Technology gripes
goshdarnit.
my monitor just died.
it's my 5:4 monitor too, the one I use for web browsing.
I've got another I can use in the meanwhile but it's a small crappy thing :(
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@nautilee Do you need a 5:4 monitor for some reason? We can try to help find you a replacement.
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I'm pretty particular, yeah. 4:3 or 5:4 monitor for web browsing and older games (I prefer the more square aspect ratio) and then a widescreen for games
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@nautilee Just a brief look on Newegg and I found this refurbished Dell monitor, 1280x1024 resolution, for $40. Considering that's half the price we paid for our monitor, and we got ours extremely cheap, that might be worth looking into. https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIAAJ25UA8936
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that's almost exactly the model I have right now... er, the one that failed on me. And that had its power button break only a month or two after I got it, to never work again (at least it failed in the On position)
it's 40 bucks I don't have right now, anyway
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@nautilee https://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx?Submit=ENE&IsNodeId=1&N=100160979%20600012947%20600012949 This is the search I used to find it, by the way.
Hrm, how urgently do you need the monitor? Are you able to use your widescreen one comfortably enough, or is it significantly harder?
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@nautilee Would you prefer the first one I linked to you, or this HP one? https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16824276636 This one's VGA only, so keep that in mind.
We can spare at least $20 towards it, maybe even the full $40, if it's that frustrating.
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that HP looks like it's got a frustrating mount, so probably the dell.
I can wait a bit, at least.
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@nautilee Do you want us to get the Dell for you, or would you rather hold off until you can get one that's not refurbished, or one that isn't a model you had trouble with in the past?
Come to think of it, what about a widescreen monitor with a mount that lets you pivot it sideways and use it in portrait mode?
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I'd prefer squareish, not portrait.
...frankly having the dell, especially since the refurb probably comes with a decent warranty, would be better than nothing by far.
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@nautilee The refurbished one comes with a 30-day warranty with a 20% restocking fee if you return it for any reason other than that it wasn't as described in the listing--no restocking fee if that's the reason. Newegg also provides a 90-day limited warranty, but I can't find just what the limitations are.
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@nautilee don't feel pressured to accept, though. It's an offer, and it'll stay on the table as long as you need it, but I won't be offended if you don't want to.