[weaksauce]

I have a 24" hooked up to my 15" MBP. The Monitor is up and to the right of the laptop. It does not bother me to have different height monitors because my workflow is such that I use keyboard shortcuts to move windows to the other monitor.(sizeup and cinch are the best apps that I have purchased) If you have/are getting a mac look into sizeup and then map the keys according to this scheme: http://zacharypinter.com/2009/06/15/keyboard-driven-window-m...

with one addition from me: ctrl+option+command+k should center the window in the screen. This is useful for making the window the left half of the screen with ctrl+command+j and then centering the smaller window. (sometimes pages are too hard to read on a large monitor but you don't want to have the window off to the side.)

Edit: I personally would not like positioning the monitor above the laptop because I use the 24" much more than the 15" and always looking up would be extremely bad for ergonomics.

[azzleandre]

always looking up would be extremely bad for ergonomics that's true.

Buying a small laptop is great, because I think laptops are there for mobility, so small = easier to carry = better. But the resolution height decreases with physical height. Thinkpads achieve 900 pixels in height. But i want to code in there!

What I've noticed is, that it bothers me writing on my laptop keyboard while staring at my external screen. I find it more comfortable having the keyboard right beneath of what Im typing.

[weaksauce]

I guess I should have mentioned that I have a Bluetooth mouse(the magic mouse, I love the scrolling on this so much that I can live without two separate buttons.) and a ps/2 to USB adapter for my Microsoft keyboard. It's like I am on a desktop but I can take it to go. I would love to have 3 monitors but I might go with a 30" in the future to mitigate that desire.