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I like the monitor which only displays the Little Snitch map lol!
LOL, yeah thats the 23". It's convenient, but I don't always have the full LS app running.
Wait - so, its not the Global Thermonuclear War?!
Well, that is a relief...I can come out of my bunker then! 😅
LOL, no. It's more like 'Where's Waldo?'Wait - so, its not the Global Thermonuclear War?!
Nine displays…wanted a monitor specifically for Finder windows that isn't far away.
I have one port left for a total of 10 displays, but no idea where another one would go and for what at this point.
I have one port left for a total of 10 displays, but no idea where another one would go and for what at this point.
I’d make monitor 10 a big digital clock so I can see the time from 30 feet away. I’d call it my Judgement day clock 😄
Exxxxcactly! Thats a whole lotta judgement
Desktop Early Intels.
Left hand Mini, 2012, running OCLP Sequoia.
Right hand Mini 2011 Server, running MX Linux 23.6.
Under the power strip below left is a Haswell-based Windows machine.
On the drop shelf to the right is an A1355 Time Capsule 3rd gen, retrofitted with a 4TB drive. This backs up the LH Mini and a 2013 MBA 11".
All three machines use the same Eizo SX2462W monitor, the same iClever IC-BK10 Bluetooth keyboard, and individual mice. The Windows machine uses a Microsoft wireless USB mouse, the Minis use Magic Mice. These now work well in MX, although like all Linux distros using the blueman BT front end, they can be a pain to get connected to any BT peripheral. This applies to standard PCs too, not just Apple hardware.
A close inspection reveals my appalling cable management, which is due to be addressed soon. Honest.
My Mac Pro 2,1 an original version as shipped from Apple in 2007. Upgraded RAM to 24GB and the graphics card to an X1900XT. I am focusing more creative energy on local offline projects for myself. Mini DV “Home movies” like people used to make. After I fell out of the profession of recording video and started working with my hands; I think I’m enjoying creating again. There’s no better operating system that captures my childhood than 10.6.8 Long live the leopards!
I would put my cable management (on the floor, underneath my desks towards the back) against anyone's and LOSE every time!
I try to just not look whenever I'm back there. It's a literal sea of wires and plugs.
My oldest Intel Mac is a 2008 Mac Pro. Also have 2010 Polycarbonate Macbook, and 2010 iMac. Newest one is a 2012 Mac Pro.
It's always bothered me that the 2010 Macbook is supported all the way to High Sierra, while the 2008 Mac Pro loses support after El Capitan, despite being a more powerful machine. There is literally zero reason why the 2008 Mac Pro shouldn't have been supported under High Sierra, and possibly even Mojave with an appropriate graphics card.
It's always bothered me that the 2010 Macbook is supported all the way to High Sierra, while the 2008 Mac Pro loses support after El Capitan, despite being a more powerful machine. There is literally zero reason why the 2008 Mac Pro shouldn't have been supported under High Sierra, and possibly even Mojave with an appropriate graphics card.
Freakin' deck chairs.
Sorry for the lower quality, took this one with my iPad.
Better, but with my iPhone 11 missing because that's the phone I took the picture with.
Sorry for the lower quality, took this one with my iPad.
Better, but with my iPhone 11 missing because that's the phone I took the picture with.
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