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Cherry MX browns might be an option, they are supposed to be quiet.
Still very clacky if you bottom them out which 99% of people do. Mechanical keyboards, unfortunately, do not have a place in the office space.
As someone who has worked at home for many years, and has a nice home office setup. $1k is not nearly enough... you need monitors, a decent desk, a nice chair, office supplies, a printer/scanner, the list goes on and on.
No mic/webcam for meetings. Maybe own a laptop but don't have a desk/chair.
The 1k isn't about funding a fancy setup to permanently work from home. It's about filling the gaps so that they can work from home as effectively as possible during this time.
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Sadly the monitors I have at work are 1k each =(
That seems incredibly overpriced unless you need absolute color reproduction or some other specialty.
I'm a remote worker and I've found it hard to say something positive about the virus, but having companies be more ok with remote workers and (hopefully) finding work still gets done can mean more remote possibilities overall. For me, that's a good thing.
I saw someone mention that whats to stop them from getting comfortable with remote workerse and then hiring cheaper labor from the next state over, inevitably taking advantage of skilled international yet cheap labor, remotely?
> Spotify did not respond to Business Insider's request for comment. They should probably ask Shopify to comment instead =P
I've noticed that BI's articles are full of typos. Not sure if they just rush things out or what, but some of them are so obvious if anyone did a round of proof reading they would've spotted it.
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For me a nice monitor is a must. I cannot be productive on a laptop for more than an hour or two. It all feels so constricting.
You can get some real nice monitors for $30 from the thrift store. I'm looking at one on my desk right now :-)
Something like https://www.newegg.com/dell-u2412m-24/p/N82E16824260047?&qui...
As someone who has worked at home for many years, and has a nice home office setup. $1k is not nearly enough... you need monitors, a decent desk, a nice chair, office supplies, a printer/scanner, the list goes on and on.
I think you will find that most of the people this $1k is targeting is people who already have the means to work from home, but maybe need some additional things. No mic/webcam for meetings. Maybe own a laptop but don't have a desk/chair. The 1k isn't about funding a fancy setup to permanently work from home. It's about filling the gaps so that they can work from home as effectively as possible during this time.
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Why are you wasting money? You can get 5 27" monitors for the price of one of those and 3 or 4 43" 4ks for the price of both.
What? How about some specifics. My requirements for a monitor is high resolution for plenty of desktop space (minimum 4k) and IPS panels for viewing angle, besides, I think IPS is the least straining panel to look at. When you combine these two requirements you are likely at 700+ for a single monitor. But hey, I see 80 col Vim developers, too, so everyone’s needs are different.
Are you running your 4K monitor in 1:1 mode?
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That seems incredibly overpriced unless you need absolute color reproduction or some other specialty.
It isn’t about color, it’s about resolution. My LG ultra fine 5k monitor is amazing. Will never go back to cheap monitors again. It pairs perfectly with the 5k iMac Pro.
I have worked from home for nearly a decade. I guess I don’t know what I’m missing but I don’t need 1k chair. I sit at my dinning room table on a 50 dollar chair from Ashley Furniture. No problems at all. True I don’t have a desktop and use a laptop so I can take it with me to onsite meetings or move to another location like my patio, couch, or garage. I’m not sure what I’d spend 1k on besides the machine I use to ge…
For me good monitor and good chair are above good PC. My PC being slow affects my employers bottom line, my chair or monitor being bad affects my health.
Monitor I guess is still habit from CRT days, when there was significant quality (measured in not damaging your eyesight) between good and average.
Which is why employer bought me 2 really good desktops, one for home and one for office.