| In the 1980s, it wasn't uncommon to see large, | | | | ergonomic and functional for everyday use? |
| oversized desks, wingback leather executive | | | | Setting a laptop on a desk does little to provide a |
| chairs and lots of filing cabinets. In the 1990s, | | | | comfortable, ergonomic workstation. There are no |
| offices became more compact. The prevalence | | | | keyboards to be tilted at the correct angles or |
| of the computer began to reduce the amount of | | | | lowered to the correct heights. There are no |
| paper files needed and the filing cabinets began to | | | | monitors that can be tilted or angled to keep the |
| wane. Office workers realized that working at a | | | | user looking straight ahead. So how do we make |
| computer desk was much different than working | | | | laptop users comfortable? |
| at a desk where all work was done with a | | | | One way is by adding a sliding laptop tray to your |
| typewriter and calculator. Doctors began to | | | | existing desk. Laptop trays allow you to pull the |
| understand that diseases like Carpal Tunnel | | | | laptop out to use it, and then slide it back when |
| Syndrome were linked to repetitive motions like | | | | working on the desktop. They also lower the |
| mouse-clicking and keyboard use, giving birth to | | | | keypad of the laptop tray so that the user isn't |
| increasingly ergonomic desk and computer desk | | | | reaching up at such a severe angle. |
| accessory designs. | | | | Another way is to buy a height-adjustable chair to |
| At the turn of the millennium, people were well | | | | control the user's height. While traditional keyboard |
| aware of the importance of articulating keyboard | | | | arms allow for height control of the keyboard |
| arms, ergonomically designed chairs, and | | | | while the user is stationary, an adjustable chair |
| adjustable LCD monitor arms. And just when | | | | allows the user to change his/her height and keep |
| they thought they'd created comfortable, | | | | the laptop's keyboard stationary. |
| productive workstations, along came the laptop to | | | | High-quality laptop drawers start at only $69 at |
| throw a wrench in the mix. | | | | Versa Products, Inc., a well-known manufacturer |
| As companies realized that laptops were far more | | | | of computer desk accessories. Higher priced |
| affordable, mobile, and convenient than desktop | | | | options from Versa include laptop drawers that |
| computers, laptops began popping up in companies | | | | add an extra measure of security by locking. |
| all over the country, replacing the bulky traditional | | | | Versa's products are all guaranteed for life and |
| computer. Assistants as well as executives can | | | | ship for free via Fed-Ex. They also carry a line of |
| easily take their laptops with them, allowing them | | | | mobile computer carts, ergonomic office and |
| to work hassle-free in airports, hotels, at | | | | school desks, and other computer workstations. |
| conference centers, and of course, at their very | | | | Most can be customized to fit the customer's |
| own desks. With wi-fi pretty much everywhere, | | | | specific needs, but the standard versions are, in |
| there's no reason not to make the switch from | | | | most cases, height adjustable and require no |
| computer to laptop. | | | | customization. For more information on |
| But with a new type of computer came a new | | | | ergonomics or the products Versa sells to the |
| problem to revisit. How do we make laptops | | | | public, check out their website. |