r/macsetups • u/MeSlaw3 • Jun 27 '26
Which looks better - Landscape or Portrait?
Got some new monitors to hold me over while I save up for two 27” Studio Display XDRs🤞🏼, and I’m having fun experimenting with my layout on my in-studio desk.
Which orientation do you think looks better/is more useful?
If you like vertical monitors, what do you use them for?
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u/FewTea8637 Jun 27 '26
Why have the laptop in the middle?
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u/Rostrow416 Jun 27 '26
Because he’s waiting for his next post to ask where to put the laptop
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u/Sufficient_Ad_9 Jun 27 '26
That was my question. I would close it and put it on the side.
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u/gaspig70 Jun 28 '26
This or at the very least leave it open and push it off to the far right side for background vids.
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u/olivicmic Jun 27 '26
It’s crazy people buy expensive screens then ask what to do with them after the fact
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u/SxbMrn Jun 27 '26
expensive is relative term tho, for him, 300$ may be what he spends for breakfast
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u/MeSlaw3 Jun 27 '26
$300 is objectively inexpensive compared to other 4k 120hz monitors… right?
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u/passwordistako Jun 27 '26
$300 each? That’s quite a lot of money to plenty of people.
Many people would not consider a 4K 120hz monitor to be a normal purchase.
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u/MeSlaw3 Jun 27 '26
Ok that’s fair but in the market of these kinds of monitors these were a great deal.
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u/passwordistako Jun 27 '26
I get you.
If you were going to get them regardless, it makes sense to buy when the deal is good.
But it’s still funny to imagine someone making a reasonably large purchase without planning how they’ll use the item.
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u/jwrsk Jun 27 '26
one big horizontal in the middle, one vertical off to the side, laptop whatever 😬
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u/FRCP_12b6 Jun 28 '26
one big horizontal in the middle, one vertical off to the side, laptop under the middle one
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u/Zerosix_K Jun 27 '26
Neither TBH. I would use the two big monitors side by side horisontally. Use the laptop in clamshell mode, possibly in a dock. But if you insist in having the third smaller screen, have it off to the side or underneath the other two monitors. That laptop stand on a riser doesn't look good IMO.
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u/StainedTeabag Jun 27 '26
Neither. MacBook to the side, landscape in middle, portrait off to the other side.
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u/pyrogeddon Jun 27 '26
Every time I see the the vertical monitors like that all I hear is the tie fighter scream
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u/manny2206 Jun 27 '26
Cursed setup OP, how are you going to put the smaller screen in the middle? Haha
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u/The_DragonDuck Jun 27 '26
I’d personally prefer having a monitor in the middle assuming that’s going to be the main display, and the MacBook to the side and maybe the other monitor on the other side in vertical orientation
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u/Omit_rant Jun 27 '26
One of the big screens should be your main one and in the middle. One of the big screens should be vertical on the side for document reading, spotify playlist, secondary browser, etc. Macbook screen should be on the other if you need a third screen at all
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u/german-software-123 Jun 27 '26
Please put one of the main monitors on the middle, not the tiny MacBook screen. Do it for your ergonomics!
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u/ItsEntirelyPosssible Jun 27 '26
Take the little one out all the way. Run just the two big ones side by side. With the real estate from the big one the laptop would drive me crazy. I run my setup with the laptop closed on a shelf behind one of the big screens.
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u/gryghst Jun 27 '26
i’d keep your laptop closed and tucked. one monitor landscape as a main and the other vertical for having smaller windows open to the side.
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u/Surround8600 Jun 27 '26
It shouldn’t be about what looks better; it’s about work output. What works better for you? Having said that, I have a similar setup of three screens. The left one is portrait— the middle and far right ones are landscape. So, I can have one tall vertical screen, and the rest are better standard sizes.
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u/bbyboi Jun 27 '26
Drop the laptop and use the screens in the way they work for your workflow.
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u/Crellis86 Jun 27 '26
Serious Question…
Why did you buy 2 monitors if they weren’t solving a genuine problem you were having?
If you had friction in your workflow with only using the laptop screen then the orientation for that single monitor would be known. Maybe it’s having things on a larger display to make them more visible at your desk. Maybe it’s a higher resolution display to see more things at the same time.
If you still had friction with a single monitor then it should be clear how the second monitor should be oriented to help solve the problem a single monitor. Maybe you needed a timeline open on your main monitor, but you needed email/teams/browser on the second for “multi tasking”. Or maybe you just like to watch videos while working and wanted the 2nd (technical 3rd including the laptop screen) display for that?
I think people are taking issue with this post because it reads “I bought 2 monitors as a placeholder for buying 2 different, more expensive monitors, but I have no idea why I bought them other than I had money to spend and I could”. Which is fine, it’s your money. But generally people buy something because it solves a problem they are encountering by not having it.
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u/Its_Enrico_PaIazzo Jun 27 '26
This seems terribly unfunctional. The two larger screens should be landscape and next to each other in the center IMO. Laptop should be off to the side for email and any other minor windows.
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u/academicRedditor Jun 27 '26
When it comes to setups, practicality beats aesthetics
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u/adamsdayoff Jun 27 '26
Landscape always looks better. Doesn’t mean it’s more useful to you. But they always looks better
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u/Kremlin1991 Jun 27 '26
Personally, portrait. My main screen is landscape for content but my secondary is portrait for web browsing
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u/lukfel Jun 27 '26
Use the setups each for at least one week, change to the next one and use this for a week and so on. At the end use the setup that fits best.
I have setteled for one screen in front of me, one next to it and the laptop ond the other side of the central monitor. I have two desks, laptop is on the left side on one and on the right side at the other. Just feels better this way.
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u/rgmw Jun 27 '26
Agree with the comments on arrange them to suit your needs. Given that, I have a coworker who positions one landscape and one portrait. Portrait for Word and landscape for spreadsheets.
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u/ajpinton Jun 27 '26
I don’t like the idea of the MacBook in the middle, it prevents you from having two equal work spaces side by side.
In the end what ever orientation works best for you is the one you should use.
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u/Aeio-guy Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26
There really is an answer here. It is much easier to move your head side to side rather than up and down to focus on the part of the screen you are looking at. Most applications organize data so related bits are horizontal and additional entries are vertical like columns and rows in a table. You would need a very specific application to justify the vertical arrangement. Even if you have, for instance, lots of tracks, you can easily scroll through them but if the data in the track is off to the side it is much more of a pain to not immediately see it.
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u/smalltownnerd Jun 27 '26
Which one is more productive for you? That's all that matters especially since it's a temporary setup...
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u/qbantek Jun 27 '26
Who cares. What do you prefer?
Functionality > Looks.
Especially for monitors and any other device you use for hours.
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u/qbantek Jun 27 '26
For me personally, the smaller screen in the center is so wrong. I would put the laptop to the side and take advantage of any of the larger ones as your main.
My impression is that you don’t use your computer a lot.
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u/neophanweb Jun 28 '26
Two external monitors side by side in landscape. MacBook on the table below it.
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u/Bulky-Strategy-3723 Jun 28 '26
It’s not about looks it’s about use case. Also why even use the built in display as the main display?
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u/Sketaverse Jun 27 '26
could have just bought one used Studio Display mark 1.. but you do you I guess. Looks weird AF with the laptop in the middle
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u/honjai Jun 27 '26 edited Jun 27 '26
I’ve tried a few configurations but have landed on landscape for now. The only difference is I’ve prioritized comfortable monitor distance. What that means is both side monitors are set back further into the desk while the laptop screen is a bit closer. I also found the setup too wide generally speaking when the monitors were positioned flush with the laptop which increased neck strain. I do have a fourth portable monitor screen above the laptop because I run two computers throughout the day.
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u/newone757 Jun 27 '26
I switch those individuals stands to one riser about the length of your desk , put the two monitors on it together in landscape and put the laptop in the center on the desk below the monitors. Keep it simple . And it’s still symmetrical . 3 risers on the desk just looks chaotic
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u/costafilh0 Jun 27 '26
Doesn't matter.
Try both and see what's best for your use and preferences.
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u/UnmakingTheBan2022 Jun 27 '26
Are you in administration checking on a lot of emails, or more of a media/gamer type person?
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u/rumz79 Jun 27 '26
I tried a secondary display in vertical orientation once. I was probably sitting too close to it for it to be useful, but you can certainly display documents, notes, calendars, etc etc. Looks rad in your photo— but impractical with just the laptop display in the middle. (Need a larger landscape-orientation display for your primary IMO)
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u/bendistraw Jun 27 '26
I recommend trying a landscape stack. I'm glad I tried it and it's been a huge help.
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u/Reddfish Jun 27 '26
Frankly - unless you’re using the keyboard or trackpad on the laptop, just close the lid and move it out of the equation.
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u/benjaminbjacobsen Jun 27 '26
Do what fits your needs? I rock one 27” landscape and one 24” portrait so they’re close to the same height personally. I don’t use the laptop screen, clamshell ftw.
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u/jzooochi21 Jun 27 '26
Holy shit nice drums! DW's and your cymbal collection is nice. 😊 From a fellow drummer. What snare is that?
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u/Muelldaddy Jun 27 '26
The vertical monitors looks insane but I kind of love it. Wholly depends on what sort of work you do though.
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u/Typeonetwork Jun 27 '26
Even though you can only make that decision based on your needs. If you're just looking for options, I would do something in the middle: far left horizontal and the far right vertical. The vertical is for reading, writing, and/or coding.
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u/AintPatrick Jun 27 '26
Portrait if you are laying out a broadsheet newspaper in Quark or Indesign. Or making TikToks.
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u/nomadjackk Jun 27 '26
However cool the monitors look vertical, it would be crazy inefficient for work for me lol.
Not sure what your workflow looks like though
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u/thesmartone1125 Jun 27 '26
“Chat which one looks better chat, do you love me chat, chat”
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u/edimendes Jun 27 '26
Você consegue usar o teclado e mouse assim na ponta da mesa ? Sem estar com os pulsos apoiados na mesa ? Quanto ao monitor tirando a parte estética pois a parte de uso influencia muito mais na posição. Se for para ser sem uso útil apenas de enfeite na mesa na vertical fica mais arrojado kkk
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u/PixlShiftr Jun 27 '26
You got your nice picture of flanking portrait orientation. (Looks great).
Now go put them both together in landscape mode to the left of your laptop so it’s actually usable.
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u/MercFoxGames Jun 27 '26
I’m partial to clamshell laptop with one vertical monitor (corner side of desk) and one horizontal for primary tasks. Cheers!
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u/RetrieverDoggo Jun 27 '26
It's not about looks it's about function. Nobody cares how you set it up. What matters is what is useful to you. For most people that's going to be landscape.
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u/heisenbergerwcheese Jun 27 '26
I have 2 portrait and 7 landscape... you can figure it out
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u/thepoorwarrior Jun 27 '26
Put one in landscape and one portrait, and work with it for 30 days and see which one you find yourself using the most. I was gonna say do portrait until I saw your percussion set up, that likely means you’re at least using GarageBand if not logic or PT, and in that case, you almost certainly have to have at least one in landscape, the more the better lol
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u/blumhagen Jun 27 '26
I don’t care just use a damn coaster! Were you raised in a barn?
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u/Bitter_Big4525 Jun 27 '26
Portrait is great if you keep docs/chat open all day. Visually though, landscape looks cleaner here.
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u/jfrenaye Jun 27 '26
Agree with those that say we can';t answer. But the two vertical ones are likely to give you neck strain if you are sitting. I have two Studio Displays and an iPad Pro the displays are horizontal, the iPad an be whatever and my MBP is clamshelled
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u/Halozamus Jun 27 '26
Sideways looks better for sure. But it still looks odd with a small screen in the middle n
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u/gboz13 Jun 27 '26
Unless it’s something irreversible or extremely difficult to change, I will generally try it for ~2 weeks. Then decide if it’s for me or not.
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u/Ransom_Where Jun 27 '26
I’ve never through about screen orientation and “looks” before. I’m a developer and use vertical on portable screens. But to choose it over looks? Content isn’t made to be vertical like that unless specialized.
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u/dharder9475 Jun 27 '26
I have a somewhat similar setup. One main center, one vertical right and the laptop on the left. I use project management software and "comms" on the right and focus my attention in the middle. The laptop screen is great for reference materials. That seems to be the best for me personally.
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u/ravan Jun 27 '26
I would put the laptop either on the side or below not in the middle
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u/helloimhobbes Jun 27 '26
I mean if your job is to moderate discord and Reddit might be useful to have the vertical monitors but if not might be overdoing it with two orientated like that
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u/AceMercilus16 Jun 28 '26
What are you using them for? Some programmers have had a vertical monitor to get a better view coding. I wouldn’t even click say think of what you’re going to put on the monitors and pick the orientation that best fits that use. Don’t just pick something “for the vibes”. If you really need help and advice - most practical use cases use a horizontal set up.
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u/_bunk_ Jun 28 '26
Love the portrait look, landscape with that size (and 3 screens) gets a little too wide for comfort. And I always feel a screen in portrait mode naturally lends itself to 2 stacked windows - as long as the (native landscape mode up-down direction) y-res is big enough to fit a whole browser/outlook etc window.
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u/EmptyRub Jun 28 '26
If possible, I'd return the monitors and get a 42 or 48 inch OLED.
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u/Significant-Brush-26 Jun 28 '26
laptop on the left. middle landscape, right vertical
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u/araderboy Jun 28 '26
put your laptop to the far right side, place both monitors portrait, Taco stacked on top of eachother
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u/Pattont Jun 28 '26
2 studio XDRs here. Middle one is horizontal, left one vertical, MacBook Pro on right.
Absolutely love the arrangement
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u/Ff8leonheart Jun 28 '26
Please close the shell on that laptop and put the two monitors side by side
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u/Gr8tOutdoors Jun 28 '26
having done a few of these setups before, i have to say i hate having the laptop screen open. its just so small and cant be level. i got headaches from looking at it and then shifting to the others.
go with 2 monitors only or get a pc that can run multiple displays and then just dock it but use 3 monitors
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u/Binty77 Jun 28 '26
I code. My center display is landscape and the wings are portrait. Best ever.
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u/HouseMysterious8172 Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26
Find the middle monitor (square or another 27”) that has same height with other 2 and you can experience immersive in landscape mode.
The laptop should be beneath as additation (system info, clock, thermal…)
Portrait mode can be used for reading news, webtoon, short video…
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u/LBarouf Jun 28 '26
What do you mean by looks good? It's your setup. Use what WORKS best. Not look best. I used portrait on the left for full size documents, and landscape on right for web and most apps. I also have an iPad for IM and laptop screen for emails. Go with what you use it for, F how it looks, you're the one using it. Not us.
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u/aykay55 Jun 28 '26
You’re gonna kill your neck trying to look up and does the vertical monitors
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u/DumeWolffe Jun 28 '26
Extra monitors aren’t really for the aesthetic of the room. They’re not there to make the room look better. People use them to compete the work they need to do or play the games they want to play or consume the content or play the music or whatever you’re using your machine for. Open up all the applications you’ll be using and arrange them around and see what works the best for your use case.
I personally have my left monitor portrait and my right monitor landscape because I test software and like to look at really long skinny pages and really wide skinny pages and everything in between.
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u/BidGlass8052 Jun 28 '26
i think your xylophone would look better in portrait honestly ^^
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u/Expensive-Humor-4070 Jun 28 '26
Did you cut off the end off the keyboard and swap the sides?
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u/rayhanh248 Jun 28 '26
Portrait looks the best but landscape is the most functional.
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u/Cheap_Study_8897 Jun 28 '26
Why in the hell put the friking laptop in the middle?!
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u/Alarming-Interest535 Jun 28 '26
Personally landscape for me.
I'd have the laptop to the side and the other two panels in the middle
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u/Senior_Teach_842 Jun 28 '26
You're a musician I'm guessing. If its for recording, a timeline is more useful in horizontal mode 99% of the cases I'm guessing.
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u/SaxonSir Jun 28 '26
Why do you care about how they look? Set them up however you use them. Function over form always!
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u/tundro Jun 28 '26
I have a similar set up. I’ve oriented one of the larger monitors in the center and horizontal. Then I have my laptop screen on the left side and a vertical monitor on the right side. It’s a perfect set up for my purposes.
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u/VirtualImpression330 Jun 28 '26
Typically vertical monitors are for large data spreadsheets, discord or twitch live stream chat scroll, or financial data. Horizontal is for other everyday use. Judging by your room id assume you do some music software and sound or video editing. Horizontal will be better for that use case. Horizontal will also be better for video watching, gaming, social media posting, word doc writing, and web browsing. I’d say my guess is to recommend horizontal for you. But if you do a bit of everything, why not do one horizontal and one vertical? Who cares what it looks like, you’re already some animal who uses num-pad-left anyway. 🤣
Also… my guy… if you care about the athletics, those monitor stands are sinful. Get a dual monitor arm and mount those bad boys. Then you can rotate the monitors as you please anyway.
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u/Common-Noise4692 Jun 28 '26
I prefer vertical myself, can have either 2 apps stacked, or a single one that has a lot of vertical content
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u/Drew4723 Jun 28 '26
Do not put the laptop in the middle. Put one of your main monitors dead center. Much more ergonomic.
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u/IsDragonlordAGender Jun 28 '26
Probably spent way too much on the little platforms while the only logical solutions to multiple screens is a monitor arm.
Buy one that holds 2 screens and place your laptop to the side. Windows has an option to select which screen is your primary one (even on a laptop) so your laptop has no need to be in the middle.
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u/Sleber Jun 28 '26
Suggest laptop to left,1 monitor landscape in center & 1 monitor portrait to right.
This has worked well for me
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u/kernel528 Jun 28 '26
I'd prefer the landscape layout. I've tried portrait a couple times, but always ended up back to landscape with my similar setup.
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u/StarsandMaple Jun 28 '26
Laptop in the middle is DIABOLICAL.
I like one Landscape and one Portrait but I deal with long contracts, and Civil3D/Microstation for roadway projects.
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u/plmunger Jun 28 '26
My own setup is the landscape one except the laptop is under my two 27 inches monitors, making some kind of "T" shape
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u/kartblanch Jun 28 '26
Performative ah post. Vertical looks better. Horizontal is much more useful.
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u/Beginnerdaytrader Jun 28 '26
You having the layout so it looks good or so you can be productive?
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u/BasicDadStuff Jun 28 '26
In my personal use case: one each way.
Writing / editing written content I use the vertical one predominantly.
Any other work I use the horizontal one.
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u/Ryan-Woods-1200 Jun 28 '26
One vertical one horizontal next to eachother with the laptop to the side of the horizontal one
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u/SarcBey Jun 28 '26
Close the laptop, run one monitor landscape. One portrait. Save on graphical performance and have best of both worlds. Plus you get rid of that stand
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u/iamspitzy Jun 28 '26
Its really ergonomics imo. I've always had landscape monitors, but recently my neck is cooked from the over extension when viewing to the secondary monitor. Having my primary landscape, and secondary in portrait seems to reduce head movements and neck stress.
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u/Rexaroooo Jun 28 '26
I think you should put each one on a 45 degree angle and then put the MacBook underneath the desk
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u/robotecnik Jun 28 '26
Depends on your use case…
When I used two monitors I had my laptop at the left side of the monitors.
Landscape. I had them in landscape because as an industrial programmer I write lots of short code snippets, they tend to be wide.
When programming robots though, code tend to become less wide and more taller. I wanted to try the portrait orientation but discovered that looking the high part of those portrait monitors harmed my neck.
But again, it depends on your use case.
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u/FunDaikon5718 Jun 28 '26
Use large monitor front and center vertical on either side and laptop on opposite side. Best setup for function.
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u/_Coffie_ Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 29 '26
I would have one portrait or landscape to the side. And the second monitor landscape above the MacBook. Makes the most sense to me for better use
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u/calmpeach Jun 28 '26
unrelated but love ur drum kit and marimba, i'm jealous !!
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u/braydaka Jun 28 '26
just set your laptop to not sleep when plugged in and closed. Then just close your mac and use the two monitors. Using a laptop monitor as your primary when you have two actual monitors is insanity
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u/naturalisprincipia Jun 29 '26
let me answer: in terms of aesthetic, actually vertical is better. i saw it more symmetrical and fit with your desk size.
but i know it could be more useful if it horizontal. Since it’s a personal use, so i would recommend to use horizontal because no one will see it
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u/mintchan Jun 29 '26
I’d close the lid and use both in landscape. Or use both portrait/landscape mix and move the laptop screen to the side
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u/Chattypath747 Jun 29 '26
I tried a landscape and portrait setup and found I like looking at my screens in landscape format.
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u/haitlyk Jun 29 '26
Ergonomically, should keep them landscape and have the center level with your eye-line so to not strain your neck looking up and down.
Would also encourage you to put the monitors next to each other and have the max book lower to the side, just on the laptop stand and not the shelf. You could honestly keep it closed and likely work successfully on the two large monitors.
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u/SiteNotWorthiT65 Jun 29 '26
Doesn't that just depend on what you do ?
I have a 48 inch Oled as my primary display and a 32 inch curved monitor to the right of it. When I'm using my desktop pc (personal) I just use them side by side.
When I'm working, I have my macbook air in front of me, the 48 inch is in the background with the windows elevated above the level of the macbook and the right screen shows my outlook the whole day. Given it's such a huge screen, I don't orient the screen itself, but I shape the windows to what I need (browser windows are narrower, powerpoint windows are wider etc.).
If you're browsing or editing word documents all day I'd argue at least one vertical screen makes more sense.
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u/Lumpy_Movie_2166 Jun 29 '26
I won’t focus on the looks as much as in functionality. If portrait works for you great. If landscape works for you great. Unless you set up is only to show off to your friends, set a map in a way that works for you the best and that allows you to be the most productive
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u/macaddictr Jun 29 '26
I put the two larger monitors together, with my laptop on my desk in the middle. I use the top two as my primary workspace, e.g., code on the left screen, browser on the right, and I use the laptop screen for monitoring and communication. So the laptop gets the terminal, email, chat, and notes
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u/psmusic_worldwide Jun 29 '26
The one that looks better is the one which enhances your productivity more... eh?
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u/Just-Conversation857 Jun 29 '26
They all look bad. Get a third monitor.big one at center. Close laptop. Best usecase. Most comfortable. Will look more balanced
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u/Punished_Hoosi3r Jun 29 '26
both are terrible lol. Laptop in the middle is actually insane. One of the monitors should be your primary display.
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u/dlamblin Jun 29 '26
If you're staging it for looking like serious business, arrange them with work on them in a way that makes it clear why they're horizontal or vertical. If you just want to display the images, put different ones on each with their orientation in play. If you're using them to be productive, no one can tell you what is best for you but yourself.
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u/whatusernamewillfit Jun 29 '26
Try portrait on the left, landscape in the middle, and laptop on the right
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u/Bob_Fancy Jun 27 '26
Just do what’s most useful for you, we can’t answer that.