Well... I went ahead and got the monitor. The blueness concerned me and someone at newegg suggested another monitor. There's a issue with the backlight with some people while others don't really seem to notice.
It doesn't adjust in height but my old ones never did so that's not a issue to me. Here's what I got.
SAMSUNG 2253BW Black 22" 2ms(GTG) DVI Widescreen LCD Monitor with HDCP Support 300 cd/m2 DC 8000:1 - RetailI'm not sure if I can use the other one with the Macbook but one of the reviewers said he could so that's good. I didn't see any issues about off colors so I went with the other2253BW.
Hopefully I made a good decision. This one just 'felt' right so it's kinda hard to go against intuition.
Next... I wonder if I should get the RAM right now since it's so cheap. Also based on what I think Brugdor said, I think I'll go with the Nvidia GeForce 8800.
So with this in mind, I want to run Vista. At least I think I do. I'm using XP and I plan on having this new computer for 3 - 4 years. I don't know if a 9 year old operating system might be good. Might as well make the move and uninstall what options I don't need. So is Bluecross's suggestion of a motherboard and processor compatible with one of the cards here and which card should I get? Should I go with the 64 version of vista? Will I be missing out on anything major? If I'm going to be Photoshopping and Film editing is it wise to go with the 64 bit version? Is it worth spending another $100 for the 64 bit version and will my suggested motherboard and CPU run the 64 bit version?
Text Search Terms: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 512Here why WiseCross suggested as a reminder: ps. I think I'll be spending more than my original estimate of $1500.00
CPU Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz 4M 1333M 775 Retail $208
M/B Intel DP35DPM Aud/GbLan/SATA/1394 ATX $123
RAM 4GB(2x2GB) DDR2 PC6400 800MHz Matched Pair HyperX Kingston $189
HD 2x Seagate 500G 32M 7200 SATA II $276
VID eVGA GeForce 8600GTS 256M TV-Out/2DVI $169
Case+Power Supply Antec Atlas 550W Server Black ATX $143
http://www.enuinc.com/cas-antec-047.jpgMonitor 20" Widescreen KDS K-20MDWB 20 5ms DVI Widescreen $209
http://www.enuinc.com/mon-kds-lcd-001.htmlDVD Pioneer DVR212D 18x DVD+/-RW Dual Layer Black SATA $ 39
OS MS Windows Vista Business 32bit OEM 1-Pack $154
Thanks a bunch everyone.