Can anyone recommend a new monitor to work with my PC

looking for make and mode, 24" + full HD dvi, hdmi 2ms
at the moment ive got 3x24" monitors, 2x viewsonics and a 24" BenQ, which looks like its on it way out after only 18 months,

would like a 32"+ or bigger 3D which would mean I could get rid of the BenQ when it breaks

I normally pay £150-250

I think I'm getting behind the curve!

Ubuntu operating system comes to Android smartphones

The Ubuntu operating system has been adapted to run on smartphones.

The Linux-based software will allow users to run desktop apps on their handsets, allowing them to double for PCs when docked to monitors.

The code will initially be released as a file which can be installed on Samsung's Galaxy Nexus phone, replacing Android.

I don't get that.

Linus is fantastic for web servers (helped by the fact that it's open-source and free), but anybody who has actually tried to run a Linux-based PC will confirm that it's a bit of a palaver. Many desktop applications will only run if Wine is installed and, even then, the applications can become quite buggy.

Hi Hils,

I don't get involved at the ground level these days, but I have some techie mates who have been Linux based PC nuts in the past.

As far as I'm concerned, wine should always be 'installed' :-)

I installed wine in my wife's computer last week, what a waste, it was a rather nice
2008 Poeira. I was sooo cross. Not as cross as my wife however!

What a waste, Poeira is the best selling Portuguese wine in Harvey Nichols’ restaurant. Mine computer prefers coffee. :-))

With sugar?

Yep - coffee isn't too bad - with sugar its deadly!

I am using an old PC at the moment for no other reason than I don't like throwing things away, but it is running an Eveshamvale motherboard and is a bit short of RAM. I don't really want to buy any DDR1 RAM as the machine isn't really worth it. Have been looking at external RAM which seems to be called 'USB External Hard Drive' which can be used as RAM. Has anyone actually done this? It seems that you can use x3 of the original RAM on the the External drive, but all I can find is from Vista up to Windows7. I am using XP.
1tb external hard drive is about £50, which can be plugged into any machine, which seems more practcal than internal RAM and the different slots.

May not work for xp,pen drive was for windows 7 or vista.

External USB 'memory' won't help much. One the biggest causes of slow PCs is lack of memory. This memory has to be motherboard memory to make any difference.

O.K. Thanks. The attraction of the USB External drive would have been that it is interchangeable from PC to PC, but if it doesn't work, then not much point!

haystack is right harry, if you've got an empty slot on the mother board you could pick up cheap memory but check out how much memory your system can use. There are limits on older pc's.

Yep, thanks. I have currently 2 x 256mb sticks with one spare slot, but have tried the Crucial website, but they can't help as the manufacturer of this motherboard (Eveshamvale) went bust quite a while ago! Will have to root around for some second hand DDR1 RAM. Not really worth buying new. Adding a 512mb stick should help things along if the BIOS recognises it.

I have a 64mb i think, will have to check an old pc. But I know my win 98 comp processor could only use 320mb in total so you might be up to the limit with your 256 + any extra you already have.

Harry old chap you are a successful portfolio manager, what are doing scratching around for some second hand ram for?.. Go on treat yourself -):

Was just going to add before stan got in, i just bought daughter a referbed lap top for £110..... you really can't go wrong these days.

On a serious note I agree BB, bide your time and there are some really good units out there.

LOL! One of these days I will get the latest laptop with Windows7, but I have 3 PC's already + 1 laptop. They all work but are getting a bit slow now due to the complex web pages, but I don't really want to throw away stuff that still works! Old habits......! At least I have got past the old PC which worked at 16Mhz & had a boost button to double the speed. Had to load Windows 3.1 from floppy disks!!!

lol, I'm just the same, hence i had 3 printers along with 3 desktops + 1 laptop also a scanner from win 98 days....... now thinned out to the recyle bin since a house decorating session this month.,.
edit, I meant to follow that by if it ain't broke don't chuck it out.,.