New Toy

Got my new toy today, having only ordered it Thursday night, it arrived Monday. Normally Dell stuff comes from Asia, maybe they had some of these on hand locally.

A Dell 2407WFP 24″ LCD monitor with a 1920×1200 resolution.

Hmmm, not bad. I should mention $1,199 Delivered ($300 off normal price)

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