Sunday, August 25, 2013

Portable Desktops: Curing the plight of a Budding Designer

I have always been a serious advocate for PCs. As a designer that specialises in graphics and product design I function on both sides of the design spectrum  Most designers prefer Macs as their product of choice but I find that the Windows operating system to be a lot more versatile  As many people ave found out, partitioning your Mac to have Windows could be a very nasty affair... Yes Open Window Students, I'm talking to you lol. But with all the benefits of Windows, there is a downside, transporting your equipment around can be such a hassle especially if you have a desktop.

Understandably, Desktops shouldn't be totted around like gym bags (that's what laptops are for), but I have recently discovered that having that option might not be such a bad thing. I'm interning at an Advertising Agency to cover the graphics side of my studies and I have just a desk and chair, no computer and I have to work on the digitally, so the solution I came up with was to bring my desktop to the office... Simple right? Wrong! cables, Speakers, Monitor, Hard-drive  yikes! I look like a pack mule.


I'm in the process of designing a carry case that is adjustable and compact enough to fit your monitor, hard-drive  cables and other such necessities for others suffering as I am. I have searched the web and found examples (limited examples) of such cases, clearly there is a gap in the market, most of them do look like gym bags and the straps and clips aren't "sexy" at all.


Desktop Carrying Case- Very basic isn't it? (No offence to the designer of course, clearly me and you are on the same wavelength)


























Although laptops are a solution to this problem, but as a student still in the sponging phase of adult-hood, budget doesn't allow for me to purchase a laptop that can handle both Solidworks and Photoshop, so maybe this could be another solution. The desktop carrier, bring your desk with you, wherever you go. The title is still a work in progress.

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