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)

