8 Desktops for 8 Companies and Going Strong! (Though you might need more RAM)
What do you like best?
I work for a handful of different folks. Having the ability to organize all of their materials in one space and not have things spill over into another company is lovely. I use a virtual desktop per client/company and organize myself from there. It's like literally having a different desk for each. Highly recommend.
What do you dislike?
I'm not sure if it is the virtual desktops or running Chrome in each, but this process chews up RAM. I've experienced the blue screen of death at least twice - on different machines - but with the same amount of virtual desktops and browser windows open.
Recommendations to others considering the product:
Just do it! At least try it out if you either travel or have a LOT of different spaces that would be best served separately rather than on top of each other.
What problems are you solving with the product? What benefits have you realized?
It's hard to keep 32+ Chrome widows (plus 4+ tabs per window) open simultaneously and organized. Recently Chrome began offering group tabs, which is helpful, but also not as you can't quickly glimpse what the tabs are. It's easier for me to have the tabs fully open and more windows. Virtual Desktops let me organize this madness into a workable form. Plus, everything is accessible remotely to let processes run and not have to worry about them. Double win.
