Well, it has been a while! I guess that I owe you all an apology for the lack of updates etc, especially when it comes to Project: MNU which is still underway! But this is not just a post about saying sorry for the lack of updates and that I am going to try and change that in the next few months but it is a post about why we care so much about the colour of the peripheral sitting on our desks! Over the last few weeks I have been looking into getting a new monitor, mostly because I am bored, trying to avoid studying but also the 17” Asus which has served me so well over the last 2 years is due a replacement. I began my search going through quite literally hundreds of monitor reviews across the massive expanse of opinions that is the World Wide Web.
Now that I have pretty much come to the conclusion that I am going to be purchasing the Dell Ultrasharp 2209WA it was time to do some shopping around – as you do. This is when I noticed something about myself, especially when I hit the purchase button… Why am I paying an extra £31.17 for the black version of exactly the same monitor?
I have done it before on the podcast but as I looked around my room all I saw was black appliances and peripherals. BLACK monitor, BLACK keyboard, BLACK mouse, BLACK speakers, BLACK headset, BLACK webcam, BLACK PC case, BLACK joystick… you get the point! What is it with the fact that the all the black plastic makes us feel better about our appliances and equipment? Oh, did I mention my BLACK camera, and BLACK iPhone?
Is it the fact that it makes us feel more professional? Or is it that we are all OCD inside and do not know it? My personal opinion is that I am OCD and that is who I am but somewhere deep down I know it does not make the slightest bit of a difference whether the monitor is black or silver it is the same piece of kit in the end. Having said that I have just spent the extra £31.17 when I know that it could go to food or something but what can you do?