Share your HOME WORKING workstation environment - pics
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TameRacingDriver said:
ZesPak said:
I've got two of them now. It's a slippery slope.
I have one and I don't think I could fit two in my room 
In all honesty though one of these bad boys is enough for me to be highly productive. Though if it ever went kaput, I'm not sure whether I'd get another, or whether to get a 4k 32" 16:9 screen instead for a bit extra height.
If I ever have to go back to the office I'm really going to struggle......
Philips 43" 4K monitor I purchased in 2017 I think it was
Dell XPS15 from 2013 - i7/512GB SSD/16GB RAM/4K touch screen (shoudn't have specced it!)
Targus Docking station with in built twin monitor driver
2x 21 inch 1920/1080 LG monitors
Older Dell Latitude D620 for some legacy software requirements.
Haven't got the itch for any changes as it all works lovely !
a Synology NAS loaded with either 2 or 4 8TB drives is what I want/need next. Want an outboard USB DAC so I can run a better audio setup - still 2.1 configuration. May also go for a Zebra postage/courier label printer for specific labels when needed, that's about it really!
Cheers, Dennis!
Glade said:
Swapped out one of my 24" monitors for a 38" ultrawide.
It is f
king massive. Think I'll get used to it but, it feels woerd at the moment.
Dell U3818DW? Me too, see page 2 and ~7 (with comedy background item I now notice). You do get used to it after a while, and working on anything else is a pain.It is f
king massive. Think I'll get used to it but, it feels woerd at the moment.
Jinx said:
Doofus said:
WHY WON'T ANYONE GET A DECENT SIZED DESK?
It makes my brain hurt.
You're assuming we are all powerfully built directors - some of us are have dimensions more suited to Tolkien..... It makes my brain hurt.
jimmyjimjim said:
Glade said:
Dell U3818DW? Me too, see page 2 and ~7 (with comedy background item I now notice). You do get used to it after a while, and working on anything else is a pain.king massive. To the poster above that has two of them....
They're ~£1,300 quid a pop!Lord Marylebone said:
I couldn’t look at that mess/cables under those screens! I wouldn’t be able to do any work until I hid all those cables!
It's organised mess - everything has it's place and I know where anything is at any time About once a year it all gets moved out to repaint or refloor the room, and it looks much smarter for a couple of days until I realise I need HDD/SSDs from different clients connected, the USB & Thunderbolt hubs connected for the printers, HDDs, SSDs, device charging, etc.
Lucky I moved the documents I'm working on away too - otherwise the window would have been covered in a 32 foot long hand drawn, post-it note covered, process map that I'm putting into Visio with an Excel-driven dashboard for a client - but can only do it in 4-5 foot sections (about a 2 week job so far). There'd also be notes pages spread all over the desk where the client has emailed corrections once they'd posted the diagram to me.
I'd normally have it in place in a meeting room for a week so that I can just move my computer along as I get to the next part.
I'm used to zoning out somewhat anyway (used to working in noisy open offices, offices just off the factory floor, or even from a 18" shelf at a local cafe), so anything that might distract someone else tends not to bother me.
mmm-five said:
Doofus said:
WHY WON'T ANYONE GET A DECENT SIZED DESK?
It makes my brain hurt.
Mine is as wide as the room will allow (desk is 2m x 1m), and if it gets any deeper I won't be able to open/close the door.It makes my brain hurt.
Doofus said:
The only people I have ever known to use more than one monitor are coders or helpdeskers. Didn't mean to offend.
Really? The only people I haven't seen them used are salespersons and warehouse staff. No offence either.
As soon as you do any combination containing email, web browsing, excel, ERP software, etc, there's a massive productivity benefit to be had.
Edited by ZesPak on Friday 16th October 13:10
Doofus said:
ZesPak said:
What's that got to do with anything?
The only people I have ever known to use more than one monitor are coders or helpdeskers. Didn't mean to offend.In our offices all staff have at least 3 screens; two for the workstation and one on the phone for video conferencing. Usually they'll have email and instant message stuff on one screen and Excel on the other and switch to other in-house data systems as needed.
There is almost nothing done on paper any more. We've still got printers littered about the place but they hardly get used. Consequently desk size is really about not sitting on top of each other rather than actually needing a big area to spread out bits of paper. The desk is a thing to support a keyboard and mouse and to anchor monitor stands. It actually needs hardly any surface area at all.
ATG said:
You should have a look at a trading floor in a bank. Anywhere between 4 and 8 monitors per desk.
In our offices all staff have at least 3 screens; two for the workstation and one on the phone for video conferencing. Usually they'll have email and instant message stuff on one screen and Excel on the other and switch to other in-house data systems as needed.
There is almost nothing done on paper any more. We've still got printers littered about the place but they hardly get used. Consequently desk size is really about not sitting on top of each other rather than actually needing a big area to spread out bits of paper. The desk is a thing to support a keyboard and mouse and to anchor monitor stands. It actually needs hardly any surface area at all.
What a distopian image. In our offices all staff have at least 3 screens; two for the workstation and one on the phone for video conferencing. Usually they'll have email and instant message stuff on one screen and Excel on the other and switch to other in-house data systems as needed.
There is almost nothing done on paper any more. We've still got printers littered about the place but they hardly get used. Consequently desk size is really about not sitting on top of each other rather than actually needing a big area to spread out bits of paper. The desk is a thing to support a keyboard and mouse and to anchor monitor stands. It actually needs hardly any surface area at all.
My experience still stands, regardless of what others' experience may be. I don't see any benefit in having multiple windows open in multiple monitors, because you can only do one thing at a time anyway.
I use video calls a lot (as we all do), but I don't actually need to see the other people continually. I can switch to a different window during the meeting; I don't need a second screen to do it. Back in the world of yesterday, I had face-to-face meeting regularly, and a large desk which doubles as a sizeable meeting table was really useful.
This will become a pointless argument because different people have different ways of working, but I find a laptop, a pen and a pad serve me just fine.
ATG said:
You should have a look at a trading floor in a bank. Anywhere between 4 and 8 monitors per desk.
In our offices all staff have at least 3 screens; two for the workstation and one on the phone for video conferencing. Usually they'll have email and instant message stuff on one screen and Excel on the other and switch to other in-house data systems as needed.
There is almost nothing done on paper any more. We've still got printers littered about the place but they hardly get used. Consequently desk size is really about not sitting on top of each other rather than actually needing a big area to spread out bits of paper. The desk is a thing to support a keyboard and mouse and to anchor monitor stands. It actually needs hardly any surface area at all.
Only 8? In our offices all staff have at least 3 screens; two for the workstation and one on the phone for video conferencing. Usually they'll have email and instant message stuff on one screen and Excel on the other and switch to other in-house data systems as needed.
There is almost nothing done on paper any more. We've still got printers littered about the place but they hardly get used. Consequently desk size is really about not sitting on top of each other rather than actually needing a big area to spread out bits of paper. The desk is a thing to support a keyboard and mouse and to anchor monitor stands. It actually needs hardly any surface area at all.
Current home setup, just got the arm and 2x U2419H monitors. Went to Ikea to get the new desk last night, even though it said in stock on the site, it wasn't. Wasted 2 hour round trip. Will go get the desk next week. This desk is 105x45cm, better with the monitor arm, but still too small. Echo show 5 from the Prime sale a temporary fixture as I was setting it up.
Doofus said:
What a distopian image.
My experience still stands, regardless of what others' experience may be. I don't see any benefit in having multiple windows open in multiple monitors, because you can only do one thing at a time anyway.
I use video calls a lot (as we all do), but I don't actually need to see the other people continually. I can switch to a different window during the meeting; I don't need a second screen to do it. Back in the world of yesterday, I had face-to-face meeting regularly, and a large desk which doubles as a sizeable meeting table was really useful.
This will become a pointless argument because different people have different ways of working, but I find a laptop, a pen and a pad serve me just fine.
Whereas a laptop screen is completely unworkable for me unless I'm travelling to a temporary site and simply have to make do.My experience still stands, regardless of what others' experience may be. I don't see any benefit in having multiple windows open in multiple monitors, because you can only do one thing at a time anyway.
I use video calls a lot (as we all do), but I don't actually need to see the other people continually. I can switch to a different window during the meeting; I don't need a second screen to do it. Back in the world of yesterday, I had face-to-face meeting regularly, and a large desk which doubles as a sizeable meeting table was really useful.
This will become a pointless argument because different people have different ways of working, but I find a laptop, a pen and a pad serve me just fine.
I've lugged my own screens to customer sites before now, as well as chairs, if it looks like I'll spend any time there and workstation setups are woefully inadequate.
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