It depends on what you're doing. 768 vertical lines, with win7/8's task bar as big as it is taking up 70+ of those lines, doesn't leave you with much space to play with. I can't stand laptops because they only have one screen to begin with, then low resolution makes it feel incredibly cramped. At work I have tri-screen's, same with at home. Very rarely do I have to use a single monitor on my laptop, but fortunately my one laptop is 1080p and hte other is 1600x1200.