6 Months later your desk will be out of date... I'll pass on this one, cool but sorry computers become slow fast.

devGOD

The thing looks like a thumb drive with legs.

Andham

@Kaiser-Machead: Makes sense that it would have a theft-prevention feature. Because if I broke into your place, you better believe that would be the first thing I would grab...

smithereensblog

I like the idea of a project like this; a DIY computer tied to a pegboard under the desk or something. Cuts down on cooling issues, redefines Plug&Play. Might need some plastic guard rails to prevent knee singes... don't know about you, but the smell of burning leg hair in the morning does not smell, to me, like victory.

longbourne

Pretty cool, but I agree that the monitor is too small. I'd go the monitor arm route with a larger screen, and make a portion of the desktop itself a giant touch screen. (Ya know, since we're dreaming about actually making one and all that.)

hnkelley

Why the center seam? I want seamless! I also don't understand why it's so thick. A forward-looking product like this should be thinner. It should have USB ports down one side, too. Overall, awesome concept, I love it.

mikebritton

Back in the 80s, a company I worked for had a Wang PC (heh, I said "wang") that, while it wasn't actually built in to a desk, had it's monitor and keyboard mounted to a desk. The Wang came with a swing-arm mount for the monitor. They were popular word processing machines at the time. They ran MS-DOS, but were not completely IBM PC compatible.

CSX321

I wouldn't market this as a computer, but rather as a computer case. A very expensive case, of course, but it would do wonders for cable management.

ackthbbft

I had this idea years ago, the trick would be to mount the system so the components could be removed and replaced with ease. I think a glass top over everything would be pretty sweet too.

funkymatt

Needs a MUCH bigger monitor (OK, so, I'm a size queen!). ;-)

Sean Robertson

@kmpu-tah: We refer to this as "a reason to stay home from work."

ps61318

Will it say "End of line"?

hydramax6

*Smacks self in forehead*

Why didn't I think of this?

wolfenstein-3d

@liveinvt: It is better because some people think they would like to bring the whole table to the maintenance department to be fixed. These designers are genius! (NOT)

billcanada

@kmpu-tah: It'd be sort of cool if it had a slide-out chassis that you can just send in, keeping your polycarbonate desk where it is. It would have to be like that anyway, since desks inevitably accumulate lots of junk you don't want to have to find a new space for.

Kaiser-Machead

I worded that wrong- you would have to work without a computer AND A DESK?

kmpu-tah

So if your computer is malfunctioning and needs to be fixed, you will have to work without a desk and a computer?

kmpu-tah

Is that a Kensington security slot I see there? If so, that's funny, cuz it means you need another piece of furniture to tether it to. Why did I get rid of my stripper pole??

Kaiser-Machead

@Thud: Ah, yes, the traditional, ages-old battle of "integrated" vs. "component". This is pervasive in every industry where it is possible.

The answer of course is "component." Why? Because I said so. And I'm the dad, so I get to make that decision.

ps61318

My current set up is better--its modular. I've put all the CPU bits/memory/drives into a standalone unit and the furniture bits into another. That way I can upgrade things without replacing everything. Move stuff around. Each is optimized for its particular function. I call the box for the CPU stuff a "computer" and the furniture unit a "desk."

Seriously, am I the only one who likes standalone tech? Seems like the goal of integrating everything into a single phone/PDA/MP3/camera/desk means each element is compromised in some way...

Thud

@scarbrtj: Possible, yes. Likely? Sadly, no.

ps61318

@Twintails: Clamshell top? Removable top? Dissassemblable top? Something where you can take the top off? Top?

N@tedog

Just what I've always wanted to do.......bang my girl on my computer......this might work better than the last time we tried on top of my MBP. Where do I order?!!

mdawg4624

@drewls: "I don't get this fetish that people seem to have lately with mating their computers and their desk."

It's no different from any other form of animal husbandry. Left to their own devices, computers will mate with just any old desk they can mount.

frigg

With CPU-liciously warm spots on top, that desk is the ultimate cat magnet.

frigg

This is better than a laptop why?

liveinvt

how about a slot loader, or is that a coffee cup holder?

thistle.john

I designed a desk-comp once for myself; the problem is, with design you need to think about expandability and future proofing your materials. The innards need be pulled and replaced with... you know Newer, Faster, Better. It is a great Idea, I like the portable look of this design, yet what do you do when it's too old (in 6 months) get a new one? I hardly think that would be very green how would you connect the monitor so nicely setting on the surface? a myriad of issues come to light once you actually take it out of concept towards reality.

Twintails

wouldn't putting an iMac on a silver desk give you about the same look?

except in 5 years when your imac is out of date you dont have to replace the whole desk.

f0rge

Make it with dual monitors and a kick ass video card and color me sold.

leonard71

Needs David Warner smirking in the picture.

END OF LINE......

rtwod2

I don't get this fetish that people seem to have lately with mating their computers and their desk.

drewls

wireless KBMA and bigger/multiple monitor setup would have me drooling

discounteggroll

@strider_mt2k: and keep your legs toasty warm during the winter months. Only bad side? The idiot who brings the magnetic sculpture paperweight for his desk.

Git Em SteveDave

If Apple made this, Jonathan Ives would have found a way to make the whole tabletop levitate. But those curved edges definitely scream "Dell".

Windhawk

needs a keyboard/mouse tray.. and yeah, they should drop the monitor, and just have a monitor arm

keh

Great idea! They should sell kits that you could expand on.

Michai

Well this is good. Other PC/desk chimeras seem to have suffered from a lack of desktop real estate and/or sturdiness that this particular product does not exhibit.

In short, yes... it *will* be possible to have sex on this.

scarbrtj

nice.warm.clutter.

ANoel

With that kind of surface area you could make the entire underside a big, passive heat sink to keep the thing cool silently!

I think I like it too!

strider_mt2k