Has Anyone Used Dell's New 23" SP2309W LCD Flat Panel?

Good afternoon,
I'm looking to buy a new external monitor for my soon to be purchased MacBook Pro 4,1 (Early 2008) model. I have also asked if anyone had any user info. about an Acer monitor, but no one replied. I'm serious about purchasing this new monitor by Dell, as it's features are quite amazing for its price. However, since it is fairly new there isn't much feedback on it, and I kinda want to know what experiences others have had with it. Thank you.
AMMOCAN

Good morning everyone,
I have had the pleasure to use this monitor since I got it on Wednesday, and all I can say is WOW! This monitor is an absolute dream. Setting it up was a real breeze and my MBP recognized it right away without installing the drivers that came with the included disk. The touch sensitive power and menu sensors are awesome and are easy to use. The noise created by touching them annoyed me, but I was able to quickly go into the menu and turn it off. The adjusting features are very effective. I have used this monitor both as a split screen and as my main screen with no issues. I have played movies and games on it, and using the preset screen modes everything looked very good. I also used it to browse the internet and to do some graphic work with no issues. I still need to check out the camera, mic, and audio connections, but like I said before I didn't buy this monitor for those features. The only negative thing I have to say for this amazing monitor right now is that it is really inconvenient that in order to use the supplied USB connections on this monitor you have to connect the monitor to your computer with the supplied USB upstream cable. I will give another update no later than next weekend.
AMMOCAN

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