Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present (Part 12)

[braindmg]

Small update as to where I'm at... Still not very happy with it.

P.S.
Stefmesman, I can't hear you over all that awesome you call your Mac Setup.

Great taste in music. Jay Dee, MF, and Common are three of my favorites.

Espaecially Dilla

 

[stefmesman]

mac setup 17-08-10

so, have been improving on my setup lately. removed all the wires from sight (except for keyboard. looking for a replacement. anyone ideas?) and some minor changes. and this time, took a nice picture with my dslr

anyone have any tips on how to improve this setup?

what you see:
mounted iMac late 2009 27'' quad i7, 8gbram
apple magic mouse
WD Elements 2tb hard disc
T.C. Electronic desktop konnekt 6
2 mounted KRK RP6 CL
a green plant

 

[stefmesman]

Here's mine, besides the Macs in my sig it includes:

- old 19" Samsung as a second monitor for the iMac
- old Creative 2.1 speakers
- Sans Digital TowerStor TS2CT enclosure with two 1 TB Samsung Spinpoint F3s in RAID 1 (connected via FW800)
- 500 GB Iomega USB 2.0 external
- Canon HF S100

And the desk is an Ikea Galant, 78"x23" (47"x23" connected with a 31"x23")

Yes I know it's in front of a closet... I don't open it very much

love your clock

 

[DoFoT9]

anyone have any tips on how to improve this setup?

1. upgrade to 16GB RAM
2. get another plant for symmetry
3. get FW HDDs instead of 4. USB.
4. get a blue light! green is overrated.

 

[stefmesman]

1. upgrade to 16GB RAM
2. get another plant for symmetry
3. get FW HDDs instead of 4. USB.
4. get a blue light! green is overrated.

1. good idea il think about it when i have some spare cash
2. what kind of something would you suggest?
3. can't plug FW HD's in. my audio controller already occupies my only firewire port. daisy linking makes the sound lagg. any tips?
4. the light is white the board behind my mac is green.

thank you very much for your suggestions!

 

[DoFoT9]

1. good idea il think about it when i have some spare cash

what configuration do you have in at the moment? im guessing 4x2GB sticks?
owc has 16GB for $US454 + ~$30US delivery to most countries.

2. what kind of something would you suggest?

cactus?

3. can't plug FW HD's in. my audio controller already occupies my only firewire port. daisy linking makes the sound lagg. any tips?

damn, that sucks. what about a hub?

4. the light is white the board behind my mac is green.

looks like you will need a new board then

 

[stefmesman]

what configuration do you have in at the moment? im guessing 4x2GB sticks?
owc has 16GB for $US454 + ~$30US delivery to most countries.


cactus?


damn, that sucks. what about a hub?

looks like you will need a new board then

1, wow thats not much!? might really consider doing such. yes i have a 4x2 configuration.

2, lol!

3, hmmm, could be a solution! but i dunno if it will work. and thier quite pricey. anyone got more inside info on how this will perform?

4, lol, looks like my board will need a paint job then ill photoshop it later. see how it turns out.

 

[DoFoT9]

1, wow thats not much!? might really consider doing such. yes i have a 4x2 configuration.

i originally went with the stock, so much easier to upgrade everything yourself - now running 12GB, will go to 16GB in a year or so when i need it.

2, lol!

an ant farm would be cool also

3, hmmm, could be a solution! but i dunno if it will work. and thier quite pricey. anyone got more inside info on how this will perform?

unfortunately i havent had a chance to see how they will perform, if you are writing directly to the HDD at the same time as recording then obviously the FW bus will still be saturated identically as before, but if you just use the HDD for time machine/backup manually then it should be ok.

4, lol, looks like my board will need a paint job then ill photoshop it later. see how it turns out.

doooo it!

 

[stefmesman]

green or blue ?

PS: while redoing the cable management. and getting rid of the clutter. it looked like this haha! (all cables are now stored in the back compartment of my desk)

unfortunately i havent had a chance to see how they will perform, if you are writing directly to the HDD at the same time as recording then obviously the FW bus will still be saturated identically as before, but if you just use the HDD for time machine/backup manually then it should be ok.

i use the HDD for storage of music and video's. still need to buy an extra for time machine. USB 2 should be enough right? what size drive would be good for my imac with time machine?


thanks!

 

[DoFoT9]

green or blue ?

damn man that is some mighty PS skills you have! i vote blue!

 

[digitalnicotine]

so, have been improving on my setup lately. removed all the wires from sight (except for keyboard. looking for a replacement. anyone ideas?) and some minor changes. and this time, took a nice picture with my dslr




anyone have any tips on how to improve this

I think it looks great just as it is. I like the green better than the blue. The keyboard cable is barely noticeable in that lighting. Good job.

 

[macjram]

so, have been improving on my setup lately. removed all the wires from sight (except for keyboard. looking for a replacement. anyone ideas?) and some minor changes. and this time, took a nice picture with my dslr

anyone have any tips on how to improve this setup?

what you see:
mounted iMac late 2009 27'' quad i7, 8gbram
apple magic mouse
WD Elements 2tb hard disc
T.C. Electronic desktop konnekt 6
2 mounted KRK RP6 CL
a green plant

whats that thing that everything is mounted on?

 

[DoFoT9]

whats that thing that everything is mounted on?

a wall??

 

[kristian21]

My new iMac

 

[Xavier]

so, have been improving on my setup lately. removed all the wires from sight (except for keyboard. looking for a replacement. anyone ideas?) and some minor changes. and this time, took a nice picture with my dslr

anyone have any tips on how to improve this setup?

what you see:
mounted iMac late 2009 27'' quad i7, 8gbram
apple magic mouse
WD Elements 2tb hard disc
T.C. Electronic desktop konnekt 6
2 mounted KRK RP6 CL
a green plant

This is a quality setup! I really like the mounted iMac look!

 

[hatehereyes]

a wall??

HAHA

 

[sprtnbsblplya]

so, have been improving on my setup lately. removed all the wires from sight (except for keyboard. looking for a replacement. anyone ideas?) and some minor changes. and this time, took a nice picture with my dslr

Awesome

 

[macjram]

a wall??

 

[spiritlevel]

How about greeny blue?

or red?

maybe purple?

Nice setup whatever colour dude!

 

[ejs06003]

so, have been improving on my setup lately. removed all the wires from sight (except for keyboard. looking for a replacement. anyone ideas?) and some minor changes. and this time, took a nice picture with my dslr

anyone have any tips on how to improve this setup?

what you see:
mounted iMac late 2009 27'' quad i7, 8gbram
apple magic mouse
WD Elements 2tb hard disc
T.C. Electronic desktop konnekt 6
2 mounted KRK RP6 CL
a green plant

Just wondering what desk that is or if there are any links to somewhere I can see it in regular lighting. It looks really cool and simple with the back cable management.

 

[DoFoT9]

maybe purple?

Nice setup whatever colour dude!

man purple is awsome!! that is my new vote

 

[Kendio7]

Blue looks hot!

 

[DoFoT9]

sorry, missed this

PS: while redoing the cable management. and getting rid of the clutter. it looked like this haha! (all cables are now stored in the back compartment of my desk)

thats a great idea man! i think ill do that when i get a house of my own

i use the HDD for storage of music and video's. still need to buy an extra for time machine. USB 2 should be enough right? what size drive would be good for my imac with time machine?

thanks!

oh is that all. USB2.0 will be fine then! generally for TM you'd be recommended 1.5x the storage space of the computer. 1TB = 1.5TB recommended.

edit: can you post a shot of the light behind it?

 

[meb91]

love your clock

Thanks, I got it at target for $15

Your setup is awesome, love the green glow! Blue would look cool too

 

[Jason Beck]

I prefer the red. Or a pink. Lol would go with my studio logo. That's a good setup!