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.
If your computer lacks the white DVI port never fear, the LTM405W works just about as well with the analog video signal. As a computer monitor, the largest resolution the Samsung LTM405W will support is 1024X768 @ 75Hz. Icons, text and images are rendered very clear on the LCD screen so it can be viewed from far away quite easily.