Curious, what do you plan to use all of that horsepower and storage for? Or was it simply a pleasure purchase?
It is nice to get something new and shiny that you can call your own. Kind of like your first brand new car.
Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Post Your Last Purchase XXVIII
- Thread starter S.B.G
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
It is nice to get something new and shiny that you can call your own. Kind of like your first brand new car.
It was a bit of both. I knew I wanted the 15" so with the veterans discount it helps some of the blow on the upgrade costs. I was hoping for a refurb model but this one is just too new at the moment I'm guessing.... watch next week one will be in the refurb store.
I do quite a bit of photography and video editing. I do some marketing ads, etc. I have 4 businesses that I do some photography for, as well as myself, also do video ads for the business as well so that's all me. I use a Sony A7R2 and A7R3 so 42MegaPixel RAW photos and videos start taking up a bit of space before you know it. The 1TB of storage is pretty much the only "must have" on the list. The CPU/GPU upgrades were a "because I want to" and "have the ability to" thing.
I still have that first bought yourself brand new car and she's paid off because daddy doesn't want another car payment at the moment.
My wife's car payment is PLENTY HIGH enough to keep me from wanting to add in another payment at least until that thing is well beyond paid off. And fingers crossed she doesn't want a new one after that.
And I'm struggling to justify an £849 MacBook Air refurb to replace my crappy Asus laptop from 2016.
I went with Evodesk. I hope I don’t regret it. A friend said I should have gone VariDesk. Sigh.I'm quite sure you'll enjoy it and get great use from it.
I'm quite sure you'll enjoy it and get great use from it.
Thank you. It went together nicely. That was a major worry. I’ve only worked from home once but really liked the additional monitors. But my favorite addition is the Thunderbolt Dock. Just plug one wire to the laptop and everything is online.
[doublepost=1564534346][/doublepost]I bought a glass chair mat too. I was leaning back in the chair working (pondering actually) and testing things out, and suddenly heard a cool satisfying sound. The sight wasn’t cool or satisfying though. (Please excuse the mess in the corner. I was still putting the room together.)
Having interacted with you a lot I thought you were being funny. I had no idea those existed. What the hell? This is the first I'm hearing about them. Tempered glass is a fickle mistress when it comes to scratches or bumps that may cause a weak point to develop and then shatter one day.
I like that desk, though. I'm looking for one to replace my current L desk with something more solid and safe in the L shape with an extender. Also something where I can mount extension (is that the right word?) units like you have to the bottom right side. Mine is glass now. I've had it for a long time and despite slamming stuff onto it over a decade plus now it hasn't shattered. There's a few scratches, but it's thick enough that I doubt it'll surprise shatter.
Keeping it clean from smudges is a pain in the ass. I go through Costco sized refill containers of Windex every 3 months. I regret not buying the higher end Ikea desks that ran about $500-700 back a few years ago. I could have and did jump on them without them budging at all. 6'4 around 220ish lb.
I recommended those out to a lot of satisfied people who still own theirs. Plus, you had the option of extending the desks' abilities with hooks and fasteners for cord drops, storage, curtains, solid privacy panels, etc.
Last edited:
What the? I've never heard of those before.... It just doesn't sound like a good idea.... and it looks that way too. Ouch.
Apart from the few times I worked for someone else, I've always worked from home on Fridays. It's my personal day to have the house to myself and get a lot of work done, and then stay up all night goofing by watching old black and white movies and eating a tub of pretzels. Sometimes I'm unaware if there's a three day weekend around the corner; every week is a three day weekend for me. I can tunnel into my computer I use at work in my office. I just get someone to turn it on for me if it's off. I've only gone in a few days over the last two years to meet with vendors and hear their sales spiel.
Are you planning to work from home indefinitely or a few times a month? I remember you telling me your work is a short drive from home. What do you find hard about it and or what do you like about it?
[doublepost=1564538694][/doublepost]
It's one of those ideas that sound good in theory because the plastic or vinyl protectors cloud over time or crack, but glass is not a walking surface unless it's a half a foot thick and sealed in some synthetic material.
I have the SG-3100 at home and a pair of 7100's in HA deployed at the office
Great devices and software.
Does the Modem CAT go into the WAN and another cable from the LAN to your router's WAN?
WAN --> ISP
LAN --> Local Switch
OPT --> Local Switch (Optional, second network, bridged, whatever).
Then on your switch you hang a wireless AP, servers, client machines, ATVs, whatever else....
pfSense replaces the typical consumer "router" everyone has. For example, my existing Netgear wifi router will be used as a wifi access point. The router functions will all be disabled. For this application, the router's (now AP's) WAN port will connect to a switch with a static IP assigned.
[doublepost=1564541129][/doublepost]
I looked really close at the 3100, but just do not have the need at home for the horsepower the 3100 offers.
It looked nice while it was in one piece. I uploaded that picture when filing the warranty claim. They opened a Jira ticket which I could actually open to view. ‘Amanda’ (excellent service associate) noted in my file “glass exploded” and shipped a replacement that day. I’m a light 215 lbs., btw.
I’ve only worked from home once with this desk and hardware configuration. But I’m planning to work from home a day or two, maybe three come winter. Or if I can press my luck from the desert a couple solid months instead. I “worked” several days poolside last year. You have a good memory, my commute is about 20 minutes unless it’s sprinkling or a snowflake falls. Then the time doubles. Silly gophers here!
I like maintaining an office presence so that I’m approachable and seen. Besides, this is global headquarters so physical presence is important. There’s only four people on my team in the office with the other 8 working from their homes scattered around the U.S.
Last edited:
I don’t really like working from home unless I have a specific report or something that needs 100% focus.
Generally I prefer the interaction of being in the office.
That being said I do many hours of working from home on top of my standard office hours in the evenings and weekends.
Generally I prefer the interaction of being in the office.
That being said I do many hours of working from home on top of my standard office hours in the evenings and weekends.
Weight doesn't matter much since it's distributed. What's bizarre is I've never heard nor seen of a glass floor mat before. Even then, the casters would put pressure points on the glass versus a blunt contact point, and would induce scratches over time. That glass looks as thin as the glass I'd see on one of those small nook desks you see at electronics stores for about $70. Just seems dangerous, if not for you, but for the pups.
[doublepost=1564551833][/doublepost]
Working from the desert home in the middle of a Minnesota winter? Sounds like a wise choice, friend. For the longest time I've had it in my head that you work for Colle McVoy because they're a huge employer in the region. I'll go into the main office (1st location) if I'm needed or we're expecting one of our big fish to spend the day there or at the second location. Which I don't mind. Only a few are boring, but the rest have a great story behind them and they tend to be fun or quirky. Or both. It's maybe 4-6 hours if that happens, and it doesn't impact my personal time. Fridays are also when I can sleep in if I'm not awake in the morning. Do some grocery shopping so I can avoid the weekend rush. Maybe haul ass over to Costco and buy what we need, and buy stuff I can hide and claim we had before...
[doublepost=1564551968][/doublepost]
Well, the constant ringing of phones and the buzz of people talking or typing would distract anyone. And much like you because I take off early or go home at the same time as anyone else, I end up working at night, too. There'll be short periods where I have little to do and I can waste time on sites like this or play some strategy or other game on the computer.
You tend to think best at night and in the shower. Showering, particularly the calming and warmth it provides, alongside a nice bath, allows your mind to let go of everything and process information better, to put it bluntly.
Last edited:
Before retirement, I worked for the large consulting arm of a major IT company... and after a few years in the office, we were all sent off to work from our respective homes. Cut their costs by a bunch, and our team communicated constantly by IM and conference call meetings. Was a pretty sweet gig, actually... I think I worked from home for about 15 years, all told. And I scored some sweet office gear (furniture, printer/scanner/fax, etc) at their expense. When I retired, they wrote it off and let me keep it. I have to say, in retrospect, that I preferred working from home. Could set my own hours, crank out the code and just check in with the team as necessary. The commute alone was worth the price of admission.
This seems to be very common in tech nowadays. I guess it works for them since they're not exactly social people.
I shower in the mornings. I’m usually struggling to remember if I’ve done the shampoo or conditioner!
You'd be surprised how many companies/managers still believe 'sitting at a desk in our office' = 'working', 'sitting anywhere else' = 'cannot possibly be working'.
Even when I had an office job, I was warned "hey you should get here earlier, if the CEO doesn't see you at your desk he thinks we aren't working".
Yeah. I don't have that policy myself. It's a BS concept. The Japanese expect some of their office workers to be at their desk, even well after work hours. I'd be thrilled if someone found a way to make things more efficient for them so they have more free time to do more work or take off early.