Size of desks at UCI residence halls?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Irvine
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<p>Ok well basically I'm wondering how big the desks are in the dorms. </p>

<p>I ask because I want to know if my computer case (which is quite large - 22.9" x 8.4" x 20.2") and monitor (which is a 23" widescreen - 21.73" x 16.06" x 6.76") will fit.</p>

<p>Anyone know anything? If possible, can someone who lives in the dorms take a picture?</p>

<p>Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.</p>

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<p>[Pic</a> of Desk](<a href=“http://i196.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/albums/aa262/greensam88/001.jpg]Pic”>http://i196.■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■/albums/aa262/greensam88/001.jpg)</p>

<p>For the tower, you’d probably want to put it under the desk or bed, meaning you can’t push your chair all the way in. In the pic, the monitor is 17" and the laptop is 15.4". My 22" monitor couldn’t fit under the hutch part so yeah…was a bit close for me. Let me know if you have other questions.</p>

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<p>HEY greensam88… looking at your setup… i realized i had a question!</p>

<p>would it be better to bring a computer and a laptop… or a laptop would be sufficient?</p>

<p>since i see that u have both… is it somewhat easier to have both?</p>

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<p>To be perfectly honest, it depends on how you want to use it. The only advantage of having both is that you don’t have to plug your laptop in every time you’re at your dorm; you can just use the desktop and leave the laptop in a backpack or something and charge it at the library or whatnot. Unless you really need a more powerful system for desktop gaming, having just a laptop should be fine.</p>

<p>In my situation, I had only a desktop for most of my freshmen year until like spring quarter when I finally purchased a laptop. I had a tv tuner card that made it possible to watch television on the desktop while using the laptop to browse the Internet. Since moving out of the dorms, I still have both a desktop and laptop, but I rarely use my desktop; it’s only good when my laptop is super low on battery (so it’ll charge faster when off) oterwise sometimes it’s nice to have dual screens when writing a paper.</p>

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<p>Okay, after reading this another question came up lol ! A tv tuner card. I am totally inexperienced with it and I am soo totally glad that you brought it up. So I have a couple of questions:</p>

<ol>
<li>How does it work… how can I get one… good channels?</li>
<li>Can I use it in conjunction with school work on my laptop?</li>
<li>Do you have to pay for a service or anything?</li>
</ol>

<p>Thanks so much you are really very helpful greensam!</p>

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<p>well i have a tv tuner also - its for my laptop. and i think its kinda useless. i have like 7 channels and 2 of them dont even work… i just resort to stream online shows.</p>

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<p>Eh. It’s finals week and I’m procrasinating. Whatever.</p>

<p>Anyways, for the on-campus housing communities, you’ll be able to get cable service for free. However, I would not advise using a laptop for watching television as the usb tuner gets quite hot and the screen is not really large. There should be enough space for you and your roommate to share a bigger TV. Make sure you purchase one with a digital tuner to future-proof yourself when you move out next year, although I’m presuming a basic NTSC tuner should still work with the free service the school provides.</p>

<p>I do have a Haupauge 950 USB tuner that I purchased quite a bit ago that works relatively decently. However as I mentioned before I use a notebook cooling pad to keep the temperature on it down to prolong the life (although I’m not sure if it really does help). I would probably therefore recommend using a usb tuner for a laptop as it requires some processing power that might make your programs load slower. There are many alternatives though such as Hulu and such for television programs nowadays.</p>

<p>So to summarize, I’d suggest either get a television set (so you can also play video games as well) or just go watch videos online. If you really want to though, feel free but on my current laptop I feel that it really slows it down. The only benefit to the USB tuner card versus a separate television set is that Windows Media Center (included in Home Premium and Ultimate, perhaps Windows 7 as well) had a tv guide on screen that is really handy. Good luck with your computer purchase I guess. Perhaps wait until after June 26 or something so you’ll get a free upgrade to Windows 7.</p>

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<p>I have this kind of monitor, and I plan to bring my desktop+that. Do you think that it’ll work in there? Since the HP monitor sticks out a bit it might fit. Looks like the overhang is sticking out about 5 inches and 14 inches high; is that right? I’m figuring that my friend and I can just use it to double for TV since it’s 25.5".</p>

<p>Video games on modern monitors shouldn’t be a problem since they usually have HDMI input now. I just need to find a good PCIex1 TV tuner card (can anyone suggest some good ones? =p). I don’t know how they really work though, but I’m assuming you can connect your cable’s cable to it and watch through some program? Or is there some way to connect cable directly to the monitor since I have an extra HDMI port on my monitor?</p>

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<p>Ah, I just checked and it has HDCP support, so does that mean I can just plug in the cable box (does that come with the dorm and does it have HDMI out?) and we’re good to go?</p>