(This may be more suited to IMHO than GQ, but I trust the mods to guide this thread to its rightful home.)
My dad has informed me that sometime in the near future, he’s going to buy me a new computer. (It was my mom’s idea–she wants him to get me a new machine so she can have my old one to replace the ancient Power Mac she’s using now. Go figure.)
Since I’m a graphic designer in training, we’re looking at getting a top-of-the-line dual processor G5. Unfortunately, that doesn’t leave a lot of money left over for a monitor. An LCD display is probably out of the question; the high-end models are obscenely expensive and the low-end models aren’t good for accurate color. Therefore, our best bet is a high-quality CRT monitor…but we’re not sure which one to get.
Thus, I’m looking for recommendations from fellow computer geeks and/or designers, so I can at least know where to start looking. Any companies or models that are particularly good? Are there any that I sould avoid at all costs? Is there, in fact, a low-cost high-quality LCD monitor out there that I should try to get my hands on?
Thanks in advance.