The display certainly is brighter and better looking than the previous model, though the one on the desk we saw was slightly dimmer than we would prefer -- in its defense it was sitting right next to a super bright iMac.

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Karl, a faceless, putty-colored model Dr. Xu created 20 years ago, still sits on a desk in his lab.

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He wanted a classy desk chair that would compete with the established master of back support, Herman Miller's Aeron model.

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