What's on/under your desk?

for FTAM (full time affiliate marketers)

[rfung]

Besides the dust bunnies and your rabbit slippers, do you have a kick ass desktop system? 25" monitor? an untra portable laptop that you use to work anywhere/everywhere? a really confortable chair?

I have a 2.66Ghz/1MB DDR/ATI 8600 desktop (mainly for games really) and a Dell X300/P-M 1.2Ghz laptop where I do most of my work, all connected to a KVM switch to a 17" LCD flat screen monitor.

Just curiosity at play.

(too much time in my hands now..)

[jcoronella]

I have no idea what is in my machine (2Ghz/2GB?), but my desk holds two 20" Dell 2001FP's. Dual flat screens improved the quality of my life.

[rfung]

oy! what does one do with 2 20" monitors? for one computer only?

[div01]

My Steelcase chair has been one of the best investments :)

My PC is a few years old now, an AMD Athlon 1.2Ghz with 512mb RAM and a regular 17" CRT. My DEC workstation's been collecting dust since I gave up trying to run Linux on it.

[jcoronella]

what does one do with 2 20" monitors?

get more done.

I can keep my work separated and have chat etc, email, WebmasterWorld on one side and do work on the other. Or... I can have documentation open on one side and development on the other. I can also run a linux VM (VMWare) on one side, my XP machine on the other, and copy/paste between the two. Other times I will have a remote desktop open to a server and still be able to check my mail etc on the current pc without alt/tab.

It's impossible to look at both simultaneously, but it's nice to be able to spread your work out. Imagine you were working with pen and paper and had to re-order the paper whenever you wanted to compare one with the other, or look up something on another piece.

[webmastertexas]

I can see how having two computers running simultaneously and side by side would be a great benefit. Unfortuantely I can't afford a second one yet. Maybe in 2005...:)

[graywolf]

I got an HP 7000 laptop with a 17" widescreen. It's big and it heavy, and it lets me go wi-fi anywhere in the house, or out on the patio. It's not light enough to be considered a laptop for my mind, but it is light enough to be considered a portable computer.

[caveman]

jcoronella, I'll call you, and raise you one. I got three screens here. One for dev only, one for research (e.g., links, competitive, etc.) and forums, and one for communications (cheapo machine). They were added at different points in time, so cost wasn't a huge factor. Plus, I can look at things on different platforms (Mac, PC, and different browsers), which is a good thing.

For me, just avoiding changing apps constantly on the same screen helps a lot. Plus I can switch to answer email or IM's, while things run on the dev machine.

I was the cheapo machine for communications that provided the greatest boost in my personal productivity. Keeping communication totally separate really helps. I thought it was a bit extravagent when I did it, now I'd never go back.

[cagey1]

my industrial-strength, battery backup power supply

[pflyers]

16" laptop, wireless keyboard and mouse at home and at the office.

Will never buy another desktop again.

[teenwolf]

- Pencil
- Paper
- Coaster
- Abacus

Who needs any of this "high tech" stuff, anyway?

[rfung]

are your webpages made with grid paper?:)

[cabbie]

My secretary.;)

[gopi]

LOL cabbie , guess its a well worth business expense :)

You may want to empty your inbox - its full!

[Zygoot]

Pentium 4 2.8GHz , 1GB DDR RAM, 120GB HDD and an old GeForce Ti4600. A good wireless mouse (the MX1000) and keyboard from Logitech and also a 17" LCD screen.

[Michael Anthony]

A diary, a pencil, a notepad, a telephone and some sort of computer. Oh, and thousands of books.

[Teshka]

A couple of flat screen monitors, speakers, printer, piles of books, magazines, and papers, the latest can of diet coke, tv & dvd remotes, a bunch of sticky notes with keyword combinations and related statistics... oh, and a lava lamp. It's a big desk ;)

[sean]

A subwoofer -- for days when coffee is not enough.

[yanov]

Unlimited access to movies and tons of chips. And in the far end of my messy room you could notice a manual saying "AM for dummies", another manual "how to become funny", yet another "become lady conqueror".hahahahaha

[Richard Overvold]

My secretary.

Hahaha!

Some dust(need to sweep), two feet, filing cabinet, and some flooring.

[longen]

An external 80GB USB2 Hard Disk - great for backing up the OS.

[wellzy]

AMD 3200 (3Ghz), Asylum 256Mb nVidia card, HP DVD RW, Wireless KB & Mouse, 21" Monitor. Built for gaming, lately just used for AM ;)

I also have a Gateweay Solo 9550 laptop w/ a 16" screen. This is used mostly so my wife can surf, while I work.

wellzy

[Vegas21]

I would second the double monitor set up. It changes everything. It makes working so much more enjoyable and productive.