Remember the days when CRT monitors were the only choice we had?  I remember them being extremely front heavy, and lifting a single 1 5 inch monitor around was akin to a real life back workout.  I was hesitant to even move one at all; for fear that I would have no reasonable place to set it back down on the floor.  If you have two of them running with some sort of VGA splitter, then you were automatically a cut above the rest.  You figured out a way to increase your workflow at the cost of taking up huge amounts of space.  As the technology progressed, we found out that using two monitors in a producer setting was a huge advantage, if two computer systems could not be afforded. [embed width="656"]http://youtu.be/iewNTO_T69o[/embed] These days, it is quite common to see two monitor setups to improve the workflow with less minimizing and navigating, and it is especially useful in a DAW when you have multiple instruments and plug-ins working at the same time.  The iPad actually makes a decent second screen because its image can be transmitted wirelessly.  This gives you the ability to work in a dynamic setting, freeing you from the computer seat all day long. http://blog.dubspot.com/logic-tutorial-use-your-ipad-as-a-second-monitor-streamline-your-workflow/