Weather historian Christopher Burt described this as the greatest cold wave in modern U.S. history in his book, Extreme Weather. What made this outbreak worthy of its lofty status was the magnitude, areal coverage and longevity of the cold.
1 If you are in one place for say 90% of the time, and then travel with the laptop occasionally (Scenario 2), then you can consider a docking station setup at the office (see image below). In this scenario, you would have:  1366 x 768 laptop Screen Resolution to work off the 10% of the time you are not at your desk.
The Recommended resolution is the native resolution of your monitor. Selecting this will result in the clearest image. 1  Windows Vista and XP do not display the Recommended resolution. 2  You will need to refer to your monitor's manual to determine the native resolution.. Find the native resolution of your monitor. Knowing the native resolution of your monitor will help you quickly get the clearest image. In Windows 7, 8, and most versions OS X, the recommended resolution will be labeled.