Disease Posted February 2, 2010 Posted February 2, 2010 I have been taksed with a room revamp and we want to use an integrated solution such as the I-Desk i-rise, has anyone had any experience with them or able to suggest any alternative manufacturers? We are looking for a 32 unit installation but we want units like the i-rise that turn back into clear desks.
sted Posted February 2, 2010 Posted February 2, 2010 (edited) ive not seen the rises but im not a fan of the standard idesks. The design is about 90% of the way there but there are some annoying things. the power button is miniscule i can only use it with my little finger as its down a recessed groove, The hole to get to the cables always was a paint to get into and isnt really big enough if you need to feed cables from one side to the other (to connect the next desk), the usb block on the monitor pole now makes it even harder to get the cover off, the monitors dont seem to have an auto button so displays often dissapear off the top/bottom/side. The last lot installed i have so far had 6 out of 30 with duff ram and in one of the desks the cartridge is a VERY tight fit and usually leaves the lid inside when i need to get the cartridge out (typically one with duff ram). They are a good idea i just personally think the execution needs work (like if the motherboard manufacturer posts an approved memory list using it) obviously this is just my opinion and im sure other people have a differing one Edited February 2, 2010 by sted 1
gwendes Posted February 2, 2010 Posted February 2, 2010 Consider how you'll upgrade later. We have a set we're now looking at upgrading and PSUs/heatsinks and a tricky install of the new boards are all problems. Unless you pay iDesk to do this... 1
Disease Posted February 2, 2010 Author Posted February 2, 2010 Is there any alternatives to I-Desk that I could look at?
nslc Posted February 2, 2010 Posted February 2, 2010 We looked at Isis concepts stuff for us here, and I really thought a lot of it was nice, especially with the need for "flexible learning spaces" . I think cost was what stopped management using them. Which was a shame. I also liked the power tower things they did for feeding power to laptops. If i was given the budget i would use them.
plexer Posted February 2, 2010 Posted February 2, 2010 All of these integrated desk solutions appear to supply power along the rows by daisy chaining multi way adaptors what are the opinions on this? nuisance tripping for anyone? Ben
Cools Posted February 2, 2010 Posted February 2, 2010 Hold on Try EuroTek - Smart Top.. Office Furniture Company UK, Buy Office Furniture Online, UK Office Furniture Company, Office Furniture Sales UK 1
Cools Posted February 2, 2010 Posted February 2, 2010 All of these integrated desk solutions appear to supply power along the rows by daisy chaining multi way adaptors what are the opinions on this? nuisance tripping for anyone? Ben Not had a problem you can only do desks of 4 PC's with isis.. But no tripping out.. got fused spur 13 amp's for safety on each desk row.. i have USFF HP's DC7200 with 19" Screen
Tcsltd Posted February 2, 2010 Posted February 2, 2010 We do some called Smart top desks...do you want me to send you our furniture brochure with them in?? 1
british-wave Posted February 8, 2010 Posted February 8, 2010 We have 3 I rise solutions at the school I work at and we do not have any issues with them. They do give a wow factor in the classroom. http://www.wavellschool.org.uk/images/downloads/idesk.zip for pictures of our first installation. http://www.wavellschool.org.uk/images/downloads/idesk2.zip For picture of our third installation http://www.wavellschool.org.uk/images/downloads/idesk3.zip for pictures of our second installation. http://www.wavellschool.org.uk/images/downloads/idesk4.zip for the 4th installtion. http://www.wavellschool.org.uk/images/downloads/idesk5.zip for the 5th installtion. This one is an Irise only installtion in the atrium of a tech dept. It works really well and gives us another IT suite in an area which we didnt think we could use as an IT suite. As for the power for the machines. I beleive under new cableing regs you can only run 8 PCs on a ring main before it trips. We dont have any tripping issues. All the cables are integrated into the desk so they are out of site and out of the way. As for powering on the machines we have a policy for wake on lan for startup and a shutdown script in the evening. The power buttons rarely get pressed !!
glennda Posted February 8, 2010 Posted February 8, 2010 Personally I don't like the desk solutions, i think they are a really nice idea, but they always have issues whether large or small, I used to work with Eurotek desks which where nice idea, apart from where kids used to shut them with the mouse on top the keyboards which then was to high to fit the screen in and smashed the monitors or closed with the mouse out of the mount then the cable gets broken. I think that benching fitted correctly is 1. cheaper and 2. easier to maintain and service equipment when it went wrong. Just my opinion tho. Toby
Steve_Brooks Posted February 22, 2010 Posted February 22, 2010 Hi All Having just joined edugeek if anyone has issues with i-desk please let me know, the design has grown through feed back from schools. I noticed a comment earlier about the on button being small & in a recessed groove, that is on purpose so that students cannot reach to the next desk & turn off someone's PC. If you want more info please contact
Dos_Box Posted February 22, 2010 Posted February 22, 2010 (edited) I suggest you all listen to Steve, he's the inventor of the i-Desk and MD of the company, and he's here to put paid to some nay-sayers and take on board ideas from you guys. Oh, and I forgot to mention he's a thoroughly nice chap to boot Edited February 22, 2010 by Dos_Box
synaesthesia Posted February 23, 2010 Posted February 23, 2010 I've not much to add to the thread topic itself however as Steve is here, and having had a little interest from a couple of places in both i-desk and i-rise solutions there's one thing I'm a little unclear on. Some of the advertising is stating a passive cooling solution - how effective is that cooling system, what sort of running temperatures would you expect from the system and CPU specifically? I've just a bit of a niggling doubt regarding lifespans should the cooling not be able to handle it. It's entirely possible I've misread something, hence asking Cheers.
OpsMan Posted February 23, 2010 Posted February 23, 2010 (edited) I've not much to add to the thread topic itself however as Steve is here, and having had a little interest from a couple of places in both i-desk and i-rise solutions there's one thing I'm a little unclear on. Some of the advertising is stating a passive cooling solution - how effective is that cooling system, what sort of running temperatures would you expect from the system and CPU specifically? I've just a bit of a niggling doubt regarding lifespans should the cooling not be able to handle it. It's entirely possible I've misread something, hence asking Cheers. Hi, The passive cooler will have a longer life span than standard cooling as there are no moving parts to suffer wear, it is after all an aluminium block. We tend not to run above 50c but this would depend on processor of course and programme being used but that would be a max temp. It is also important that the correct case fans are used, something we have done, as well as ensuring they don't add unwanted noise. The sensors on the case fans monitor running temp and run accordingly dependant on usage, they will speed up or slow down as required. We are also about to launch an ultra low power PC in the coming weeks, something requested by a number of New Build projects. As many of the comments regarding i-desk state, we are constantly working with customers to develop and improve the product and many of the current designs have been created directly from customer input. Should you wish to know more regarding i-desk Solutions, please feel free to call me at any time and I will do all I can to assist you further and if I can't help, I'm sure our inventor Steve Brooks can. If you wish to speak to one of our 700 plus schools for a customer point of view, please let me know, I'd be more than happy to put you in contact with some. Regards, Steve Morgan i-desk Solutions 01189 739 731 Edited February 23, 2010 by OpsMan 1
synaesthesia Posted February 23, 2010 Posted February 23, 2010 Ah, I see - so it's not entirely passive, there is forced airflow. That's rather good to hear, because I'm starting to see an amusing failure rate for a certain brains EcoQuiet range
Steve_Brooks Posted February 23, 2010 Posted February 23, 2010 Hi Also the air flow for the PSU is independant to the CPU 1
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