Man! I didnt get to work on the computer much today because my computer's monitor conked out on me. It is actually my brother's monitor. How did that happen? Well, when i got back, his monitor was on my computer and my nicer monitor was on his. I needed a larger hard drive and he offered to trade my old hard drive for his spare 20 Gig if i traded monitors as well. Anyway, im trying out this newly refurbished monitor i bought. It has a 3 month warranty for 1/3 the price. I figured that if it is going to fail, it will go within the warranty period. If it doesnt, then it will probably last for about 6 months to a year. Not bad. The brand new ones has a 1 year warranty period. Its a gamble but its one i am willing to take.