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danamania
Official 68k Muse
Australia
1193 Posts |
 Posted - 28 Jul 2002 : 23:08:30
I went for a look around a few places to check out computer desks with my mother. 3 shops, and loads of desks later......not *one* had a place to put a mouse. y'either had to put it in front of the keyboard with barely any room for the two, or push the monitor back & to the side and use it there - again with barely inches to use. Mad huh. dana (so we're using an old dining room table) |
maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jul 2002 : 00:19:08
that IS mad. I thought most comp desks these days had craploads of room for keyboards and mice and that sorta stuff. Or maybe they're putting doctored pictures of desks into those catalogues that arrive in the mail... Here, apart from the desk that i have the iMac on, all my computer desks have enough room - apart from the stereo speaker that my dying 386 sits on...   -------------------------- Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5
68k Macintosh Liberation Army
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MrLynn
Junior Member
USA
394 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jul 2002 : 04:34:21
You can find all sorts of desks (and other useful items, like file cabinets, good-quality desk chairs, bookcases, etc.) at used office-furniture stores, often at very low prices.Also, Staples (do they have Staples in Australia, yet?) sells 'banquet tables', in 4', 6', and 8' lengths (by 30" wide) that make great desks (no drawers or hutches, though). They have folding metal legs, and are incredibly sturdy--and cheap (c. US$40 for the 6-footer). /Mr Lynn Curator of: SE (6.0.4), SE w. 020 accelerator (6.0.8), SE w. no HD, IIfx (7.1), IIci (bad HD); plus various PPCs in family (blue G3/350 is main Mac these days). |
maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jul 2002 : 04:52:40
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Also, Staples (do they have Staples in Australia, yet?) sells 'banquet tables', in 4', 6', and 8' lengths (by 30" wide) that make great desks (no drawers or hutches, though). They have folding metal legs, and are incredibly sturdy--and cheap (c. US$40 for the 6-footer).
Nope, we don't have Staples here. -------------------------- Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5
68k Macintosh Liberation Army
Number of 68ks Liberated: 6
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danamania
Official 68k Muse
Australia
1193 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jul 2002 : 05:03:11
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'banquet tables', in 4', 6', and 8' lengths (by 30" wide) that make great desks (no drawers or hutches, though). They have folding metal legs, and are incredibly sturdy--and cheap (c. US$40 for the 6-footer).
That's pretty much what we went for - it's about 4' by 3' (probably a little less than 3' deep) and holds the computer, monitor, keyboard, printer, mousing... and since it's a table that my mother had picked out ages ago, actually goes with the room too. bonus! :D dana
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danamania
Official 68k Muse
Australia
1193 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jul 2002 : 05:06:26
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that IS mad. I thought most comp desks these days had craploads of room for keyboards and mice and that sorta stuff. Or maybe they're putting doctored pictures of desks into those catalogues that arrive in the mail...
I looked closely at the harvey norman catalogue - I'm -sure- the two photos are the same desks they had in the shop, which had room for a keyboard, and if it were pushed over to the left there would be about 10cm space on the right of the keyboard for a mouse. In the catalogue, thats exactly where the mouse was placed!. I -am- in a smallish country city, so perhaps we only get the crap... you'd think harvey's would have something decent though. dana
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jul 2002 : 05:33:31
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I looked closely at the harvey norman catalogue - I'm -sure- the two photos are the same desks they had in the shop, which had room for a keyboard, and if it were pushed over to the left there would be about 10cm space on the right of the keyboard for a mouse. In the catalogue, thats exactly where the mouse was placed!.I -am- in a smallish country city, so perhaps we only get the crap... you'd think harvey's would have something decent though. dana
The fact that its Harvey Norman sort of explains it... -------------------------- Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5
68k Macintosh Liberation Army
Number of 68ks Liberated: 6
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~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jul 2002 : 05:33:32
Do yourself a favour and go to (real life) auctions. You can get really cheap stuff there if you're willing to do a bit of sanding and lacquering.~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
Mayor of NuBus City v3.0
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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jul 2002 : 09:25:10
Do they have Ikea in Aus? I would live at Ikea if they'd let me... 666th poster and 666th thread-creator
Mod of the Mac II series Forums
Total 68K Macs liberated: 7
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cinemafia
Guerrilla Recon Leader
USA
2965 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jul 2002 : 09:31:58
Aha, they sure do! There's one in Brisbane, Perth, Melbourne, and two in Sydney. One of my favorite things to do if you're tight on cash (and/or creatively inclined, which I know you are!) is go to the AS-IS section and find different broken/unattached pieces of various desks/tables and put them together in some new way. For instance, I found a table top from one item and the legs from another and screwed them together in five minutes with a total cost of about US$6. 666th poster and 666th thread-creator
Mod of the Mac II series Forums
Total 68K Macs liberated: 7
I Have No Legs! Edited by - cinemafia on 29 Jul 2002 09:32:16 |
danamania
Official 68k Muse
Australia
1193 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jul 2002 : 09:32:10
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Do they have Ikea in Aus? I would live at Ikea if they'd let me...
Yes :). In cities though... not feral lil places like here. mind, the desk I have now is kinda rough, but works wonders. It's a corner piece, much like you'd find in many offices, about 6 feet one way, 5 feet the other, and a bit over 2 feet deep. It's one of my favourite things -ever- dana (love your desk, but don't LOVE your desk)
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~Coxy
Leader, Tactical Ops Unit
Australia
2822 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jul 2002 : 17:08:06
What about love on the desk?
OK, maybe not... ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
Mayor of NuBus City v3.0
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maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jul 2002 : 18:21:10
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What about love on the desk?
OK, maybe not... ~Coxy - Leader, Tactical Operations Unit
Mayor of NuBus City v3.0
HAR!™ But yeah, i love my Macs, and they are on my desk. So therefore, technically, i do make love on the desk... -------------------------- Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5
68k Macintosh Liberation Army
Number of 68ks Liberated: 6
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Wonkothesane
Full Member
USA
506 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jul 2002 : 18:50:15
If I ever replace the pathetic little table in my room that I keep my computers on, I'll get a Bush desk. Bush got good reviews from Consumer Reports, and their desks are big enough for all my stuff.Wonko The Sane
Engineer-in-training
3 Macs Liberated
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boredomconquersall
Full Member
Canada
613 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jul 2002 : 19:25:04
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What about love on the desk?
OK, maybe not...
ummmm... riight. I love my shelf in front of my bed more, becaus it has a mac II and a mac IIsi hrgdfgdfgfgfg "thnx
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Flash
Full Member
Australia
637 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jul 2002 : 20:47:01
never done it on a desk, but the kitchen table...now that's another story 68k ParaMedic |
maclover5
LC Doctor/Hot Rodder
Australia
5830 Posts |
Posted - 29 Jul 2002 : 22:44:35
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never done it on a desk, but the kitchen table...now that's another story 68k ParaMedic
I'm not too sure if i want to hear about this.... -------------------------- Pizzabox LCs RULE!!!!!!! Warrior maclover5
68k Macintosh Liberation Army
Number of 68ks Liberated: 6
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Gothikon
Full Member
Australia
537 Posts |
Posted - 30 Jul 2002 : 06:18:41
My g/f and I were having the same problem recently. Mainly because we needed a table big enough for 2 computers+ extras (we figured the other 5 would be ok on the floor :-) ). Originally we were using a pool table which was absolute murder on the wrists and then we picked up an ancient school desk but there was barely room for the keyboard in front of my 21 inch monitor. We tried Ikea first which wasn't too bad as long as you're prepared to fork out enough cash (we didn't really want to spend more than 150 AUD ). We then found a pretty good office furniture clearance place, I can't remember the name but it was just behind Crown Casino in the center of Melbourne. You could get some pretty large desks for about 120 AUD. In the end we found a neat deal in the trading post for 80 AUD. Some guy had filled and plastic coated a large 2.5 meter long door and bought a pair of legs from Ikea for it. It actually looks great, you'd never know it was a door and if I needed another large table I'd make one like this myself. You could always try the same thing yourself, a set of adjustable legs like these wouldn't cost too much and you could get Ikea to deliver them.
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oldmacman
Full Member
USA
713 Posts |
Posted - 31 Jul 2002 : 17:28:34
WE DON'T NEED NO STINKING COMPUTER DESKS!Actually, the desk on which my iMac sits has a very interesting story. My grandfather used to be the boss at a large cemetery (which shall remain nameless for privacy reasons). When he retired, he took two desks from his office and refinished them. He gave me one of them. It is an old hardwood desk made by the Jasper Desk Company, a member of the Wood Office Furniture Institute, to quote the label on the inside of the top drawer. It easily accommodates the iMac, a printer, a desk lamp, a mouse, a keyboard, a spindle of CD-Rs, and a gamepad. It has three drawers on one side, a drawer above where a chair slides under it, and a pull-out writing surface. Official 68kMLA Music and NeXT Expert
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Da Penguin
Senior Member
USA
1094 Posts |
Posted - 31 Jul 2002 : 19:57:03
Screw shelves! Buld your own rack-like devices!http://torpedobird.com/room.html Hehe. The middle one is a picture i took a while ago. There are now 5 monitors across there. And i dont have any picks of the machines, or the spaces. But imagine 4 desktop-ish "slots" in a 2x2 config with a tower on each side. Its amazing what an hour or two and plenty of 2x4's can accomplish.... ~The Penguin
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G4from128k
Full Member
USA
873 Posts |
Posted - 01 Aug 2002 : 05:45:33
We've got both ultra-low-end and high-end computer desks. The low-end one is the top off of a small dining room table supported by two 2-drawer filing cabinets at either end (all of it picked up at garage sales). Its not pretty (one filing cabinet is black and the other is "putty" colored), but it does a great job as a home office computer desk.Now if you haven't spent all your money on 68k's from eBay, then you might look into a custom-build desk. If you have anyone in your locality that makes basic wood furniture (e.g., bookshelves, tables, bed frames, cabinets, etc.) go talk to them. A locally built, custom-made desk can cost less than a "nice" office desk from an official furniture store. I admit that you will pay more than if you buy a cheap-o particle board desk at an office-supply store, but a custom-built desk will be exactly the size, shape, color, and features that you want (just make sure you think VERY carefully about what you want and getting the dimensions right). BTW, ~Coxy, "BigMac" is very excited to be the 68k of the week! G4From128k by Day: Mild-Mannered Engineer and Trapeze(tm) Artist
by Night: Colonel of Truth, Justice, and the Macintosh Way
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MrLynn
Junior Member
USA
394 Posts |
Posted - 01 Aug 2002 : 14:39:47
Door tables are simple and cheap. Get an unfinished hollow door from a home center or lumber yard. Get a couple of used two-drawer file cabinets, or six concrete blocks, and you're all set. Lots of space above and on top./Mr Lynn Curator of: SE (6.0.4), SE w. 020 accelerator (6.0.8), SE w. no HD, IIfx (7.1), IIci (bad HD); plus various PPCs in family (blue G3/350 is main Mac these days). |
scchicago
Full Member
USA
936 Posts |
Posted - 02 Aug 2002 : 09:11:23
Penguin, those shelving units that you described to me look better in the pictures than in words._________________
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catsdorule
Senior Member
Canada
1627 Posts |
Posted - 02 Aug 2002 : 12:20:05
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macdaddy
Junior Member
USA
107 Posts |
Posted - 02 Aug 2002 : 14:21:30
Here's an older shot of the desk that quadrajets and I built to hold many a Mac. Right now the Macs set up on it are different: my Power Mac 5400, Q800, FeetsMac, LC 475, and my Duo Dock reside in various spots on there.http://homepage.mac.com/macdaddy_01/desk2.jpg It is built from mostly 2x4s and other lumber we had laying in the storage shed out back, and the top surfaces are 3'X5' sheets of particleboard with a fake wood finished top, also from the shed. The whole unit is held together with drywall screws, and is an extremely sturdy desk, capable of holding several 68Ks. I gave it a coat of stain to make it look better, and it looks pretty good, though these days it's starting to get beat up a bit. macdaddy - 68KMLA Field Meteorologist
68Ks at my base:
Q840AV,Q800, Q605, D280/DuoDock II,P550, LC 475,LCIII+,(2) LCIIIs,IIci, P410,LCII,Mac II
Contraband:
(2) PM G3/300 MTs, P6360, 5400/120,Q700/PPC 601, (2) 6100/66s
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Duke of the Net
Starting Member
USA
25 Posts |
Posted - 17 Aug 2002 : 03:37:45
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...not *one* had a place to put a mouse. y'either had to put it in front of the keyboard with barely any room for the two, or push the monitor back & to the side and use it there
Yeah, that has happened to me, i dont know how they can even THINK of making a computer desk of any kind with no room for your mouse...Hacker Hunter Clan |
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