Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present (Part 14)

[DJMastaWes]

Haven't posted my setup in a couple years - last time I was able to post it in the '18 and under setup thread' - oh how I've grown (and begun to proudly pay for everything!!)

27" i7 iMac, 12GBs of RAM, 1TB HDD - 2TB LaCie External HDD.

Also have a four year old - overheating - 17" C2D MacBook Pro I pretty much just use for work. Going to either be getting a MacBook Air or one of the new MacBook Pros when they come out. I don't really need a powerful notebook anymore since I do most of my intensive work on the iMac now.

*Low light iPhone picture

 

[ryannel2003]

My new addition, a white MacBook. It's a mid-2007 model I picked up for $400. Not a bad deal at all, considering many of these computers are still going for $550. Apple installed a new top case and display bezel for free, picked up a used Combo drive for $40 (old one was kaput) and a fresh install of Snow Leopard and I'm ready to go. Really enjoying it.

 

[macgeek18]

Here's the normal use of my setup. School on the pc and personal on the Mac.

 

[joe.cavers]

No idea what film that is, but I do spy Handbrake on the MacBook, which looks identical to the one that I just retired. My optical drive in that machine was starting to go, I think. Only thing I've used the one in the new MacBook Pro for is to reinstall the OS after I got it...

Handbrake comes VERY close to destroying my Macbook ha ha, the CPU goes up close to 90 degrees celsius! Terrifying!

 

[jgould]

Handbrake comes VERY close to destroying my Macbook ha ha, the CPU goes up close to 90 degrees celsius! Terrifying!

I gave up on running Handbrake on my MacBook of the same vintage, but only because kept loosing RAM and making it difficult to work. I started running Handbrake on the Mid 2007 Mac Mini instead.

Haven't tried on the 2010 MBP that I just got. Might have to do that and see what we get...

 

[xi mezmerize ix]

I gave up on running Handbrake on my MacBook of the same vintage, but only because kept loosing RAM and making it difficult to work. I started running Handbrake on the Mid 2007 Mac Mini instead.

Haven't tried on the 2010 MBP that I just got. Might have to do that and see what we get...

Handbrake runs fine on my 2010 MBP.

 

[NickNoVA]

Nice office Agaetis Byrjun, and you weren't lying about the wire thing, very well hidden!

Hey Agaetis Byrjun love the office/music studio!

Do you think you could post a few pics that show the cable management you're utilizing here? I have a rat's nest and would love some pointers to get that "clean" look that you have.

Thanks!

 

[iMark]

Photo details on flickr

 

[Hilmi Hamidi]

@iMark

Elegant setup. What speaker is that?

 

[raymondkerr]

Fantastic setup, would love to get those speakers, I'm in the UK also, what make/model of speakers ?

Thanks
Raymond

 

[GoCubsGo]

No Ikea for about 500 miles from me. They made a ton of different series from cheap crap to the really nice stuff. Mine was the middle on the line and was $179.00 on sales.

Forget about it man, that tool chest looks 1000 times cooler than ikea.

 

[macgeek18]

Handbrake comes VERY close to destroying my Macbook ha ha, the CPU goes up close to 90 degrees celsius! Terrifying!

When I'm using Handbrake I have it going for 6 plus hours straight. So I just turn turn on Caffine, max my fans out at 6200 RPM with keeps it at a steady 70 degrees.

 

[jgould]

iMark,

Nice and clean. I love simple setups.

 

[Kilger]

This is my first Mac computer so nothing special but I love it.

 

[afireintonto]

snip, imac

This is my first Mac computer so nothing special but I love it.

welcome! great choice for a first mac, the imac's are beautiful!

 

[vincenz]

This is my first Mac computer so nothing special but I love it.

Nice place to start for sure.

 

[spencers]

Fantastic setup, would love to get those speakers, I'm in the UK also, what make/model of speakers ?

Elegant setup. What speaker is that?

Stop being lazy and click the Flickr link he posted and you'll find out.

 

[Changen]

nothing special but heres my setups bedroom and office

 

[AlphaDogg]

nothing special but heres my setups bedroom and office

A little bit cluttered. Do the iMacs get used regularly?

 

[briantology]

MacBook Pro 2.16GHz C2D with Dell U2211H.
Visidec monitor arm and laptop arm.
Macally ICEKEY Keyboard with Logitech mouse (this is the current version of it).
Galant desk from IKEA.
Other things include juggling balls, dry-erase markers, an iPhone, and a card from my grandmother.

 

[Changen]

Yeah im working on the mess my gf kind of took over the office and ironicy is the messy one of the two of us. I got both of those imacs from my father when I bought the house both of them are filled with music but other than that they just sit.

 

[jgould]

MacBook Pro 2.16GHz C2D with Dell U2211H.
Visidec monitor arm and laptop arm.
Macally ICEKEY Keyboard with Logitech mouse (this is the current version of it).
Galant desk from IKEA.
Other things include juggling balls, dry-erase markers, an iPhone, and a card from my grandmother.

Nice and simple. That's what I really should do is arm mount the display and MacBook... *ponders this* Can you still get to the optical drive in the MBP?

Edit: I'm looking at Amazon right now, do you have to have two arms for the way you have everything mounted? I'm thinking that the answer is yes.

 

[cburton04]

MacBook Pro 2.16GHz C2D with Dell U2211H.
Visidec monitor arm and laptop arm.
Macally ICEKEY Keyboard with Logitech mouse (this is the current version of it).
Galant desk from IKEA.
Other things include juggling balls, dry-erase markers, an iPhone, and a card from my grandmother.

Cool setup with the monitor and laptop mount.

 

[briantology]

Nice and simple. That's what I really should do is arm mount the display and MacBook... *ponders this* Can you still get to the optical drive in the MBP?

Edit: I'm looking at Amazon right now, do you have to have two arms for the way you have everything mounted? I'm thinking that the answer is yes.

Thanks :]

The optical drive on my model is in the front, so it's blocked by a "flap" that keeps the laptop from falling off. I suppose you could just lift the machine up for a moment to insert a disc though. If it's one of the newer MBPs (or any model MacBook) and the drive is on the side, you should have easy access.

And yes, it's two separate arms, as per the links.

 

[lifeinhd]

MacBook Pro 2.16GHz C2D with Dell U2211H.
Visidec monitor arm and laptop arm.
Macally ICEKEY Keyboard with Logitech mouse (this is the current version of it).
Galant desk from IKEA.
Other things include juggling balls, dry-erase markers, an iPhone, and a card from my grandmother.

I've arm-mounted my display, but I should have arm-mounted my display and MBP as you've done. Only problem is that arm won't support my 28" monitor

I knew I should have gone with this instead. My brother and father each have one, and they both love them. Only problem is Dell doesn't seem to sell them anymore. And when they did sell them, the price seemed to change every week-- usually somewhere between $200 and $350.