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[pne]

19" LCD screen from Aldi, with DVI connector. Hope it'll be OK.

Got there half an hour before the shop opened: there was only one person there, who was walking slowly across the parking lot. At first, I didn't know whether he was even waiting there.

A bit later on, people started to arrive and the two of us queued up in front of the door. By the time the door opened, the queue stretched to the end of the entry to the parking lot, which made me a little glad I had got there earlier. (And glad I had brought my PDA to pass the time reading news. Though I should have synchronised it that morning so I didn't have to read three-day-old stuff.)

The door opened, the two of us went in, and we both followed the same path to where we guessed the electronics would be :) He got a PC, and I my monitor, and we went over to the cash registers—I got there first because he had spent a bit of time looking at the case. Had a cute cashier :) and paid with my debit card.

I had brought cash along just in case as well; Aldi only started taking debit cards a short while ago and I wasn't sure whether they'd accept them in the shop closest to me. Also, authorising a debit card can take a while sometimes, and depending on the rush of people, I didn't want to hold up the line unnecessarily that way. But things went fine and the card went through very quickly.

So now I have an LCD monitor! Whee!

Comments

[ladyortyger.livejournal.com]

Nice Zero wing reference.


Main screen turn on :)

[ladyortyger.livejournal.com]

Ooh, hang on, that's a monitor? 19" ? expensive? We have Aldi here too....

[pne.livejournal.com]

that's a monitor?

Yes, computer monitor.

19" ?

Yep.

expensive?

Cost me €299, which is about $375 right now. You make the call.

Aldi occasionally has PCs on special offer; so it was today. They also had to flat-screen TFT displays (17" and 19") and an external hard drive (250 GB). They only have those offers a couple of times a year, though, and only "while supplies last"—which can be a couple of hours for really popular items, up to a few days or more.

[pne.livejournal.com]

Nice Zero wing reference.

Thanks!

Main screen turn on :)

Nice! I used that as the subject for my second entry now, the one after we installed the monitor.

[ladyortyger.livejournal.com]

Oh, oh. that is a lot of money, nevermind ;) I have a huuuuge 17in CRT, so I guess I am ok for now teehee.

want LCD! for that matter I want a notebook compy. Ah well. Enjoy!

Sooo geeky, so geeky. I have that whole cut scene memorized.. after main screen turn on:

captain: IT'S YOU!
cats: AH HA HA HA HA HA
cats: HOW ARE YOU GENTLEMEN ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US. YOU ARE ON THE WAY TO DESTRUCTION.

etc etc :P

[pne.livejournal.com]

WHAT YOU SAY??!

[pne.livejournal.com]

* pne has no chance to survive
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