New Monitor
It had been a long time since I purchased any new hardware for myself and I had been eyeing a nice 19″ widescreen display made by Acer. I made the journey to the Tigerdirect store and was a bit hesitant at first to get this specific one as it did tend to look a bit shorter in height compared to the other 19″’s beside it. This one measures 19″ from corner to corner which actually means it is a bit smaller in height compared to a typical 19″ display. I was actually going to get a different monitor altogether but it was not in stock. I eventually buckled and got the 19″ widescreen and I must say it is very nice. It’s the sort of non-standard device that you don’t truly appreciate until you use it. Even though I am big on using numerous desktops (10 in fact), I have found the widescreen already useful. For certain applications that allow for drag and drop from Nautilus (using the gnome desktop), it is quite easy to split the screen and have two apps open and not squeezed so small that they are barely useable.
I also tested out videos and they do display in widescreen going from end to end. I have yet to try out any games. Token pic below:
