in very late 1999 I was living at home, making for my 20 year old mind, quite some bank. I was still living at home (months away from discovering the real world) paid off car and a total computer nerd.
So what did I do?
Of course buy a 1000 (US) dollar LCD screen (and a car I couldnt really afford)
Mistusbushi E85 LCD
http://www.cnet.com/products/mitsubishi-e85lcd-lcd-monitor-18-1/specs/
and its not lived a easy life, its seen windows 98 till windows 7 as my primary monitor until I finally broke down and bought a HP LV2311 1080 widecreen in 2013 (i sacraficed 85Hz to 75 hz to get a widescreen in a matte finish for under 130 bucks) . Where does it live now? of course on my workbench computer doing all sorts of electronics hackery, EDA and CAD, still getting hours of use a day.
Although yes the screen is dimmer and the whites are more yellow today its still being used every single day as the display to my most important work ... work lol, at just over 1000$ usd after sales taxes of the time, that puts me at about 59 bucks a year, while still being greeted with ...
here's for making it to 20 years old, a irresponsible decision that turned out great
So what did I do?
Of course buy a 1000 (US) dollar LCD screen (and a car I couldnt really afford)
Mistusbushi E85 LCD
http://www.cnet.com/products/mitsubishi-e85lcd-lcd-monitor-18-1/specs/
and its not lived a easy life, its seen windows 98 till windows 7 as my primary monitor until I finally broke down and bought a HP LV2311 1080 widecreen in 2013 (i sacraficed 85Hz to 75 hz to get a widescreen in a matte finish for under 130 bucks) . Where does it live now? of course on my workbench computer doing all sorts of electronics hackery, EDA and CAD, still getting hours of use a day.
Although yes the screen is dimmer and the whites are more yellow today its still being used every single day as the display to my most important work ... work lol, at just over 1000$ usd after sales taxes of the time, that puts me at about 59 bucks a year, while still being greeted with ...
here's for making it to 20 years old, a irresponsible decision that turned out great
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