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Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present (Part 18)

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I also have a bit of a home theater setup in there, Pioneer head unit, sherwood speakers. Great for everything, LOVE listening to music on it. I don't currently have a way to attach the MBP to it, I'd like to find a USB sound card with optical out that'll work with the Mac.
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Just in case you wernt aware, the Macbook Pro already has an optical out via the headphone socket.

Nice setup BTW!
 
el-John-o said:
Well, I'm a back-in-the-day Mac user. My last mac ran OS 8 when I got it, upgraded it to OS 9. It was a Power Computing Power Tower Pro (those oddball ones where Apple did license Mac OS on third party computers for a short while) Also had various performas, PowerMacs, etc....
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You can use one of these
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To get optical out from your MBP's headphone port. And to use the 23 inch monitor with your mbp at the same time as the acd maybe you can hook up a USB to dvi? It will have some delay but its good enough for text and desktop work just not movies and games.
 
Couldn't be happier with my setup to be honest. Santa bought me lots of bits of aluminium this year, what with the laptop stand, BackPack and hard drive :p
In the pictures:

  • MacBook Pro (15", Early 2011)
  • Thunderbolt Display
  • Rain Design mStand
  • IKEA Lamp
  • IKEA Desk
  • Jawbone JAMBOX
  • PlayStation Vita and cradle
  • Twelve South BackPack 2
  • Western Digital My Passport Studio (2TB)
  • iPhone 5 (Not in pictures)
  • Magic Mouse
  • Apple Wireless Keyboard
  • Andromeda Mouse Mat
 

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Room by Ryan J. Nicholson, on Flickr

Been an awesome Christmas.

Although, I already got my main present my iMac a couple of weeks back, it was still nice to open all the little stocking fillers. Like my Holga Lens, Bob Dylan vinyls, Bob Dylan concert posters & Book, iPhone/iPod battery booster and money :D
 
cambookpro said:
Couldn't be happier with my setup to be honest. Santa bought me lots of bits of aluminium this year, what with the laptop stand, BackPack and hard drive :p
In the pictures:

  • MacBook Pro (15", Early 2011)
  • Thunderbolt Display
  • Rain Design mStand
  • IKEA Lamp
  • IKEA Desk
  • Jawbone JAMBOX
  • PlayStation Vita and cradle
  • Twelve South BackPack 2
  • Western Digital My Passport Studio (2TB)
  • iPhone 5 (Not in pictures)
  • Magic Mouse
  • Apple Wireless Keyboard
  • Andromeda Mouse Mat
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Love your setup, could you share the wallpaper?
 
cambookpro said:
Couldn't be happier with my setup to be honest. Santa bought me lots of bits of aluminium this year, what with the laptop stand, BackPack and hard drive :p
In the pictures:

  • MacBook Pro (15", Early 2011)
  • Thunderbolt Display
  • Rain Design mStand
  • IKEA Lamp
  • IKEA Desk
  • Jawbone JAMBOX
  • PlayStation Vita and cradle
  • Twelve South BackPack 2
  • Western Digital My Passport Studio (2TB)
  • iPhone 5 (Not in pictures)
  • Magic Mouse
  • Apple Wireless Keyboard
  • Andromeda Mouse Mat
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Where did you get that mousepad? I want it too :p
 
 
Modified and added some stuff (14 and bought all myself):
Left to Right

Left Speaker of Logitech Z-2300
iMac G5 2.0GHz, 1GB of RAM, 250GB HDD, 20 inches
Apple Wireless Keyboard
Magic Mouse
Bose QC15
LaCie Porsche P'9231 1TB Drive
LaCie Rugged 320GB Drive
iSub
mStand
Retina MacBook Pro 15 inch: 2.7GHz Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, 768GB SSD
Apple USB SuperDrive
23' Cinema HD Display
Logitech c910 HD WebCam
Right Speaker of Logitech Z-2300
iPod 4th Generation U2 20GB
iPod Shuffle (Product RED) 2GB
iPod Nano 3rd Gen 4GB
iPod Nano 4th Gen 8GB
iPod Nano 6th Gen 8GB
iPod Touch 2nd Gen 8GB
iPod Touch 4th Gen 8GB
iPhone Original 8GB
iPhone 3GS 32GB White
iPhone 5 64GB Black & Slate AT&T
The New iPad 64GB Wi-Fi+Cellular Black
iPad Mini 16GB WiFi Black & Slate
Nikon D5100
HP OfficeJet 6500

**Under My Desk**
PowerMac G5, 1.8Ghz, 3GB of RAM, 320GB (hooked up to 23' ACD)
Z-2300 Subwoofer
 

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Finally....built my new desk and unboxed my 27" iMac. It is amazing, I waited a long time for this!
In the pic:
•iMac 27" with wireless keyboard & Magic Mouse
•Magic Trackpad
•Mobee Magic Charger
•USB SuperDrive
•twelve south BassJump 2 speaker
Also:
•iPad Mini
•2009 MacBook Pro
•MICKE Desk set from Ikea

Edit: I'll take a better pic in the daylight, a lot of bad shadows going on in this one, sorry.
 

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JonnyIreland said:
Finally....built my new desk and unboxed my 27" iMac. It is amazing, I waited a long time for this!
In the pic:
•iMac 27" with wireless keyboard & Magic Mouse
•Magic Trackpad
•Mobee Magic Charger
•USB SuperDrive
•twelve south BassJump 2 speaker
Also:
•iPad Mini
•2009 MacBook Pro
•MICKE Desk set from Ikea
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How do you find the depth of that desk with the 27" iMac?
 
micrors4racer said:
You can use one of these
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To get optical out from your MBP's headphone port. And to use the 23 inch monitor with your mbp at the same time as the acd maybe you can hook up a USB to dvi? It will have some delay but its good enough for text and desktop work just not movies and games.
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Thanks! I'm actually using Air Display, which works pretty well. It requires the windows PC to be on and drive the display, but that's not a big deal at all, it's always on anyway. The MacBook actually driving both displays would be nicer, but, probably not possible (not with THESE displays anyway)
 
TWO2SEVEN said:
Santa brought me a new monitor :)
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Me too :D

Pretty decent upgrade from last time
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- MBP in the sig
- DGM 1440p monitor
- Aego M 2.1 speakers
- 2TB g-drive
- Xbox 360
- External dvd drive
- raspberry pi for airplaying from my iPhone
- Magic trackpad and keyboard
- Ikea desk, plant and light :p
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Xbox/sub
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Cable "management"
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Cheapo mixer from maplin, not great but does its job so can't complain for a tenner!
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AppleDApp said:
How do you find the depth of that desk with the 27" iMac?
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Well, it is personal preference but I enjoy being close to the screen for graphical work. My eyesight is fine (for now, lol) but like I said it is just what I prefer. I also live in a one bedroom city apartment so space is a big consideration for me when choosing furniture.
 
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