Sad, ain't it? Truth be told, I only use that monitor when I'm working from home, and even then it's because I'm so used to having two monitors while working. Normally, the laptop's screen is just fine.

So am I, FWIW. I had a lovely - but heavy - 19" CRT which lasted a good five or six years, and have replaced it with a 17" CRT which either came with another system or was picked up for next to nothing. The price of any sort of LCD monitor is not next to nothing, as far as my budget is concerned.