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chewedpen

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My Mac Mini Setup

This is my setup for now, in the next month I plan to add 1GB Ram and Get the BenQ FP737-D (LCD, 17in, 16ms, DVI) Any Thoughts on this LCD ??
 

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chewedpen said:
This is my setup for now, in the next month I plan to add 1GB Ram and Get the BenQ FP737-D (LCD, 17in, 16ms, DVI) Any Thoughts on this LCD ??

All BenQs are good - their LCDs are sharp. I'm not sure what model, but someone in my dads office has a 17" BenQ.
 

SurfinSHELL23

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edesignuk said:
I have that 21" Flat CRT Sony monitor on my desk at work, great screen :cool:

...but my desk is tidy :eek: :p :D ;)
It's actually a 17". I guess pictures can be deceiving.

Wait till the summer, Martha Stewarts, it'll be much cleaner in a new bigger room then. :p
 

iKwick7

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Sorry for the bad picture quality....

My mini setup right now. I'm such a slacker, I haven't set up /cleaned up since I got it. Will eventually put it where those PS2 games are on that shelve above.
 

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Littleodie914

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boneca said:
my setup
MacMini on the right side :p

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Wow, nice! :D How exactly do you have that set up? I can tell the monitor on the left is XP, and the one on the right is OS X on the Mini... What about the middle? I'm assuming it's dualing on Mac OS X? And what do you do about keyboards/mice? Do you have a KVM switch hidden somewhere around there?
 

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Littleodie914 said:
Wow, nice! :D How exactly do you have that set up? I can tell the monitor on the left is XP, and the one on the right is OS X on the Mini... What about the middle? I'm assuming it's dualing on Mac OS X? And what do you do about keyboards/mice? Do you have a KVM switch hidden somewhere around there?

The KVM switch in that pic is pretty obvious - unless its not a KVM switch.

Between 1st and middle monitor (WinXP and w/e OS that is) is a switch... probably the KVM.
 

boneca

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dotdotdot said:
The KVM switch in that pic is pretty obvious - unless its not a KVM switch.

Between 1st and middle monitor (WinXP and w/e OS that is) is a switch... probably the KVM.


thx guys, yes the Belkin KVM switch is between left and middle monitors. The center monitor hooked up to another Windows box not Mini as of yet. So the only Mini is one on the right. I use that MS keyboard and mouse (seen on the picture) for all PCs thru the KVM switch.
 

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boneca said:
thx guys, yes the Belkin KVM switch is between left and middle monitors. The center monitor hooked up to another Windows box not Mini as of yet. So the only Mini is one on the right. I use that MS keyboard and mouse (seen on the picture) for all PCs thru the KVM switch.

...even though there are 2 mice in the pic :p
 

boneca

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dotdotdot said:
...even though there are 2 mice in the pic :p

yeh I have maybe 4 on my desk :). I do use switch to jump from pc to pc or mac :) but I have monitors hooked up to couple without the switch so I can use those computers with additional mouse still beeing on main pc :)

sorry for confusion :)
 

Calvinatir

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MAC MINI

My new mac mini, that arrived on saturday! 1.42/BT/AE
 

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clayj

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Here's my Mac mini (you almost have to squint to see it):

claysoffice.jpg


Lower left corner... there have been a couple of minor changes since I shot this pic, but the setup is essentially the same. (One Sony PC replaced by ANOTHER Sony PC...)

P.S.: Post #400!
 

Calvinatir

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now I'm just looking for a clean 2.1 speaker set to add. The 1GB PC3200 is on the way from newegg too! :)
 

boneca

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Calvinatir said:
now I'm just looking for a clean 2.1 speaker set to add. The 1GB PC3200 is on the way from newegg too! :)

Altec Lansing has very good line of 2.1 speakers. They are a little pricey but beautiful to look at and sound pretty good. The only problem is gonna be to choose something tha will match grey macmini and black dell monitor?

I'm looking for speakers myself...

check out this link it shows the line for 2.1 sp at Altec Lansing site.
http://www.alteclansing.com/product_cat_stereo.asp?region=northam

I was even thinking to get Dell 5.1 speakers just because you can mount the senter speaker to the bottom of the monitor. now I don't now.
 

SurfinSHELL23

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Oct 18, 2004
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clayjohanson said:
Here's my Mac mini (you almost have to squint to see it):

claysoffice.jpg


Lower left corner... there have been a couple of minor changes since I shot this pic, but the setup is essentially the same. (One Sony PC replaced by ANOTHER Sony PC...)

P.S.: Post #400!
Beautiful. What's that art of hanging on the wall?
 

SurfinSHELL23

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Oct 18, 2004
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Aberdeen, NJ
That's waht I was thinking... almost looks like what we did with gel elctrophoryesis in school... or reminds me of it at least. Neat because I just finished a huge bio report on genetics. Of course, I come on MR and what's one of the first things I see! :)
 

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boneca said:
Altec Lansing has very good line of 2.1 speakers. They are a little pricey but beautiful to look at and sound pretty good. The only problem is gonna be to choose something tha will match grey macmini and black dell monitor?

I'm looking for speakers myself...

check out this link it shows the line for 2.1 sp at Altec Lansing site.
http://www.alteclansing.com/product_cat_stereo.asp?region=northam

I was even thinking to get Dell 5.1 speakers just because you can mount the senter speaker to the bottom of the monitor. now I don't now.

I don't know if they still make them, but the Altec-Lansing ATP3 2.1 Speakers are great. I have them, they are amazing... they are kind of older though... I'll try to find a newer model.

Anyway, they match perfectly. They are black, like the Dell monitor, but all the words/logo is gray, like the mac mini.


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Edit: here is a pic from Amazon.com...

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They got an average user rating of 4.5 stars out of 5. They are kinda old though.
 
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