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>>ivank+(OP)
I have two questions:

1. How hard is it to do work on your computer with that much light shining directly behind your monitor?

2. From the amazon bulb description:

"Remove The Electronic Ballast, Capacitor,Ignitor In The Fixture"

What does that mean? Is it a poorly written instruction to do some obvious? Or is it a strange after market modification?

>>dfc+VG1
The ballast, capacitor, and igniter in the Amazon description refers to using the LED lamp to replace a sodium vapour bulb, usually in a large, outdoor lighting fixture, like a street lamp. The LED doesn't need the same support electronics that are required to warm up, start, and control sodium vapour lamps, which have a negative resistance once they get going, and thus will burn out quickly without a ballast in the circuit.

The LED lamp has just as much (or more!) support circuitry, but it's built-in; note the comment in one of the reviews that it takes about four seconds to light up once power is applied.