Poof....it just went poof....

My monitor that is.

Yep, my wonderful 19" flatscreen just poofed, went black and died. No warning, no messages...no note or words of goodbye. Just poof.

I've been thinking of buying a camera (yes, like the one the roomie bought) but now I will have to get another monitor. I'm lucky, I had a 15" flat panel that came with the computer when I bought it four years ago.

So now...what to do what to do...Do I buy just a new monitor, or do I buy a new computer that includes a new monitor??

(Yes, that is a sly grin being inserted here.)

This PC has done well. It's a little Compaq, 80gig harddrive - it has 512 ram, it now has 2 gig (the max it will take). It still works although it does make a little clunking noise once in a while.

I do a lot of work with photographs, a little video (just learning) oh, and blogging.

I had a look around online tonight - one place has a PC with 3gig ram, a separate video card, 400gig harddrive, decent processor speed and its on sale for $699. But...it doesn't have a monitor!!!

So, uh...I'd have to buy one.

Isn't that where I started??