Stupid person needing help

[Goat]

So today my monitor stopped working. Its been a bit dicky for a while so I decided to go and buy a new 1.

Had no means of shopping around so off I went to Tesco.

Found a very decent LG 22" Widescreen monitor for £119 and off Home to fire the bad boy up.

When I got Home and disconnected my old, unpacked the new, I realised that I had no DVI connection in the monitor. So I packed up the Monitor and was off again down to Tesco, which is a good 10-15minute drive.

Asked the fella and he said they had no DVI connection monitors in the store, so I was off again to PC World to buy a frigging DVI to VGA connection, which cost £17.99.

So anyway, great waste of most of the day, a day in which I was meant to be relaxing cos my Mum has taken the kids to Southport. I am fuming to be honest.

Anyway, my problem is this :

Imageshack - monitoro

Is there a way of making the page fill the whole screen, without zooming it in? Other pages fill the screen.

Im sure its either very easy or im very stupid or it cant be done.

Also cos the screen is so big and the stand is so small, whenever I type, the frigging screen wobbles.

So if anybody is thinking of getting a widescreen, DONT!!

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Don't get me started on them, they're a nightmare.

You can't adjust GOT. I have to look at our most common browsers and make a sytle that fits the majority. If I adjusted it for you, 90% would have to scroll horizontally for about a month....

In the past I tried to accomodate others by having another template but its a massive headache when it comes to updating the forum etc, everything would be have to done twice.

Oh, and never buy from PC World... unless you like wasting money.

 

[GhostOfDixie]

Do I need to say it? Probably not. I won't say it. I'll think it and you'll all know what I'm thinking.

 

[Goat]

No problem D, if it cant be done it cant be done.

I would never buy anything from PC World, but at the time it was just the easiest thing to do and I was past caring.

I only got the adaptor thingy from there anyway.

 

[chicoazul]

Im planning on buying a laptop from PCWorld next week.

Ive bought my last two from them and theyve been sound.

 

[GrandOldTeam]

Im planning on buying a laptop from PCWorld next week.

Ive bought my last two from them and theyve been sound.

The laptop you want is no doubt cheaper on the internet....

 

[Goat]

The laptop you want is no doubt cheaper on the internet....

This, oh so very much this.

 

[chicoazul]

This, oh so very much this.

Help me out then, I want to spend 400-500 and must have:

* SD card slot
* Pref HDMI, if not then sound
* At least 250GB
* Bluetooth & wireless
* Decent battery life - 2.5hrs upwards.

Theres a pint or two for you at the next game Im at if you find it.

 

[Goat]

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Most of those sites will allow you to custom build your own. Im not really into laptops, so other than suggest places to buy, I cant help with anything else.

Or there is always :

MacBook - Apple Store (U.K.)

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHA, stop it!!

 

[chicoazul]

Yes mate, next weekend.

 

[chicoazul]

Cheers mate, thats dead useful.

 

[Goat]

Sarcasm? Or do you mean it?

 

[chicoazul]

Seriously, I meant it.

 

[Goat]

Ok, its just that I said I couldnt help, I would have called me a weapon to be honest.

 

[chicoazul]

No, its an act of friendship where you took time out of your own schedule and helped a mucker.

It touched me.