I agree, and second the request (which I made months ago as well) - I run 4 LCD monitors on my system and MS is pretty clunky on a multi-monitor system. I'm considering trying a virtual-machine setup to run multiple copies in multiple windows to fake it for the time being.

Don't hold your breath, though; look at the "big" version 10 release - virtually nothing useful added after at least two years since v9.

Multi-monitor support would be great, as would a rewrite to take advantage of the new dual-core and quad-core processors. But I've seen posted several times that MS is still running on a clunky decade-old Win architecture, so I'd be surprised if it could even take advantage of the hyperthreading that's been available in processors for years.

I'd love to see a big, significant, ground-up rewrite that incorporates the many features we've been asking for, and uses the processor architectures and power available; I'm surely not motivated to upgrade from 9.1 now, especially with the new user-handcuff protection schemes introduced in v10.

Lotus, Ashton-Tate and Wordstar Corp. can all serve as examples of what happens to "invincible" products/companies when they get complacent and sluggish.