That is not bad though , My 19" cost about that also. Went with a westinghouse lol. Only problem I have is that the stand is pretty crappy. I have this old 17" CRT that came with that PC my sis in law gave me. It is pretty neat to use, when playing Supreme Commander:Forged alliance, as It is just perfect for use as the mini map.
It also comes in handy with Keyclone (solid ice makes it) for when I run two or more accounts of WoW. I can just mouse over to the other monitor, and play the second toon, at the same time, I play my main on the 19" widescreen.
That's another good tool actually , Keyclone. esp. if you multi box like I do.
as for the other PC, I have been playing with Virtualization software, and have xp, vista, and Redhat on it. It is kinda neat to switch OS on the fly.
Stephen