Two separate desktops just seems easier to manage, and much easier to fit on your desk.
we are considering a dell monitor though so i would like some imput once you get it. i figure more in the 20" area though which will seem gigantic to me
I'm not sure why one large 30" would be less useable than 2 19" monitors. That's actually the switch I'm making. The biggest problem with the two 19's is that they are lousy for single applications that use a large amount of real estate. One of the biggest drivers for me is that I find Lightroom at 1280x1024 to be too cramped. I'm assuming that at 2560x1600, it will feel much more roomy.It seems to me that a widescreen 30" would have some disadvantages over two 19"s. OK, you do have the same horizontal and more vertical resolution, but at the cost of sheer usability. It'll take a few minutes just to make the mouse trip from one corner to the other!
I'm not much of a gamer anymore. Still, when I was, I craved more peripheral space. I even considered going to three monitors for fps games so that I could see more laterally. I think a 24" widescreen would be the ideal monitor for games - plenty of horizontal room, but not too big. The 30" Dell seems (from my web browsing) to be quite popular for games, but I think it would be awkwardly large for that.
The only one of those that I'm familiar with is Wacom's. I use one of their tablets and don't find it particularly useful. A mouse and monitor work well for the low precision work that I do. If I was doing more graphic design or painting, that might be different. As it is, the only semi-precision work that I do is selections and I rarely switch to the tablet pen for that. It seemed like a great idea when I got it, but it is mostly just a fancy mouse pad to me.
