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Just bought some new toys

Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 10:52 pm
by alex.barylski
22" LG - at least I think it's 22" it's bigger than anything I've EVER had so I'm quite blown away having only had a 17" and my 15" laptop for, well ever...

Bought a table thingy too...writing will take some getting used to...I might return it as it's way to sensitive :P

I hold my pen funny and never learned how to write properly...hahaha...so that won't help any :)

Any cool toys you've all bought lately which you find help your eBusiness day to day operations? The two monitor thing...WOW that'll speed up dev almost 2 times I figure :)

Very cool...I need to dim the monitor though as the image is almost tooo sharp :)

Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 11:01 pm
by Kieran Huggins
I just bought a Canon 30D and some sweet lenses - they're still in transit though... I can hardly wait!

I've had my eye on a pair of Dell 30" mon(i|s)ters, I saw them on sale a while ago for about 1K CDN each. Alas, I think it'll be while :-)

Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 11:18 pm
by feyd
I'll be buying a new mac (pro), or three, in short order here. I'm hoping I can justify dual 30" beasts, but I'll be happy with one for a while. Already allocating a lot of funds for new software and such, so I may have to skimp on several "extras." :|

Oh well, there's always Christmas. :)

Posted: Tue May 08, 2007 11:47 pm
by John Cartwright
Yea I've been rolling with a 28" widescreen for quite some time now, and I have to say I will never go back to anything less.

As for you feyd, dual 30", you must be mad :twisted:

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 12:21 am
by matthijs
Dual 30"? I would kill for a single 30" :)

I'm looking at buying a 24" now, maybe apple cinema display. The comparable Dells used to be a lot cheaper, but last I saw not anymore.

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 12:56 am
by Kieran Huggins
dell is having a sale on them as we speak (in Canada):
$699 http://accessories.dell.com/sna/product ... u=320-4335

Even the Apple refurb is $899 CDN I believe, and it's a 23"

You can have a new 30" 3007WFP-HC from ebay for $1200 USD, btw

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 1:12 am
by alvinphp
my next toy will be the iPhone. gimme gimme gimme.

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 1:43 am
by matthijs
Kieran Huggins wrote:dell is having a sale on them as we speak (in Canada):
$699 http://accessories.dell.com/sna/product ... u=320-4335

Even the Apple refurb is $899 CDN I believe, and it's a 23"

You can have a new 30" 3007WFP-HC from ebay for $1200 USD, btw
That's the weird thing about Dell. Their models. Now you pointed me out to this model, the Ultrasharp 2407FPW 24.0-inch for $699.

But if I look on the european site, I only find the 2407WFP 24.0-inch for 975 euro. That's like 1457.24 canadian dollar, or 1321.9 american dollar.

I mean, is that the same monitor?

The Apple cinema display 23" is 899,00 euro, or 1218.86 US dollar. For the 30" 1.799 euro (or 2439 USD).

So, a few conclusions:
a) there's something different in the Dell models
b) the Apples are cheaper in europe.
c) I might as well buy a cheap ticket, fly to the states and buy one there (dell/apple). costs me the same.

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 3:00 am
by Maugrim_The_Reaper
Note: Most European prices closely match USD prices on a 1:1 basis for technology (check the Playstation 3 prices worldwide for Europe, UK and US). That is, Europeans pay the same (sometime more) unit amount in their currency which of course far exceeds the actual exchange rate to USD so we actually pay far more in reality. I've also seen the same thing with British sterling on products which is a lot worse... The same happens online, and usually even within Europe itself (something Apple has really taken a battering over since you can only access an iTunes store for whichever country your credit card was issued in).

On topic... I read somewhere that Dell's LCD quality suffered in a few areas. Likely a minor concern for many users, but I think the problem was input lag which would quickly drive us sharp-shooting gamers up the wall.

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 3:16 am
by Kieran Huggins
the response time on the older panels was 11-14ms (ok, not great) while the newer Dell panels (the -HC models) are 6ms I think. And all those inputs (DVI, VGA, RCA, Composite, and s-video) would make any gamer happy!

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 6:56 am
by the_last_tamurai
8O 30" 8O
I wanna cry ???
I feel that I'll turn blind with my 17"

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 7:02 am
by CoderGoblin
Most of us probably have 17"/19" ... Question is I guess for me is do I want a weekend away at a LARP event this year and get some plate armour for it or do I want another monitor... Guess Larp wins as I need to actally get out sometimes away from a computer. (LARP = Live Action Role Playing where you hit each other with foam weapons :lol: Example)

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 7:17 am
by matthijs
CoderGoblin, I really wanted that 24" monitor, but now you make me rethink. That LARP looks cool :D

Posted: Wed May 09, 2007 11:58 am
by RobertGonzalez
Big fat computer systems... I feel like Homer Simpson staring into a dozen dozen doughnuts.

Posted: Thu May 10, 2007 4:20 am
by ptrpan
And here silly old me was thinking that the 19" LCD screen that I wanted to acquire was cool. :?
Well, I can always dream a little more about the dual 30". 8O

SIGH!