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danbo
@danbo

When purchasing a desk for the family computer in the early 2000s, make sure to look out for the following features:

  • As many drawers for curios, knick-knacks and doohickeys as possible -- ideal for storage of expired batteries, webcam instruction manuals and defunct travel currency
  • A small enclosed cupboard-style space for the PC unit, keeping thermals in that toasty sweet spot while ensuring cable management is annoying
  • ShinDestroyer™ technology, commonly a random wooden shelf, to keep the long-legged members of the family from feeling too good about theirselves
  • A pull-out tray for the keyboard and mouse (do NOT get one that can extend too far! ideal travel distance for the pull out tray is between 1 and 3 inches, thus protecting the function keys from actuation by errant falling objects)

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in reply to @danbo's post:

In the late80s/early90s I had one of the narrow ones (for dorm space) with the keyboard tray and printer drawer/knee-bruiser. But these days I have the very same plain white flat desk that the 8-bit NEC-PC8000 sat on when I was a child! It's a good table!

My dad still uses the custom computer desk he mad back in the '80s for his original IBM PC. Very similar aesthetic but exposed plywood instead of laminated particle board. No actual drawers or doors, and it was before the invention of the keyboard tray, but it did have plenty of shelves (one of which was designed to house the 5.25" floppy drives) and a flip-up surface over the printer.

Unfortunately, the balsa scale model he built to mock up the design is long gone.

  • Must be As Shallow As Possible. 24" deep is Decadent. Ideally the CRT will be hanging over the front edge. No you're not supposed to be able to do your homework here
  • Must have Imitation Oak Finish.
  • Must have a crackly plastic mat for your office chair, or a Shaker style kitchen chair that won't slide on carpet