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kureshii:
--- Quote from: Tatsujin on October 19, 2009, 10:12:39 PM ---How come they're charging so much for this? It's like couple pieces of wood and standards and that's it ...
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It's not made from the same cheap fibreboard that graces their line of cheap tables (VIKA, EXPEDIT, MIKAEL etc). This is solid wood, and there's a metal frame below the table to which the legs attach.
I just got a GALANT table too (a couple of months ago), after realising that there's no way I can attach a keyboard tray to my old EXPEDIT table without ruining it. The GALANT still ended up being slightly over twice the price of the EXPEDIT table (which used a matching bookshelf for support on one side), but feels much more solid (and I got a slightly longer table too).
If you're going to put 2 monitors on a table, that table had better not be a cheap Ikea table. Nothing against Ikea (cheap Swedish furniture <3), but the cheap fibreboard they use on budget tables is not for serious computing use at all. My old table was sagging from the weight of one laptop and a 24" Dell Ultrasharp. Get at least the GALANT, or one of their more solid tables.
Tatsujin:
--- Quote from: kureshii on October 19, 2009, 11:22:12 PM ---
--- Quote from: Tatsujin on October 19, 2009, 10:12:39 PM ---How come they're charging so much for this? It's like couple pieces of wood and standards and that's it ...
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It's not made from the same cheap fibreboard that graces their line of cheap tables (VIKA, EXPEDIT, MIKAEL etc). This is solid wood, and there's a metal frame below the table to which the legs attach.
I just got a GALANT table too (a couple of months ago), after realising that there's no way I can attach a keyboard tray to my old EXPEDIT table without ruining it. The GALANT still ended up being slightly over twice the price of the EXPEDIT table (which used a matching bookshelf for support on one side), but feels much more solid (and I got a slightly longer table too).
Trust me, if you're going to put 2 monitors on a table, that table had better not be a cheap Ikea table. Nothing against Ikea (cheap Swedish furniture <3), but the cheap fibreboard they use on budget tables is not for serious computing use at all. My old table was sagging from the weight of one laptop and a 24" Dell Ultrasharp. Get at least the GALANT, or one of their more solid tables.
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I see, Plasma TV would be too much for it probably. a 50" since those things are very heavy. I'll take few pics and show you guys my room and set up, don't mind the dirt ... you'll know why I want a table like that when you see it:
So you can see how messy the way my set up is. The HDTV is awkward like that. I want it to be like straight but in a corner not blocking the window.
Natheria:
lol, i have the same exact computer desk in my room (that i got off the side of the road), that's awesome! ;D
Your room's not really that bad. you just need to move all those cables out of the way and dust... heavily.
I'm curious as to which corner you would use since your closet is on one side and your window is on the other.
vuzedome:
Wow.... look at the dust!! That's not a good thing you know.
kyanwan:
--- Quote from: fohfoh on October 18, 2009, 07:46:29 PM ---3 monitors is stupid.
2 monitors AND an HDTV. NOW we're talking. (Seriously, wtf is the use of a 3rd monitor unless you want to display a random app like a widget on a mac) I don't care that a 26 inch mon has a higher resolution. My viewing experience is increased on a 40 inch TV!
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Nothing wrong with 3 monitors - except -
IF I were going to set up multi display, I would want my displays to match *exactly*. Sure, I've got monitors all over the place - I have 2 sitting unused behind me. ( Pretty big ones too - 20", 19" ) --- but --- they're 2 different brands, 2 different styles - and completely un-matching to anything else I have on any of the desks here. So, they sit there ... off.
I don't know - maybe a perfectly homogeneous display with perfectly matched displays is something that's ... kinda important to what I use the PC for.
And to tell you the truth - seeing Naru's setup with those three monitors ... really shocks me a bit. If you know what makes up the guts of that setup, you'll wonder "WHY?" as well. It doesn't make any sense!
Match your screens man. :D
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