Protos

Today I got my own christmasgift to myself this year. It’s this little baby:

Yes SIR! the Dell Ultrasharp 2407WFP 24″ widescreen LCD Flat Panel Monitor (nice customer reviews too) It’s simply amazing how that has worked out for me! Between Christmas and new year they had a sale on it now prices are up I see ^^

First of all it feels great to be able to type in a word document and casually have your browser docked on the same screen. recently studies have shown that it increases your productivity.

Secondly it’s amazing to open up photoshop and feel you have plenty of space – you can have the brush dynamics open and the pantone swatches and still everything is not crammed.

Thirdly – even though I don’t game that much =) – playing Counter Strike Source @ 1920*1200 pixels (16:9 wide screen) is not that bad either. I must say, that it performs as expected. When it’s running Counter Strike Source it has some problems in the sense that it only has a 60Mhz refresh rate and is has a 16 ms response time (black to white). I would say it’s ok but expect a little more blurry edges and also a bit lower fps (I might end up going SLI to get the full experience).

You gotta love the more spacious desktop both on your computer and on you real desk. To give You an idea here is a thumbnail press it to see the full size (it’s a gif so don’t let the quality fool you):

In addition the 2407WFP takes up much less space than my old CRT and it truly looks great. Has a casual sleek Dell design.