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> "Having used my own hollow core desks going back to 1985 or so (with an original IBM PC sitting on such a desk)... I have yet to see a reasonable load they would crack under."

yup. part of the founding tale of idealab, the pasadena startup incubator, is the use of hollow-core doors on filing cabinets as desks. they have maybe 150 such desks in use there. i've used them and they're more than adequate for that purpose.



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