I'm standing at an Ikea electric sit/stand desk for the last 6 months and absolutely love it. I start standing in the morning and usually take a sit-break early to mid-afternoon then up and down a handful of times thru the afternoon - mostly standing with 20 minute breaks every once in a while. It's an excellent way to avoid the commitment of standing 100% of the time and the knee/foot/cushioning issues that standing all day raises.
It's been absolutely astounding for my back - keeping my core body muscles shifting and moving all day is an absolute joy.
I thought I'd need to "work up to standing" but I pretty much hit 80-85% right out of the gate and it's stayed pretty consistent.
I absolutely love it and I'd encourage anyone that can afford to give it a swing - it'll cost yout about $500 to give it a try, a couple hundred more for the corner desk which gives you a lot more space for notebooks, reference material, etc.
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I'm standing at an Ikea electric sit/stand desk for the last 6 months and absolutely love it. I start standing in the morning and usually take a sit-break early to mid-afternoon then up and down a handful of times thru the afternoon - mostly standing with 20 minute breaks every once in a while. It's an excellent way to avoid the commitment of standing 100% of the time and the knee/foot/cushioning issues that standing all day raises.
It's been absolutely astounding for my back - keeping my core body muscles shifting and moving all day is an absolute joy.
I thought I'd need to "work up to standing" but I pretty much hit 80-85% right out of the gate and it's stayed pretty consistent.
I absolutely love it and I'd encourage anyone that can afford to give it a swing - it'll cost yout about $500 to give it a try, a couple hundred more for the corner desk which gives you a lot more space for notebooks, reference material, etc.
The ExoPC is sold through the Microsoft store and is currently on sale for $399 for the 64Gb model. http://www.microsoftstore.com/store/msstore/en_US/pd/productID.224518200/parentCategoryID.44066900/categoryID.54536100/list.true I've got one and love it. There is also a healthy community installing alternate OSes on it - including Ubuntu and Meego. http://exocommunity.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=107