Comments on: Effective Home Office Setup - Laptop Stacks and Monitor

By: Jeff Kee

Jeff Kee — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 01:43:45 +0000

Have 2 shelves side by side - 1 monitor each. So the laptops don’t need to be stacked - they just each tuck underneath the monitor for space saving.

By: Diego Chahin

Diego Chahin — Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:31:45 +0000

I love your setup, but here is the thing, I want to keep your set up and add an extra monitor. I love sing dual monitors. Any ideas?

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By: Jeff Kee

Jeff Kee — Thu, 31 May 2007 23:24:57 +0000

Haha a 4′ tall bed eh? Oh well, whatever works.

It’s great being a handyman, isn’t it? I’m sure you understand what I mean..

I still know how to change my own drivebelts/brakes/sparkplugs etc. on my car, not to mention a coolant flush, and oil changes are basic (not that I do them all because I no longer have time), also I’m a good painter, know how to install shelves in walls (the proper way!), assemble cabinets etc..

They say that women often find handymen more attractive than those who are not as handy!

By: Jeff Kee

Jeff Kee — Thu, 31 May 2007 23:22:31 +0000

It’s not closed or confined - it’s just a matter of a stack. For individual laptops, this isn’t much different from having a laptop sitting on a flat surfaced desk.

The shelves only have legs on corners - no enclosure whatsoever. And there’s 1/4 inch gap on top of the laptops for letting out the heat.

Also note that while the unit is closed, the LCD screens on the laptops do NOT produce any heat as they are turned off.

By: Ed Lau

Ed Lau — Thu, 31 May 2007 13:16:08 +0000

I’d be careful with heat issues when confining computers to such a small space.

By: Seeds For Wealth

Seeds For Wealth — Thu, 31 May 2007 03:59:11 +0000

Jeff, that’s a great solution for time and space.

I did something similar but with my king size bed. We needed space for pack rat junk so I made a bed frame so tall that the top of the mattress is almost 4 feet high.

Haha. My wife and I are just over 5 feet tall and our ceiling is the standard 8′.

When people come over they all think they have to come see our bedroom and laugh about it. Those ignorant bastards!!

It’s not pretty but just like your laptops solution, it solves many problems.

Great work.

By: MeOmee

MeOmee — Thu, 31 May 2007 03:22:57 +0000

Cool !

By: Bill

Bill — Thu, 31 May 2007 00:35:06 +0000

Makes sense.

By: Jeff Kee

Jeff Kee — Thu, 31 May 2007 00:31:32 +0000

Nothing that fancy - The XP laptop is mostly used JUST for checking website on IE. Everything else can be handled on my HP laptop with Vista on it.

Also, it helps as a secondary web-surfing machine. When i come home briefly to grab a bite or whatever, and I need to look up a location of an office etc., I no longer have to open my laptop case, set up the thing, look it up, and then pack again - i can just use the one on my desk for simple things like that. It’s a huge convenience factor.

By: Bill

Bill — Wed, 30 May 2007 23:00:12 +0000

Nice setup!

How do you organize and keep track of your files on your systems? Do you have a development server setup or something?