My latest toy!

At home I had a 15″ monitor. I know…not the best size for anything. However, I have a computer armoire at home so that I can close it up when I am finished using my PC to hide all of the clutter. When it’s open it looks like a gadget train wreck with all of the devices that I have plugged into things. I always liked CRT’s due to the crisp video. I have a 22″ CRT at work. The thing is a monster but the clarity is great. Anyway, I could never put a large monitor inside my armoire and expect it to close. So I had to sacrifice with a smaller monitor.

So yesterday my wife was cruising the net and found a reasonably price Acer 19″ widescreen LCD at our local Wal-Mart. She asked me if I would like one. Uhh…YES! So she went and picked it up and it was waiting for me when I got home from work.

This thing is really nice. Major improvement over my 15″ CRT…obviously. And it fits quite nicely in the armoire. openSuse picked it up automatically and now I am staring back at a 1400×900 thing of beauty. I was concerned about how my fonts would look on an LCD but no worries. They look great. I’m impressed with Suse’s hardware support.

Very pleased.