u/opensourcer123

I’ve got around £2,000 available to improve my workstation setup and would love advice before I start buying things.

Current setup:

• MacBook Pro
• Single 23-inch monitor
• Desk depth: 78 cm
• Standard seated setup
• Standing desk

What I actually do most of the day:

• Read and annotate large numbers of PDFs (academic papers)
• Write in Word
• Data analysis and coding in R
• Usually have multiple windows open at once (PDF + Word + R + browser)

What I’m considering:

• Moving to a Mac mini setup
• One large 40-inch monitor instead of multiple smaller monitors

My priorities:

• Productivity for research and writing
• Ergonomics / avoiding neck strain and poor posture
• Good text clarity for long reading sessions
• Enough screen real estate to comfortably view multiple documents at once
• Clean and relatively simple setup

Any setups from people who spend most of their time reading/writing rather than gaming?Open to completely changing direction if there’s a better approach.