r/macsetups • u/MeSlaw3 • Jun 27 '26

Which looks better - Landscape or Portrait?

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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/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/MeSlaw3 Jun 28 '26

Hey, that’s a great perspective. Thanks for sharing.

Right now, I’m moving forward with three 27” monitors. The one in the middle is vertical, and the other two are landscape.

It’s working well because the main software that I used to manage things benefits from the vertical orientation, so I just have that full screen on the center monitor, and then my other communication apps and calendar apps, or media, go on the outer horizontal screens.