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(More customer reviews)I finished building one of these about an hour ago, and I've got my iMac on it right now. Overall, it's a decent unit, but has a few failings that might make you rethink the purchase, even at this reasonable price.
It's solidly built and moves easily, and it's not too hard to put together. The instructions could be better: it's a single 8.5 x 11 double-sided sheet with no words that actually spell out the steps, relying completely on images. This would be okay if the images focused better on the specific tasks instead of showing full-figure shots of the assembly in process.
The parts fit as expected, and the entire assembly took me about 40 minutes. There are pilot holes for most of the screws, but several of the smaller ones have to be tapped directly into the composite boards.
Once it's done, the minuses begin to show up, with the worst problem being the keyboard shelf. It doesn't slide very far out relative to the top of the desk, and it's neither very wide or very deep. I suppose if I was using the standard iMac keyboard, it might not be too bad, though I expect even then the mouse wouldn't fit to the right of the board.
As it is, my keyboard is a Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Keyboard 4000, which I love using, but which is a beastly large animal. It's not only so wide it fills the whole keyboard shelf, it's also so deep that the wrist rest hangs over the front end. This is especially bad since the keyboard has to be placed about an inch forward of the back of the shelf in order to reach all the keys.
As alluded to above, my mouse can't be put to either side of the keyboard, so it has to be placed on the desktop itself. Not that big a deal with an iMac, since it has such a small footprint, but anyone out there who's still using a CRT monitor will find that this cart won't really serve.
The sidecar shelf is not a bad idea, but for my system, there's really no need for it. At this point, I'm not using it, but I'm considering placing my cable modem and router on it so it won't cause a problem if I choose to wheel it to more convenient locations.
Overall, it's tall enough for an adult without being too big to be used for a kid's room, but be wary of some of the limitations outlined above. In particular, the keyboard shelf might be an issue.
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