I had reasonable hopes for this desk, but unfortunately very few of them were met. While the desk does look quite nice and is certainly sturdy, it has two glaring issues which, had I been aware of them, would have prevented me from ever purchasing it. #1: An optical mouse will not work on this surface; this is so completely unacceptable for a work surface in this day and age! That should be a minimum criterion for design. #2: The white film on the glass top scratches very easily, which means that after even a few weeks of very limited use there were dark, irreparable lines etched into the surface. This is not an item I would recommend buying.