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

[DeepIn2U]

heres mine:

Downtown Toronto Skyline!!

1st picture has the old SkyDome in the background; now owned by Rogers Communications (instead of the city), and the bottom right window you see the QEW highway just over Lakeshore Blvd. Judging by the fantastic view I'll bet Spadina Avenue is just behind this condo he's in.

Happy Easter.

PS: Are those condo's a little bit too expensive for such a small space? Great view though.

 

[ethical]

omgitstn this is an awesome setup, it is a setup like this I am considering making for myself. Thinking about selling my current iMac and getting a Macbook Pro when they are released with an external display to have both as my main machine and my portable. Instead of having both the iMac and the Macbook Pro.

Awesome setup, how did u get the 2 displays connected to your UMBP???

Downtown Toronto Skyline!!

1st picture has the old SkyDome in the background; now owned by Rogers Communications (instead of the city), and the bottom right window you see the QEW highway just over Lakeshore Blvd. Judging by the fantastic view I'll bet Spadina Avenue is just behind this condo he's in.

Happy Easter.

PS: Are those condo's a little bit too expensive for such a small space? Great view though.

It's a great setup... but don't quote the images guys! Especially as they are so big. If you have to quote them, then change the tags from

 

[RudyGrow]

Awesome setup, how did u get the 2 displays connected to your UMBP???

I wondered the exact same thing and did some research...

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/

They sell on eBay for about $100 for analog and $200.00 for digital. I might consider buying one

 

[gotzero]

I wondered the exact same thing and did some research...

http://www.matrox.com/graphics/en/products/gxm/

They sell on eBay for about $100 for analog and $200.00 for digital. I might consider buying one

The analog and digital ones will NOT work correctly with 1920*1200 panels. I bought one a couple of years ago to use with two 23" ACDs, and the output was unacceptable (look up the spec sheet, you will see it can only output 58hz).

The DP one at least claims it can push the correct 60hz refresh rate, which, if true, is a huge improvement. In my opinion, Matrox never should have said the DualHead2Go Digital would work with two 1920*1200 panels.

 

[7on]

@7On: How do you like your old ACD? I'm thinking of getting two of the old 23" (1920x1200) model since they are quite cheap around here.

Do keep in mind that the Aqua-beveled Cinema Displays use ADC and not DVI. Adapters to DVI run approx. $100 IIRC.

 

[pudrums]

Well I have two of those adapters so that's not the problem. So how do you like the display?

 

[peapody]

Thought I would post my hackintosh set up somewhat finished.

Just some minor things to do here and there but you are looking at an MSI wind hackintoshed and modded with a glowing apple.

I think I might add a touch screen to this guy when I have the time and the funds. Sorry for the bad pics. I just snapped these really quick.

 

[RudyGrow]

Thought I would post my hackintosh set up somewhat finished.

Just some minor things to do here and there but you are looking at an MSI wind hackintoshed and modded with a glowing apple.

I think I might add a touch screen to this guy when I have the time and the funds. Sorry for the bad pics. I just snapped these really quick.

Pretty flippin' sweet.

 

[hansolo669]

hmm....
great setups. stuped apple canada why wont you get the ipad ready. i think the ipad is great device for what it is made to do, and what it is made to do is pretty great. i too lament the lack of flash but that will ether come soon or html 5 will remove that problem .

any way my setup sucks right now so yah... i need mony/a job/parts for my powermac g4

 

[GoCubsGo]

Pretty flippin' sweet.

You don't need to quote images and you certainly don't need to do that with the post just above yours.

 

[RudyGrow]

You don't need to quote images and you certainly don't need to do that with the post just above yours.

Sorry, I didn't know there was proper posting procedure 0.o

 

[jtara]

I'm impressed with all the snazzy minimalist desks. Here's my attempt, albiet incomplete. You can't see it in the picture, but to the right is the fixed half of a doorwall with views of San Diego Bay. I wanted to minimally impact the view, so my idea was a clear plexiglass desk. The monitors are hung on the wall with a couple of fancy two-monitor bow arms, and a couple of very un-fancy Radio Shack antenna wall mounts. There's a wiring channel cleverly hidden behind the monitors. Out of view to the left is the half-rack for the generic servers, UPS, etc. Keeps all the clutter in one place (in theory!).

The red desktop is a $30 cheapie from Ikea. One of these days I'll get around to having the plexi top made in a similar shape. I was just walking through Ikea one day, spotted the top, and for $30 it was worth it to try the shape that I already had in mind.

The two monitors to the right run Kubuntu, the vertical one OSX (I spend most of my time in XCode, so vertical works out best) and the one on the left - well, it's waiting the Matrox Dual Head 2 Go DP edition to become something other than vaporware (which it's been for the past year+).

The monitors are 2000-era Samsung IPS (amazing, Apple just re-discovered IPS with the iPad...) and are still kicking strong. They used to run two each on Windows and Linux. (Two servers.) Windows is now relegated to running under VMWare on the Macbook.

Yes, that's an "IBM" keyboard (actually a Unicomp, which acquired the patent from Lexmark which acquired the patent from IBM) and a left-handed Logitech wireless mouse. The wireless keyboard on top of the Macbook is just waiting for the iPad 3G I ordered. I use Synergy+ to work the Mac from the keyboard/mouse on the Kubuntu system.

I'm a developer. Typically, I run XCode on the Macbook, and have two screens on Linux to run Firefox and view PDFs.

And, yes, that's a mechanical taximeter. And and old-school Roget's Thesaurus (the kind with decimal numbered "concepts" not synonyms). What can I say, I'm old-school.

Oh, one last thing: the reason for the (future) plexi top. You can easily (OK, not EASILY, but you can...) remove scratches from plexi. Not so, glass. (You'd have to send it out to a pro, and even then...). You glass-toppers know what I'm talking about, hahahahah!

 

[liljohnny51]

 

[lifeinhd]

*snip*

A leftie, I see

And btw, you may want to consider some extra support for the shelf hanging over your monitors

 

[fatslob222]

It's all beginning to make sense now....

Will post my setup tomorrow when I pickup my MB from the depo.

 

[macgeek18]

Here's my setup.I'm trying to get a 3.33Ghz C2D 21.5" or 27" iMac for college this fall with grants.

 

[Jason Beck]

Setup with the new Speck case and Intel SSD you can't see.

 

[joshuwack]

Sorry, I didn't know there was proper posting procedure 0.o

Now you do. No big deal.

 

[DeepIn2U]

I'm still working on setting up mine. I've already purged my Dell's 500GB HDD into an Elephant case but will setup a Time Capsule for MyBook World edition.

For now its getting AppleCare on both my AL_uMB & Mac_Mini before May 1st (I can do this).

@macgeek18,
I say keep the current Poly_uMB as the work horse on campus & trips and setup a (cable secure) updated uMBP [Core i5/i7 when updated] with new external screen. It'll have better performance, value and better for portability as no doubt you'll be needing it for projects & lectures.

 

[diacritic]

Setup with the new Speck case and Intel SSD you can't see.

Very artistic way to sustain your shoe fetish. That's an awesome wallpaper.

 

[panda bear]

There are some amazing setups in here. I'm pretty happy with my semi-cluttered desk and simple set-up though.

23" Acer HD Monitor
Mac Mini 2.26 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo w/4GB RAM upgraded from 2
Magic Mouse
Wireless Bluetooth Keyboard
Aluminum Apple Remote
Bose Companion 3 Series II speakers

2x1TB WD MyBook Externals
1x320GB WD Passport for Time Machine
Verizon FiOS Router

160GB Black iPod Classic w/official Apple Dock

Macbook Unibody (trying to find someone to trade my MB and a couple hundred for an MBP)

Not pictured: Blackberry Bold 9700 (which was used to take the crappy pictures). I let somebody use my good camera and they spilled Pepsi on it

I'm trying to find an unlocked iPhone 3GS, but it appears as though everyone has them for sale, but nobody actually WANTS to sell them.

All on an Ikea Mikael black/brown desk.

The chair actually costs the same as about half of my setup. I got it for free, though. I've had it for about 10 years. I'm thinking about purchasing a new one, but i'm not sure I can find anything to replace it.

Random stuff in background: Toca Djembe, Saranac Summer Brew, awesome "Fingers Crossed" and "Peace" hands, bowl with about $75 in change, rad globe (I have a thing for maps and globes).. everything else is pretty uninteresting.

 

[Jason Beck]

Very artistic way to sustain your shoe fetish. That's an awesome wallpaper.

Thanks. Wallpaper is at jasonbeck.deviantart.com if anyone is interested. I churn out wallpapers once a blue moon. I really don't like my desk though, I will be trying to get something bigger soon. : )

 

[fatslob222]

My Setup:

 

[cderalow]

My Setup:

What DC metro stop is that?

 

[spencers]

Setup with the new Speck case and Intel SSD you can't see.

Yeah I ended up getting one too.. The 160GB X25-M.
Blazing fast.
You owe me $300