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Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present (Part 11)

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talkingfuture

talkingfuture

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The back of beyond.
TechieJustin said:
Now that I'm back from my week long ban for being Catholic....
Here is my new setup.
I just bought a 17" iMac for $500. I don't like relying on laptops since they tend to get the crap beat out of them.
It has a 250GB drive and I just ordered a 720GB Western Digital Green drive. I ordered the green since I want to make sure this thing doesn't overheat.

Note the eight year old UPS facing backwards so I can get at the plugs. :D
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I like those desks.
 
Donar

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New speakers.

I got some new speakers. :)

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Mac mini 2,53/4GB
Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP
Belkin Card reader.
Apple Keyboard
MagicMouse
EyeToy Cam
Logitech Z4

My main Network Hub.

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Cat 5 Patchpanel & runs to several rooms in the house. HP Pro Curve fanless 24 port smart managed gigabit switch. Synology 509+ with 5 * WD20EADS drives for video/audio/photos and DX 5 extension with 5 * WD 10EADS for Timemachine and "stuff"
 

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elfxmilhouse

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Donar said:
My main Network Hub.


Cat 5 Patchpanel & runs to several rooms in the house. HP Pro Curve fanless 24 port smart managed gigabit switch. Synology 509+ with 5 * WD20EADS drives for video/audio/photos and DX 5 extension with 5 * WD 10EADS for Timemachine and "stuff"
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What rack case is that?
 
lifeinhd

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I finally got done organizing my desk. I have some "before" pics (apologies for the terrible image quality, I had to use my phone):
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And some "after" pics:

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The area behind my monitor is not only used for hiding my external hard drives, but my speakers as well:

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Even from behind there, they can still produce decent sound. They're not brilliant, but I'm no audiophile, and I certainly don't need sound better than my ears can hear.

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Luggage tag my dad picked up at a conference years ago.

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Something I built in shop class years ago (all the way back when Apple logos were blue!)

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Another crappy shot just 'cuz.

In the pics are a 15" C2D 2.16GHz MacBook Pro, PowerMac G4 933, 17" ADC, 15" 1.25GHz PowerBook G4, 28"(!) Hanns-G HG281D display (cheap, ~$300, and 16:10 :D), 5th-gen iPod nano, 2nd gen iPod touch, MX Revolution mouse (the old one, not the new crappier one), diNovo Keyboard Mac Edition, both types of Apple remotes, Epson WorkForce 600 AIO, generic speaker set. The external hard drives are 320GB (silver) and 1.5TB (black), using FW800 and FW400 respectively.
 
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gfish31

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Macbook Pro 4,1
Samsung T240 Monitor
WD My Book Studio 2 1TB
Cavalry 250GB HD
 

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drummerlondonw3

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looks like and compact.

I personally prefer not to have anything at eye level on my desk but I do have to admit there is a sense of enclosure sometimes which can be good, helps you to focus.

I think corner desks are much harder to get right as well
 
TechieJustin

TechieJustin

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Donar said:
I got some new speakers. :)

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Mac mini 2,53/4GB
Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP
Belkin Card reader.
Apple Keyboard
MagicMouse
EyeToy Cam
Logitech Z4

My main Network Hub.

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Cat 5 Patchpanel & runs to several rooms in the house. HP Pro Curve fanless 24 port smart managed gigabit switch. Synology 509+ with 5 * WD20EADS drives for video/audio/photos and DX 5 extension with 5 * WD 10EADS for Timemachine and "stuff"
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Isn't that overkill by a little?
I'm getting a used Thecus RAID 1 NAS and I think it should be enough.
Unless its loud as balls...
 
BulletToothTony

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Donar said:
I got some new speakers. :)

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Mac mini 2,53/4GB
Dell Ultrasharp 2408WFP
Belkin Card reader.
Apple Keyboard
MagicMouse
EyeToy Cam
Logitech Z4
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I absolutely loved valkyria chronicles.. it's one of the best games on the ps3.. and IF you can find it.. it's only $20 at walmart or any retail.. 50+ awesome hours i spent on that game.. nice wallpaper.. care to share? :D

EDIT: Official Site.. found it!
 
partyBoy

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TechieJustin said:
Here is my new setup.
I just bought a 17" iMac for $500. I don't like relying on laptops since they tend to get the crap beat out of them.
It has a 250GB drive and I just ordered a 720GB Western Digital Green drive.
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Nice desk...I bought a glass desk as well and I'm not ever going back to wood desks.
 
Donar

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BulletToothTony said:
I absolutely loved valkyria chronicles.. it's one of the best games on the ps3.. and IF you can find it.. it's only $20 at walmart or any retail.. 50+ awesome hours i spent on that game..
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I haven't finished it yet but i really like it too. Gemeplay reminds me of "UFO: Enemy Unknown" which i played through many times on the AMIGA.

TechieJustin said:
Isn't that overkill by a little?
I'm getting a used Thecus RAID 1 NAS and I think it should be enough.
Unless its loud as balls...
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What do you mean with "overkill"?
The 19" rack? I wanted a clean/easy solution for wiring my house so i got a rack and patchpanel to have a nice endpoint in the basement for my home network which goes up to the living room etc.

The NAS? I had a Synology 207+ (2 disks) the internal 1 TB drives filled up quickly... i upgraded with a 2 TB MyBook Studio 2 (2 TB) connected through eSATA the drive filled up quickly ... i replaced the whole thing with a Synology 509+ and have 1.3 TB free on the 7.6 TB partition.

3TB drives anyone??? :D

TechieJustin said:
They can be.
What I mean is if that thing is too loud I'm putting it in the basement somewhere. I can't stand listening to fans constantly.
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The Rack actually resides in the basement. :D There was enough space left to fit the NAS in and it is nearly inaudible there. I bought the fanless HP Pro Curve because the Netgear switch i had before was really loud.


WWU said:
It's obviously a Digitus, probably 9U? Like this one.
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This should be the right one, i somehow only found the "german pages" so i didn't post a link. Nice find.
 
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Gold89

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Donar said:
What do you mean with "overkill"?
The 19" rack? I wanted a clean/easy solution for wiring my house so i got a rack and patchpanel to have a nice endpoint in the basement for my home network which goes up to the living room etc.

The NAS? I had a Synology 207+ (2 disks) the internal 1 TB drives filled up quickly... i upgraded with a 2 TB MyBook Studio 2 (2 TB) connected through eSATA the drive filled up quickly ... i replaced the whole thing with a Synology 509+ and have 1.3 TB free on the 7.6 TB partition.

3TB drives anyone??? :D
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Nice solution :)
 
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