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Joanna Nelius, a new staff member at The Verge, shares her love for vintage tech and family heirlooms in her office setup, including a 1994 IBM PC, a Vectrex gaming console, and a Remington 12 typewriter passed down from her grandmother. Her workspace reflects her passion for early 20th-century aesthetics and her background in creative writing and literature, while also incorporating modern technology such as the Lenovo Yoga Book 9i and Nuphy Air75 V2 keyboard.
Kate Cox, senior producer at The Verge, shares details about her cozy home office setup. Her desk is a reclaimed, distressed wood desk with three drawers, and she uses a classic Ikea Markus chair. For tech, she uses a 2021 MacBook Pro and a newly built PC with an AMD Ryzen 7 7700X processor and Nvidia Founders Edition 3060 Ti GPU. Her monitor is a 27-inch Dell S2721DGF, and she uses a Corsair K70 Lux mechanical keyboard. She also has a Shure MV7 podcast microphone and Sennheiser HD 558 headphones. Her workspace includes a bulletin board with starry hexagon tiles and a shelf filled with Dragon Age memorabilia.