Pics of your Work Areas!

[AlexSno]

And that is his workplace?
Where do i sign to your business?

 

[AJ.]

Love the Porsche convertible. Thats when I know i have made it when I have a 911 in my driveway. However, I was not aware that Porsche started making the Turbo in a convertible. I thought they didn't offer the turbo in a rag top.

Years ago Porsche didn't sell Turbo convertibles.
Then they realized people had the money, and the desire for them.
Now they sell 'em a lot!

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On-topic:
Amazing work places you guys have here!!

 

[TechLoopPC]

I wonder if having the Porsche in the driveway scares away customers

I drive an older Cadillac CTS and clients always joke that I'm gonna jack up their invoice to make my car payment.

 

[kmeyntz]

My office is located on the main street of my city so I am easy for customers to find and the parking has never been an issue for customers. I do 90% of my work onsite or remotely so I do not need a big space. I have 2x 4port kvm's so I can work on up to 8 PC's at one time but usually only have about 7-14 a week in the shop so I am not too worried about getting crowded.

 

[Benchtech]

My office is located on the main street of my city so I am easy for customers to find and the parking has never been an issue for customers. I do 90% of my work onsite or remotely so I do not need a big space. I have 2x 4port kvm's so I can work on up to 8 PC's at one time but usually only have about 7-14 a week in the shop so I am not too worried about getting crowded.

I envy your, Lanboy Air sitting their unused/unwanted poor thing...

 

[Wheelie]

I wonder if having the Porsche in the driveway scares away customers

No. I have a lot of customers that drive as nice or nicer cars.

Here's my latest toy:

 

[TimJacobs]

No. I have a lot of customers that drive as nice or nicer cars.

Here's my latest toy:

I need to get one of those to play around with......

 

[SmithFamilyDesigns]

Truthfully, until I actually get the area cleaned up from the past few weeks of hecticness, I'd be too embarrassed to show pictures of it. There are some great looking work spaces (and toys) on here though!

 

[kudochop]

Shop pics

I don't have a decent camera handy and these are pics I took with my phone.

This is the front of my shop I have a workbench with 3 monitors, 2 of them are hooked up to 4port kvm switches the other monitor mounted on the wall is where i hookup customers computers for a quick diagnosis.

The front counter cost me $100, purchased it at a local wood recycling center and refinished it myself.

The workbench is made of 2x4's and an 8' counter top I picked up at lowes. It's mounted to the wall and cost a total of $150. All of my networking equipment and kvm switches/power strips are mounted to the bottom side with screws and zip ties to keep the appearance nice. It leaves plenty of space for computers on the floor.

I have more room in the back, its about a 950sq ft location but most of my initial money and design effort/time went into the front for the customer interaction.

Ill take some higher quality pics and pictures of the back rooms once I get a better camera.

 

[Benchtech]

Ok, here is my humble mess...I did all this with $600.

(could only upload 5 at a time so I linked to my pB account)
Lobby
Retail
Parts and *Malwarebytes specials from NewEgg*

 

[buzzcut]

my office/shop

I have just under 100 sq feet for myself and then again there's always the kitchen table

 

[Rob]

A few pics of our shop.

 

[TopLevelComp]

Talk about a nice shop!

 

[Martyn]

Yes very nice, something to aspire to certainly.

 

[BryanLee]

Nice Star Wars collection on the back wall.

 

[RichmondTech]

Dang, that's pretty pimpin. What arcade game is that and is that an item for sale or do customers just play it?

 

[Rob]

Thanks for the nice comments, although when I look at the pics all I see is more stuff to be done! I am a self-confessed Star Wars tragic, and my wife was extremely happy for me to move all the crap out of the house and down to the shop. It makes an interesting talking point for customers and removes a bit of the heavy focus on computers.

I've found making the shop a bit less 'computery' has worked well for us, by getting more people into the shop and browsing around who wouldn't normally be interested in computer stuff. Personally I find many computer/repair shops a bit intimidating with the concentrated nerdiness on display, and I've thought it probably scares off a lot of potential customers (that's why my Star Wars collection is out the back, nerdiness levels peak into the red out there!).

My neighbour is a professional photographer, and we display a lot of his work on our walls rather than tech posters. It really draws people in, and more than a few stay to browse, ask questions, or buy. There's also a cabinet full of old Exacta cameras of my dads, a manual typewriter that is a kid-magnet, and a small workbench for the littlies to bash on while mum and dad are busy buying up big.

This stuff just alters the focus of the shop a little and makes it a bit more accessible to those who are not as tech focused. Getting these people into the shop who would not normally be interested in our line of work has been one of our successes.

Hmm, got a little carried away there. It's got me wondering if this might be worth expanding on for a Technibble article.

 

[Rob]

Dang, that's pretty pimpin. What arcade game is that and is that an item for sale or do customers just play it?

It's been fitted with a PC running Mame, an arcade emulator. Why play only one game on your arcade cabinet when you can play hundreds! I haven't been able to bring myself to sell them (apart from the fact that selling Mame ROMs is a no-no).

 

[carlitos31]

for sale area

This the area of laptops for sale. I am re-doing the repair area, I will post pics when done

 

[Steve202]

That's a pretty nice setup you've got Rob.