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The Ultimate Computer Chair
Kodi sent us the first piece of furniture
that has caused me to seriously think twice about my beloved
Aeron. Its made by these guys (warning, confusing artsy website ;)
and it looks pretty sweet.
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If you got the money, then go here:
Flogiston
or, if you don't, go here:
Omniscience Futureneering Flight Sim Chair
Either way, these are much better devices...
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Could be worse, get one of those new dual 750 mhz Alpha systems... at 750mgz, those suckers are practically radiating microwaves... how about two of those warmin' the boys?
Wasn't this chair on here a few months ago? Or did I actually see something somewhere else before it showed up on Slashdot?
I think you could do something a lot better by buying a normal recliner, a flat panel display, some sort of arm and a split keyboard.
You could probably do the whole setup for under $2000.
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I think you would fry you nuts on electromagnetic radiation having your machine between your legs like that all day!
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Geez, $3500!?!?!?!
For that kind of money, it had better include a little arm that extends and scratches my balls when they itch...
Yes, it looks nice, but I'm not about to go get a second mortgage for a CHAIR.
With all the obvious time they have put into the design of this chair, you'd think they would at least put together a decent web site. The opening page is an epileptic's nightmare, and the following pages have a slew of images, half of which are click-able, and none of which appear to be so. It becomes a mundane game of hovering the mouse over various images until the status bar displays a URL, and then trying to figure out what type of information one might find by clicking on that image. Some web designers need to learn a few very basic rules about web design before unleashing their monsters upon the unsuspecting public.
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Hell, for $3500, _I'll_ scratch your balls when they itch!
I picked up one of these recently and my back thanks me. If you go to a decent office furniture store, you may be able to get a previously rented one for under $300.
There is a 9 adjustment model as well, if you are
quite tall and need to move the lower part of the
seat forward or back, otherwise the 7 adjustment model gives you everything you'd need.
This $3500 chair is cool, but maybe you'd be better of getting the La-Z-Boy, a chair mount keyboard/mouse holder, and an LCD projector...
The chair itself is old news, it has been first introduced some 3-4 years ago.
Some time ago, one of my friends built a copycat version of the chair, much along the lines you suggest here (though the PC case sits on the floor besides the chair).
The only hard part was the monitor stand, which required welding some heavy-duty steel bars together to support a decent monitor. The stand is shaped like an angular 'C' (with some depth, of course), of which the lower part slides under the chair. As it is open on one side and has no box between your legs, you can get more easily on and off the chair than in the "original" version.
I have not had a chance to try out the original chair, but after testing the copy, it was easy to believe that the concept works very well. The copycat version is a very comfortable chair, I must admit - - - much, much better and more ergonomic for the back and neck than your above-average office chair (which is usually a retarded piece of furniture, anyway, no matter how much it costs or how many different adjustments you can make). If you're into all-night-long coding, surfing, hacking, design stuff etc. this kind of chair surely rocks. My friend no longer has a regular office chair.
Many /.ters have presented negative and doubtful comments, so I would like to advice you not to judge the concept without at least first trying out something similar. I think you might be pleasantly surprised.
Whilst we're all busy drooling (or gnashing our teeth at site induced headaches)here are couple other cool chair/computing enviroment sites.
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http://innovate.bt.com/showcase/smartspace/inde
http://www.poetictech.com/aura/aura.html
Both of these are more along the lines of complete systems as opposed to just a comfy chair.
Pricey... but then again the Aura still cost half of what the spent on my VP's rosewood office furniture...
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