History repeating itself

richlevy · 01-02-2010, 02:30 PM

Ok, more than a decade ago, maybe two, I bought my 2nd Windows (DOS?) computer, a Packard Bell. It came with a pretty standard CRT. When I got it home and unpacked it, I realized that the CRT was designed to hold the speakers on either side. This added about 6-7 inches to the width. I owned the same particle board computer desk I own today. No problem, I took a saw and hacked off the piece that you see in the picture.

Fast forward to today. My new system came in weeks ago, along with my 23" widescreen monitor. It's been sitting downstairs waiting for my Windows 7 upgrade to come in. Yesterday, I completed the upgrade. I took the foam wrapper for the screen upstairs to check and it will not fit within the hutch.

I can fit it in the existing hole if I raise it 3 inches and move it 2 inches forward. But this is closer than I am comfortable with.

I can't find my saw, so I will either be borrowing one or visiting home depot to make new alterations to my desk.

The great thing about a cheap computer desk is I don't even have to think twice about hacking it apart.

01-02-2010, 02:30 PM	#1
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	History repeating itself Ok, more than a decade ago, maybe two, I bought my 2nd Windows (DOS?) computer, a Packard Bell. It came with a pretty standard CRT. When I got it home and unpacked it, I realized that the CRT was designed to hold the speakers on either side. This added about 6-7 inches to the width. I owned the same particle board computer desk I own today. No problem, I took a saw and hacked off the piece that you see in the picture. Fast forward to today. My new system came in weeks ago, along with my 23" widescreen monitor. It's been sitting downstairs waiting for my Windows 7 upgrade to come in. Yesterday, I completed the upgrade. I took the foam wrapper for the screen upstairs to check and it will not fit within the hutch. I can fit it in the existing hole if I raise it 3 inches and move it 2 inches forward. But this is closer than I am comfortable with. I can't find my saw, so I will either be borrowing one or visiting home depot to make new alterations to my desk. The great thing about a cheap computer desk is I don't even have to think twice about hacking it apart. Attached Images __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

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