the corner office

I cheated a little with my online purchase. I finally decided to go with a Philips 109B55, and I decided to zip through to Kyalami to pick it up in person, rather than have it delivered. So it ended up not being an online purchase after all.

Mixed feelings. It's big, it's beautiful, it's got a bright, crisp display, and it's a million times better-looking than my old Sahara monitor. There's just one small problem: the display looks a little concave on the horizontal axes, and I can't adjust it away. It's not badly warped, but just enough for it to be noticeable and to bother me. So I'll be phoning back tomorrow to see about replacing it. I hope that it's just this monitor, and not a general problem with these models. I also hope I don't have to fight and scream and be given a "that's not a warranty issue" runaround, and I hope I don't have to go through a rigmarole to get it swapped or sorted.

We'll have to see. Bugger.