Good design always looks good!!!..

Love those desks! Universities and colleges across the country have storage warehouses full of them. Would be nice to set them free...

To me the desk may be vintage, but it still rather looks chunky and rather not stylish. Perhaps I'd like it more if the chair were not as cold and uncomfortable looking.
I love it when old and new is paired together, but personally this one just doesn't work for me.

Disproportionate, dark, and drab.

Also, you don't "need" a Mac in order to have the perfect thing to "balance" the vintage with. Snobbery...sheesh.

I have a vintage steelcase from when my grandpa worked for Xerox long ago. I love that desk, it's perfect.

That is a great combination!

And here's a commenter pro-tip: If you're not quoting directly from the post, don't use quotation marks! That may also be "snobbery" to you, but to some of us, that's just good manners.

Putting your keyboard on top of a standard height desk is poor ergonomics. If you don't use it much, it's probably OK. Otherwise, you need the keyboard to be lower. When I started working from home, I realized how many nice desks weren't that functional for a heavy computer user.

@unabridged - there are many other correct uses of quotation marks, such as showing irony or sarcasm.

I personally hate old metal desks...sorry...makes me think of government offices which I used to audit, would never want one in my home again (used to have one when I first got out of school).

I didn't interpert the post as stressing a mac was necessary for the pairing to work, the computer in the pic jus happens to be a mac but you could easily get the same mix with a current pc.

As for the ergonomics, I have a full sized tanker in my home office. I currently have wood blocks under it, raising it about 4" higher. I'll eventually look for a better solution, but it works for the time being.

As for universities having warehouses full of them, yes, that's where we bought this one and the small secretary's desk that my boyfriend uses. Look around as some universities sell them pretty cheap. I picked mine up, classic grey, in perfect shape, for about $75, IIRC. His was $65.

i had a similar theme going, except my desk was hardwood. gorgeous combination but took up entirely too much space in our 13x15 living room, so the desk had to go.

so sad.

I have this SAME desk, and SAME Mac setup! I love these desks, even if they are ridiculously heavy. I love the vintage desk and modern Mac look. Will have to share my setup, too!

And, as for the Mac is snobbery comment...

The post is simply highlighting that the Mac/Apple computer is unquestionable a better, sleeker design than any other computers out there. Pair that with a nicely designed vintage desk, and you have a great combo if that's your thing. Not to say if your opinion is different it's of less value.

Looks great, classic design is timeless and goes great with new technology. The more things change... The more they stay the same!

Right now my tanker is in the nursery doing duty as a changing table. It's too big for the space but too heavy to move elsewhere.

Sorry, but I really hated the old metal desks. They remind me of the underfunded universities.

This is exactly what my workspace looks like in my grad student lab.

My undergraduate university raised a good deal of money a few years ago by selling all their vintage furniture online. They freed up alot of storage space, pieces got to the people who wanted them, and profits were made.