Need to Upgrade Monitor - Photographer Worthy - Pocketbook Friendly - Recommend

Hi have an HPE H8-1242 quad core i7.
I need to replace the monitor HP sent with the machine. Im a photographer and ive noticed that this monitro changes color and brightness if I move off dead center viewing. If I tilt the monitor back just a bit...the images look radically less brite...same with side to side.
The monitor I have now is a 23 inch HP x2301 Thin Line for $175.
I need a much better monitor from HP that is more suited to Photographers making valuable image judgements and adjustments. It should have a wider viewing angle...a good range color gamut...be able to be calibrated with a spyder pro monitor calibrator...and it should be in the $250, $350 maybe $400 range and be approx 20+ inches.
I know I can go to BH and buy a $2,300 monitor if I was a perfectionist. But I dont want absolute perfect...just something pretty good that HP sells and that good photographers feel pretty good about.
Can anyone recommend the moniotr they are using...or know of a good one??
Thanks
Suzzie

Please read the article entitled "TN versus IPS versus VA Monitors". The article breaks down the differences between three technologies used in LCD monitors. TN is the most common and very poor reproduction when viewed off center. Your HP x2301 micro thin LED monitor displays poor reproduction off center because it uses TN.
Some HP monitors to consider;
HP L2401x 24-inch LED Backlit Monitor uses MVA variant of VA
and any of these HP IPS monitors but most notably the HP Z2440w 24-inch LED Backlit IPS monitor. The Z2440w seems to have the best combination of qualities, features, and price.
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I own a MacBook Pro 15" 2,53 GHz mid-2009. since I'm a poor student I can't really afford buying a new one for now, I just purchased an iPad mini 2 (which I don't regret at all).
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Please consider changing your handle to something more friendly then User… It’s easier to track your post this way.
>> I need to upgrade the application express from 2.0.0.00.49 to 3.0.1.
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•identify by serial number:
http://www.powerbookmedic.com/identify-mac-serial.php
The Apple? store or whoever you talked, to may have been as accurate as they could be without further research. Could be you may have a newer or older MacBook, which would change whatever later OS X it could run past 10.6.8. And to go past Snow Leopard, you need to download the last bits for 10.6.x to be able to go and get any later upgrade. The ones that may let a newest iphone or ipad work with it, are past SL10.6.8
Anyway, as you further verify the model build year and configuration specifications, report back.
Good luck & happy computing!

I need to upgrade my macbook ram and hard drive pls help

Hi all,
I need to upgrade my macbook's RAM and hard drive as after 3 yrs of use it is showing signs of aging.
I am novice in hardware stuff. I am planning on doing it entirely by myself and on tight budget will need to compare the prices across sellers and buy a suitable peice of kit. Please help
Questions:
1 - How to find out which RAm do I need to buy and what is the maximum I can go on my macbook?
2 - How to find which hard drive to buy and what is the maximum my macbook will support?
3 - Can I buy the SSD drive instead of SATA for this macbook?
Some of the specs are listed below:
Hardware Overview:
Model Name:          MacBook
Model Identifier:          MacBook5,2
Processor Name:          Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:          2 GHz
Number Of Processors:          1
Total Number Of Cores:          2
L2 Cache:          3 MB
Memory:          2 GB
Bus Speed:          1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version:          MB52.0088.B05
SMC Version (system):          1.38f5
MANY THANKS FOR READING AND REPLYING TO MY POST
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Hi Chefjeegar
Yes that screwdriver kit has the #00 phillips screwdriver that you need to access the RAM and hard drive. You'll also need the Torx driver to change the hard drive. http://www.amazon.co.uk/LINDY-Computer-Technician-Precision-Torx/dp/B0000934GO/r ef=sr_1_1?s=computers&ie=UTF8&qid=1348072554&sr=1-1
For a good explanation about RAM look at the page on OWC http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/memory/MacBook/DDR2/
In the UK Amazon or eBay might be your best bet for cheap RAM but read the description and reviews carefully. For a little more expensive but with a better warranty is Crucial UK http://www.crucial.com/uk/
A good resource for working on your MacBook is ifixit.com http://www.ifixit.com/Device/MacBook_Core_2_Duo
Is your external hard drive formatted for Mac? To transfer your current hard drive I like the free application Carbon Copy Cloner. It makes a bootable copy of everything on your hard drive http://www.bombich.com/index.html Check that it's set up right by booting up from the external drive. Put the new drive in your MacBook, then format and partition the new drive. Then use Carbon Copy Cloner to transfer your OS back to the new drive.
Yes, you can put an SSD in the MacBook.

I need to upgrade my MacBook 13" white 2008 hard drive. I have found a WD6400BPVT western digital Scorpio blue 640GB (5400rpm) SATA 8MB 2.5" will this fit and work? Many thanks for any help

I need to upgrade my MacBook 13" white 2008 hard drive. I have found a WD6400BPVT western digital Scorpio blue 640GB (5400rpm) SATA 8MB 2.5" will this fit and work? Many thanks for any help

I had a 640GB HDD in my Early 2008 Macbook and it was just too much it would always freeze up the computer a bit for only a few seconds but ya. Then I realized that it was the size of the HDD that was causing it since the Early 2008 Macbook models can only handle a MAX od 500GB while the Early 2008 Macbook Pros could have a MAX of 640GB (Lucked out there!) lol But ya the Early 2008 Mocbooks can only handle a MAX HDD size of 500GB and that's it!! lol

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