Congrats Bert on the new monitor.
I would strongly suggest the purchase of a hardware calibrator. I have a Spyder3 for my
NEC 30" monitor, and also purchased the software from NEC that directly calibrates the internal hardware (12bit LUT) of the monitor.
My factory settings were pretty good, but once calibrated, there was a significant difference.
There is a weath of information on the
ImageScience website, and I would suggest you read it if you really want your processing workflow to reap benefits on the monitor.
I had looked at the Dell myself and was on my short list for a long time, but once I saw the Eizo monitors, I was drooling, but couldn't stretch that far and got the NEC instead. There is a serious price premium, but I will never regret my purchase (plus for laughs I can make mine portrait orientation if I really could be bothered!). It is an awesome monitor.
Turbo