I am thinking of buying a monitor tonight

as my old 21" CRT is dead.

please have a look at the link below and let me know if this is a good monitor to be doing retouching on and design work.

http://www.viewsonic.com.au/products/productspecs.php?id=264

cheers

I've heard the Viewsonic is an excellent monitor. The only way you'll really know is go to a store and look and compare.