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The Ultimate Computer Chair?
An anonymous reader writes "Check out www.mypce.com. They address the idea
of the computer workspaces by treating the it as an overall environment
instead of the desk and monitor we're all used to. Hopefully, the industry will
start moving in this direction and address more of the physical issues of computing.
No idea on pricing, but very cool nonetheless."
Since the site is already /.'d, i'll just dream a little:
Laz-e-boy recliner installed with:
1. monitor swing-arm
2. keyboard split across arm rests
3. speaker surrounding head, woofer under seat
4. vertical-load cd tray in left armrest
5. mouse pad on right armrest
6. Linux inside ...sweeeet....
Don't use the Troll mod just because you disagree with me.
OK, seriously, how many of the Slashdot crowd would actually buy this? I mean we're the kind of people they must be aiming for, but I can't see it sitting in the corner of my room. It'd give me nightmares. It looks like a cross between a psychotic gaenacologists favourite torture implement and one of the Machines from the Matrix. Either way, not something I'd want in my house.
If you want a conversational piece, buy a bonsai kitten or something . . .
"If being a geek means being passionate about something, then I pity those who aren't geeks." - Pike65
My favourate computer chair is the lay-z-boy. You can kick out the foot rest and rest your laptop on it. You can sit the laptop on your lap (not the best idea if your ripping your mp3 collection and you wish to have kids (assuming that your male)) and rock backwards and fowards (also not the best idea for the laptop hd). Or you can lean back go read /. , watch your favourate discovery channel documenatry about hackers (and there green hair) and become highely amused at all the websites that for some reason disappear when on the /. home page :p .
"You win again Gravity!" -Futurama (Zapp)
The thing looks like it's built around a $100 racing seat from Summit. Those are definitely not very comfortable, and I can't imagine they're ergonimically correct for typing.
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I used to lust after those, until they gave me one. The mesh thing is cool, I could ride my bike in and I'd try up pretty quick. But you can't cross your legs in those things, you have to sit "properly." I like to be able to shift around how I'm sitting every 15 mins or so, there are only so many ways you can do this if sitting yoda like hurts your knees... I knew their days were numbered when they stopped stacking up on nurti-grain bars and juice, which in the long run made me happier than the chair.
Looking at the specs of the chair, the system comes with a, "360GB Western Digital Raptor".
erm... decimal is off by one.
Sorry if this is a dupe, as I only ctrl-f'd the 1st page for "360".
Thank you for your time
I'm a geek. I program network apps. I'm an "apprentice" Unix admin. I sit in front of the computer 16+ hours a day. But then again, sometimes I just stay there for a few days working ahead of the curve.
But before I got here I use to pour concrete and shuffle packages at UPS. I'm tired of listening to a bunch of piss ant nerds whine about how sore thier ass is from sitting on it all day. Ergonomics my ass! Lay bricks for a few days then come back to the office and tell me how much those keyboards make your fingers hurt.
Yeah, I know, this post is slightly off topic, but this article seemed like a good place to blow off some steam.
Next time I hear one of the network guys complain about how hard changing a network cable is on his back, I'm gonna stuff his fat ass into one of those UPS receptacles.
Okay, back your regularly scheduled Slashdoting.
McDoobie
1) I'd buy a reclining chair from the Relax The Back store. $1500 gets you a mid-grade model, so let's say $1500 as conservative.
:) Let's budget $1500 for this, too, for round numbers, but it shouldn't cost that much. (Note that it need not look like a museum piece; more like curved truss.)
2) I'd hire a sculpture student, a metal shop or a custom furniture designer to create a large metal arch with support points built in in order to support one or more largish LCD panels. The arch should be tall enough that one could sit on the chair in its fully reclined position, facing up at the monitors. It would have to be dis-assemble-able for transport
3) So, vs. a budget for the featured compu-chari thing of $7800, this approach leaves us with about $5000. Two VIA EPIA systems with 512MB RAM, DVD+CDRW drives and 120GB hard drives in small cases could be assembled for $500 apiece, so there's another thousand. Down to $4000 for displays and input. One of these systems should have a video capture card, and one could be equipped with a dual-out PCI video card.
4) Buy two decent but budget-friendly 19" LCDs (Samsung look decent, so do some Mitsubishis). $1500 is generous for a pair. Mount to the metal arc.
5) Put $2500 in the bank. Get into the spaceship thus created, work, play etc.
timothy
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... I can build a Thrustmaster HOTAS/Cougar into it. And then I need the thing to pitch, yaw, and roll based on the movements of my stick, throttle and pedals. Of course none of this has to do with work, but it would make for one hell of a PC Gaming/Piloting experience. :)
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