Vertical oriented monitors do rock.
This is my dual 17" monitor setup:
http://www.sfu.ca/~kentona/hero/dual.pngNotice the shitload of programs open. RSA (Rational Software Architect) and the WAS server leave around a 800mb footprint. Good thing my machine has 3.5GB of RAM (awesome).
I'll take pictures of where I work one day and post them. It's a neat building.