- Jan 4, 2001
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I'm finding myself in the market for a new computer desk.
My arm, wrist, and fingers are showing their age as I approach 32 years old, and many years of key presses and mouse clicks. Some time ago, I switched from my beloved Logitech G500 mouse to a VerticalMouse4. The accuracy of it is godawful because the force needed to click runs parallel to a direction that you need to move the mouse. So it's necessary to freeze your arm and squeeze the mouse in order to click, otherwise your cursor is going to move. It ended up simply moving the dull aching to a different set of joints and muscles.
At work I've gone back to the G500, but I have my elbow at an angle, with the mouse in front of the keyboard. It's reasonably comfortable that way, and it keeps my wrist in a neutral position, though it is a little awkward.
So until someone finally gets the hell around to inventing a neural implant or a USB port that can be implanted into the back of my skull for controlling the computer, I'm figuring to get a similar setup at home, and welcome back the G500. The VM4 is a nice idea, but I really really miss the G500 and its many buttons, and its wonderful scrolling wheel.
(If there were a promising Kickstarter for the direct brain interface thing, I'd run the risk of going bankrupt.)
That's the backstory. Where I'm at now is that I'm looking for a new desk that's roomier than what I have now.
Current desk: 15+ years old. I got it before the 440BX chipset was released. A Pentium II 300MHz was high-end.
- It was made by M&M Industries, which is no longer around, and that's a damn shame.
- It is a corner desk, which I'd like to get again.
- The frame is entirely steel. The fasteners are steel screws. Some parts of it were even welded together.
- The only particleboard components are the desk surfaces.
- The particleboard is laminated with hard plastic on both sides, and the edges have vinyl trim. My only complaint there is that the vinyl trim has started to buckle away from the edge in one spot. The desk surface itself is still in excellent condition.
- Ikea is out. The closest one is 120 miles away, and I'm not going to buy a desk without being able to look at it an sit at it.
- I don't want crappy particleboard junk that's got thin woodgrain-looking paper glued to it, and is held together with wooden dowels that go into weakened wooden panels that break if they are forced to support anything more than the weight of the desk itself.
What stores have a decent selection of quality desks these days? I was to a nearby Staples recently to look for a chair. I also looked at their entire selection of desks: Both of them.
They did at least have an adequate supply of chairs to choose from.
Would a regular furniture store be the place to go?
My arm, wrist, and fingers are showing their age as I approach 32 years old, and many years of key presses and mouse clicks. Some time ago, I switched from my beloved Logitech G500 mouse to a VerticalMouse4. The accuracy of it is godawful because the force needed to click runs parallel to a direction that you need to move the mouse. So it's necessary to freeze your arm and squeeze the mouse in order to click, otherwise your cursor is going to move. It ended up simply moving the dull aching to a different set of joints and muscles.
At work I've gone back to the G500, but I have my elbow at an angle, with the mouse in front of the keyboard. It's reasonably comfortable that way, and it keeps my wrist in a neutral position, though it is a little awkward.
So until someone finally gets the hell around to inventing a neural implant or a USB port that can be implanted into the back of my skull for controlling the computer, I'm figuring to get a similar setup at home, and welcome back the G500. The VM4 is a nice idea, but I really really miss the G500 and its many buttons, and its wonderful scrolling wheel.
(If there were a promising Kickstarter for the direct brain interface thing, I'd run the risk of going bankrupt.)
That's the backstory. Where I'm at now is that I'm looking for a new desk that's roomier than what I have now.
Current desk: 15+ years old. I got it before the 440BX chipset was released. A Pentium II 300MHz was high-end.
- It was made by M&M Industries, which is no longer around, and that's a damn shame.
- It is a corner desk, which I'd like to get again.
- The frame is entirely steel. The fasteners are steel screws. Some parts of it were even welded together.
- The only particleboard components are the desk surfaces.
- The particleboard is laminated with hard plastic on both sides, and the edges have vinyl trim. My only complaint there is that the vinyl trim has started to buckle away from the edge in one spot. The desk surface itself is still in excellent condition.
- Ikea is out. The closest one is 120 miles away, and I'm not going to buy a desk without being able to look at it an sit at it.
- I don't want crappy particleboard junk that's got thin woodgrain-looking paper glued to it, and is held together with wooden dowels that go into weakened wooden panels that break if they are forced to support anything more than the weight of the desk itself.
What stores have a decent selection of quality desks these days? I was to a nearby Staples recently to look for a chair. I also looked at their entire selection of desks: Both of them.
They did at least have an adequate supply of chairs to choose from.
Would a regular furniture store be the place to go?
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