$100 is all that was holding you back from an $1800 monitor???

Haha, I'm with Ty. $100 won't even cover the tax of the monitor. You're better off getting it from Amazon where there's no tax.

I liked the idea of $100 going towards 10.5

Who are we kidding? 30" is much cooler than an OS upgrade. Just don't pretend the monitor came because of your $100 credit.

My justification, if I go through with it, is that I'd be more motivated to work on stuff. Of course, that was my motivation for the Mac Pro a year ago as well, and you see where that got me. Perhaps I should treat it as a reward incentive instead of a motivator. Hey, as long as I get it before the end of the year, it's still a tax write off.