Speaking of unconventional desk surfaces, does anyone make a good wall-mounted standing keyboard tray? All I can find are crazy articulated arm systems and gigantic freestanding desks. I just want a ready-made shelf designed to be used for only a keyboard + mouse facing a wall-mounted monitor.
I really like my crazy articulated Ergotron arms (I have 3 x 24" + 1 x 17" MBP on my desk using 2 double ergotron arms). I would from now on always buy adjustable arms. The ideal would be an even bigger desk with 3-4 27-30" monitors and 2-3 work areas, and the ability to assign monitor to machine fairly independently (right now I have a dual-card PC on all 3 (as well as PC to HDMI 1080p projector), and mac as secondary on one, and cables for servers/other machines on the other two monitors. I usually leave 2 monitors on the PC and one on the mac laptop.
Once I upgrade the Mac to something which can drive a 2-3 externals (ideally, a new Mac Pro), it will get more complex; may need to use a matrix switch.
I work at an Ergotron Workfit-S: http://www.ergotron.com/tabid/640/Default.aspx it's a contraption you drop on top of a regular desk, and provides a keyboard shelf as well as mounting for monitor(s) and laptops (I am now on a dual monitor, previously had 1 monitor + laptop shelf, so I'd drop my mbp on it and connect to the monitor). The whole thing slides up and down, and the shelf moves independently as well. Lets me move from sitting to standing easily, lets me adjust to different postures and moods etc.
Been using one for over a year now, very happy with it.
These are often too narrow and end with your face in the screen. I've apparently got perfect vision but had difficulty focusing when I attempted such a setup using standard-depth shelving.
