Question What's the best peripheral you've ever used, and why?

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MMohammed

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Like a lot of other people, I've had to do some shopping this year to set up my home office. After a few months, I can honestly say that my Logitech mouse (MX Master) is my favourite part of it. Until purchasing that thing, I'd been settling for some (largely easy to ignore) hand discomfort!

How about you? What's the best peripheral you've ever used and why?
 

chetmaster12

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How about a desk? I used to have a standard desk I got from a furniture store for some times. It's quite good, like it's not bad but not outstanding either.
Then I felt the table to be too tall for my taste. I sawed the joker's legs off to shorten it, but it ended up being too short, even with my adjustable office chair.
I discarded the table (it was getting bad anyway), and this time, I asked a desk specialist to build one for me. They custom-tailored the desk to fit my needs, the height, the size, the aesthetics, cable and monitor positioning, even my usage habits. When it was done, boy it felt like heaven working on it. It just feels right. I realized how much comfort I've been missing from using a subpar desk. Always thought it was the keyboard or the chair, no it was the desk. Should've thought about this long time ago considering I spent a lot of time working on my desk.

For actual peripheral, it's probably this logitech mouse I've been using. It's a silent type mouse, it makes no sound when clicking, and let me tell you, it actually feels.... serene. It's not for everyone's taste though, my cousin said it's too mushy and utterly useless for gaming because he couldn't tell whether it has been clicked or not. But for standard office work, it sure is a good one.

I'd like to point out a Samsung VA monitor I saw at a trade show some time ago. I've been using IPS or TFT my entire life, and when I saw one of those VA bad boys, the colors were astonishing. It's like I looked at a portal to a different world. It was a majestic experience. Owning a VA monitor is basically my lifelong dream now, of course it's still a dream, bills to be paid and all.

Speaking of peripherals, I'm still looking for that proper headset for me. Every headset I've tried had too much bass on them. I know, bass is cool and everything, but it just drowns out the vocals and instruments (again, for my taste, for my subjective standard). The search continues.....

Mmmm yes, a good desk really does matter. Still saving up for my dream desk, though I think the price is going up faster than my savings, so I might have to build my own.
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