It was long, hard fought battle, but finally I persisted. I managed to buy a 19" LCD monitor. I had to guilt my significant other after buying her a diamond earrings set for Valentine's day.
Consider it a Valentine's gift. Besides, the price for the monitor - Acer AL1916 was pretty affordable - $159.99 (+ 7% Sales Tax = $171.18) from Staples (on Feb 18/2007). Most online sites on that day were selling the same monitor for $215+.
Add to that most online reviews gave a two thumbs up to this monitor and I must say, I am pretty pleased.
Oh...for those who know me (and who will sooner or later), I am a laptop user (IBM Thinkpad T41 loaned to me by my employer, FTR - For The Records i.e ). So how do I enjoy power of the Dual Monitor.
Fortunately Windows XP makes it pretty easy. It was literally plug and play.
As I type this, I use the external monitor as the primary monitor at 1280 x 1024 resolution and the monitor of the laptop as an extension at 1024 x 768.
I must admit, I sometimes have to tweak the configuration to make the external monitor the primary one, but is worth the struggle.
Has it made me more productive? Only time will tell.
Has it increased my coolness factor... sure by 10 folds... :)
... Enjoy people !!!
