bought a cute little optical mouse at CompUSA for only $14.99. Yay! no more trackpad for me.
I’ve also gotten sick of the really crappy 2 meg video card they gave me for my secondary monitor, so I bought a box of crackerjacks that came with a 16 meg ATI card. They’ll probably complain about me installing my own hardware, but really… screw them. The monitor was giving me a headache. Now all I need is a cheap KVM switch. Does anyone have one? I would have bought one, but all they have are expensive new shiny ones with digital readouts and keyboard commands. I want an old crappy one with a big wonking knob that I can twist. Actually, I don’t even really want a KVM switch, I just want that does Video so I can hook my laptop up. Sigh…
Re: bringing your own hardware to work
Recently, I really want a flatpanel at work. I get eyestrain, the glare pisses me off, and my desk is small. I just can’t work up the motivation to sink $300 of my own money into getting one. Plus, I expect that I’ll need some other stuff to make it work because my computer is old. Happily, we’re getting new machines, so maybe then I can beg for a new monitor or something.
yeah, I can understand that. I wouldn’t mind having a flat panel monitor at work, but I like mine waaaaayyy too much to bring in here. And no, I’m not going to spend that kind of money for one here. The video card I bought was only 30 bucks.