actually better than what I have at the office. However, would not say these are the best quality monitors so if you only want 1, don't care about size or 4K, or if your budget is higher, Dell is the way to go. 

 

I have a 47inch screen rather than 2 monitors and like it a lot. 

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

Do you recommend getting a separate keyboard with a number pad if the firm only sends laptops?

 

Yeah definitely

"If you always put limits on everything you do, physical or anything else, it will spread into your work and into your life. There are no limits. There are only plateaus, and you must not stay there, you must go beyond them." - Bruce Lee
 

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