Hardy Hardy Har... Me Has A New 19' WS Monitor
my Chrissy present to me.....
Wednesday, December 26, 2007 by starkers | Discussion: Personal Computing
Yeah, was out earlier and noticed my fav puter store was open....huh, on Boxing Day??? Well I went in to wish Pat, the owner, a great day and a happy New Year if I didn't get to see him beforehand, etc, etc.
Well, as always, the conversation gravitated towards computers and etc... and the next thing I know I'm walking out with a new ViewSonic 19' LCD monitor for AU$250. I think Pat was just as surprised as I was... he was showing/telling me about this new Gigabyte mobo that'd go perfectly with an Intel Core Duo I've had my eye on for a while now... and the next thing he knows is that I'm handing over the cash for the monitor... no warning or indication I was even interested....
OK, so it was an impulse buy, but I'm as happy as a hog in muck with my purchase and just had to come crow about it here cos I felt like so much crap yesterday.
Oh, and before anyone says: "Why didn't you get a bigger one?"...my eyes are real close together and I wouldn't be able to see both sides of the screen...'specially when I gits meself all cross eyed on the Playboy site.
Nah, truth is, a larger one wouldn't fit in the pigeon hole on my desk, not with my speakers as well, so the 19" is perfect and just what I wanted... and my regular 19" Samsung is now hooked up to another rig I just finished assembling from mostly old parts, just got to load XP Home and Ubuntu on it and I have me a spare to play with.
Well that just about covers it for now, so see ya's 'round like a cartwheel.
Well, as always, the conversation gravitated towards computers and etc... and the next thing I know I'm walking out with a new ViewSonic 19' LCD monitor for AU$250. I think Pat was just as surprised as I was... he was showing/telling me about this new Gigabyte mobo that'd go perfectly with an Intel Core Duo I've had my eye on for a while now... and the next thing he knows is that I'm handing over the cash for the monitor... no warning or indication I was even interested....
OK, so it was an impulse buy, but I'm as happy as a hog in muck with my purchase and just had to come crow about it here cos I felt like so much crap yesterday.
Oh, and before anyone says: "Why didn't you get a bigger one?"...my eyes are real close together and I wouldn't be able to see both sides of the screen...'specially when I gits meself all cross eyed on the Playboy site.
Nah, truth is, a larger one wouldn't fit in the pigeon hole on my desk, not with my speakers as well, so the 19" is perfect and just what I wanted... and my regular 19" Samsung is now hooked up to another rig I just finished assembling from mostly old parts, just got to load XP Home and Ubuntu on it and I have me a spare to play with.
Well that just about covers it for now, so see ya's 'round like a cartwheel.
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Philly0381
Reply #22 Thursday, December 27, 2007 11:50 AM
Reply #22 Thursday, December 27, 2007 11:50 AM
Looks like one heck of a nice set up Sir Starkers, but way to clean and neat.
Gideon MacLeish
Reply #23 Thursday, December 27, 2007 12:01 PM
Reply #23 Thursday, December 27, 2007 12:01 PM
starkers is a spy...he can't be a techie...techies aren't that neat!
starkers
Reply #24 Thursday, December 27, 2007 12:13 PM
Whatcha mean...too damned sanitary!!! The desktop hasn't been polished since yesterday .... and my puter chair hasn't been sanitised/disinfected since before Xmas.
Reply #24 Thursday, December 27, 2007 12:13 PM
that's just far too damned sanitary.
What Snidely said.
Whatcha mean...too damned sanitary!!! The desktop hasn't been polished since yesterday .... and my puter chair hasn't been sanitised/disinfected since before Xmas.
Dr Guy
Reply #25 Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:12 PM
Which Xmas? If you are talking this one, then I agree with SNidely too!
Reply #25 Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:12 PM
Whatcha mean...too damned sanitary!!! The desktop hasn't been polished since yesterday .... and my puter chair hasn't been sanitised/disinfected since before Xmas.
Which Xmas? If you are talking this one, then I agree with SNidely too!
MadDeez
Reply #26 Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:21 PM
Reply #26 Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:21 PM
look! he even has in/out boxes on the shelf above the tower! dude, you're way too organized. i bet you change your underwear every day, too.
Phil Swinney
Reply #27 Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:41 PM
Reply #27 Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:41 PM
....and who said Canadians don't have an accent!
Gideon MacLeish
Reply #28 Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:46 PM
If you can REMEMBER the last time it was desanitized, it's been too recent...lol!
Reply #28 Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:46 PM
Whatcha mean...too damned sanitary!!! The desktop hasn't been polished since yesterday .... and my puter chair hasn't been sanitised/disinfected since before Xmas.
If you can REMEMBER the last time it was desanitized, it's been too recent...lol!
starkers
Reply #29 Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:53 PM
Yep, this Xmas.... and you wouldn't be agreeing with the Snidester about being too darned sanitary if you knew how much curried cabbage I has had over the holidays.
Nope... to save on laundry, I wears 'em fer two days... one out the right way, and the other inside out.
***hmmmm, maybe if I hold off on puter parts next payday, maybe I can afford to own more than two pairs of jockeys****
Oh, and they're not in/out boxes...those drawers are where I keep my A4 printer paper.
Reply #29 Thursday, December 27, 2007 1:53 PM
Which Xmas? If you are talking this one, then I agree with SNidely too!
Yep, this Xmas.... and you wouldn't be agreeing with the Snidester about being too darned sanitary if you knew how much curried cabbage I has had over the holidays.
i bet you change your underwear every day, too
Nope... to save on laundry, I wears 'em fer two days... one out the right way, and the other inside out.
***hmmmm, maybe if I hold off on puter parts next payday, maybe I can afford to own more than two pairs of jockeys****
Oh, and they're not in/out boxes...those drawers are where I keep my A4 printer paper.
starkers
Reply #30 Friday, December 28, 2007 11:10 AM
Reply #30 Friday, December 28, 2007 11:10 AM
Oh, and for those of you who think I'm too damned sanitary... I dropped some cookie crumbs in my keyboard and I think I'm gonna leave 'em there.
Dr Guy
Reply #31 Friday, December 28, 2007 11:32 AM
Browser cookies?
Reply #31 Friday, December 28, 2007 11:32 AM
I dropped some cookie crumbs in my keyboard
Browser cookies?
Ranger375
Reply #32 Friday, December 28, 2007 11:42 AM
Reply #32 Friday, December 28, 2007 11:42 AM
You have to take a night shot with all the blinking thingys working - I love flashing lights! 
starkers
Reply #33 Friday, December 28, 2007 12:01 PM
Nope, they're the ones I changed my mind about leaving out for Santa. I figured these cookies are mine... the fat ol' bastard has a much bigger waistline than me, and I like choc-chip as much, if not more than he does.
I haven't quite finished setting things up the way I want them... and with more lights on the agenda, it should be quite a night sight with the main room lights turned off. I will post some more pics when I've got it all done.
Reply #33 Friday, December 28, 2007 12:01 PM
Browser cookies?
Nope, they're the ones I changed my mind about leaving out for Santa. I figured these cookies are mine... the fat ol' bastard has a much bigger waistline than me, and I like choc-chip as much, if not more than he does.
You have to take a night shot with all the blinking thingys working - I love flashing lights!
I haven't quite finished setting things up the way I want them... and with more lights on the agenda, it should be quite a night sight with the main room lights turned off. I will post some more pics when I've got it all done.
Ranger375
Reply #34 Friday, December 28, 2007 12:38 PM
Reply #34 Friday, December 28, 2007 12:38 PM
I haven't quite finished setting things up the way I want them... and with more lights on the agenda, it should be quite a night sight with the main room lights turned off. I will post some more pics when I've got it all done.
The__Goo
Reply #35 Friday, December 28, 2007 1:09 PM
Reply #35 Friday, December 28, 2007 1:09 PM
are we doing bragging rights???
and I just bought a new 24" widescreen Sceptre Naga so i'm trying to figure how I'm going to fit it in
and I just bought a new 24" widescreen Sceptre Naga so i'm trying to figure how I'm going to fit it in
Ranger375
Reply #36 Friday, December 28, 2007 1:14 PM
Reply #36 Friday, December 28, 2007 1:14 PM
I have enough trouble keeping an eye on one screen - with this setup I would never know for sure what was going on where. 
This is a lot of graphics going on though...looks very impressive!
This is a lot of graphics going on though...looks very impressive!
starkers
Reply #37 Friday, December 28, 2007 3:05 PM
Oi, that's nothing to brag about.... I could have brought home 4 or 5 of those cardboard monitors they use for advertising as well... oh, and while I was at it, a couple of those cardboard towers to really set it all off.
And the desk... call that a desk??? Nah, if I were trying to impress people with my cardboard cutouts like that, at least I'd have a proper desk to show 'em off on. I mean, there's no point bragging if yer don't go the whole hog, ya know. If I were you, I'd be off down to the nearest furniture store and checking to see if they have any cardboard display desks I could have to complete the picture.
Seriously, tho...looks like you got some nice gear there...with plenty of screen real estate to keep things interesting.
Reply #37 Friday, December 28, 2007 3:05 PM
are we doing bragging rights???
Oi, that's nothing to brag about.... I could have brought home 4 or 5 of those cardboard monitors they use for advertising as well... oh, and while I was at it, a couple of those cardboard towers to really set it all off.
And the desk... call that a desk??? Nah, if I were trying to impress people with my cardboard cutouts like that, at least I'd have a proper desk to show 'em off on. I mean, there's no point bragging if yer don't go the whole hog, ya know. If I were you, I'd be off down to the nearest furniture store and checking to see if they have any cardboard display desks I could have to complete the picture.
Seriously, tho...looks like you got some nice gear there...with plenty of screen real estate to keep things interesting.
messiah1
Reply #39 Friday, December 28, 2007 4:40 PM
Reply #39 Friday, December 28, 2007 4:40 PM
Congrats! I love my 19, but I'd love a 30 better!
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Reply #21 Thursday, December 27, 2007 11:42 AM
What Snidely said.