Thank you. Is it not bad to have the Mini on its side? With the HD and all?
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Thank you. Is it not bad to have the Mini on its side? With the HD and all?
hey, I have the same chair as you , the lane staples racing chair!!! but mine has cracks and rips everywhere T_T
So I have a quick question. I've noticed a few of you using MacBook/Pro stands. What's the advantage of doing that over leaving the notebook open and using it as a second display? Most of you have enough desk real estate to do so.
Just curious. I feel like I'm trapped in a box if I don't have dual monitors (at least when I'm 'sitting down' to get some work done), and I look at that and that looks to me like a dual monitor setup with one monitor shut off, like a car with three tires! lol.
Just curious.
-John
Just curious. I feel like I'm trapped in a box if I don't have dual monitors (at least when I'm 'sitting down' to get some work done), and I look at that and that looks to me like a dual monitor setup with one monitor shut off, like a car with three tires! lol.
Just curious.
-John
It was an issue years ago (a principle and cited reason for the iMac G4 having a 'base' as opposed to a sideways mounted drive behind the LCD). But absolutely, anymore the drives are designed to and can easily handle it.
You'll be hard pressed to find a data center that doesn't have a few hundred or a few thousand sideways mounted hard drives operating faster than 7200rpm!
I don't like sitting behind a desk in a separate room
Nice setup! But why didn't you just buy a laptop?
I used to be on a Win laptop, because I didn't want a noisy bulky computer in the room, but when I switched to Mac I could have a big screen without bulk or noise
Just added the Herman Miller chair to my Amazon wish list. One was purchased for me by my office manager a few months ago and I absolutely love it! Must have for home, with all the ergonomic adjustments!!
Here's a snap of my setup in London (Barbican).
I love how even your chair is worth more than your mbp, and then there's those crazy speakers. How do they sound? they look way more awesome than those boxy monitors everyone has around here xD
sweet room.
I don't like sitting behind a desk in a separate room
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What speaker bar is that under the iMac? It looks pretty cool.
How does it sound? :3
Thats cool. Is it the building with the green points on the roof(The Merchandise Mart)?
Others have already answered but no I didn't have any issues with the HDD being sideways. I currently have two SSDs in it now and also have not had an issue. It's a nice way to save space on my cramped desk
Desk - http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003TW9K7U/ref=oh_details_o00_s00_i00
(Didn't attach the keyboard tray.)
The lights are the IKEA Dioder color led bars (4).
(Didn't attach the keyboard tray.)
The lights are the IKEA Dioder color led bars (4).
I just want to have a clutter-free desk, and my computer being open doesn't really help then. It takes up a lot of space and even though I have the space (I have a large L-shaped desk) I just want to work at a clean and empty desk.
That said, if I need to use multiple "windows" I just add a Mission Control desktop. Unless you want to look at two things at once you really don't need to have two displays nowadays.
I cleaned up my desk just now (yay for cable management!) so here's a pic to stay OT.
I'd recommend the TwelveSouth BookArc and BassJump to everyone that uses a MacBook. They're absolutely great accessoires.
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Where did you get the iMac stand? That is awesome
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