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Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present (Part 19)
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If you done like glass then don't do it. My picture frankly was spur of the moment and I don't notice my reflection when I use it daily.
Planning a better lit picture soon once the office is clean, but obviously ymmv.
The display itself isn't Apple quality but you can get two of them for probably $300 which goes a long way.
I've got a lot of apple products in my home. Enough so where my wife almost expects a delivery a few days after an announcement for a product I use day to day (with a sad look of disapproval, it's an illness), but I can't personally justify an Apple monitor. Maybe used I could.
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The hirise is really cool. If you can justify an Apple display I'd recommend doing it. They make fantastic displays, but I can't justify the price. If I could I would.
The hirise works really well. If you have non-apple you can make it work with just what's in the box, get a premium feel and look with less cost.
For me, I can get this display for much less, and apple's is just a bit high. I'd get the apple display even at $500 or $700 but considering I have 2 of these displays around the house for about $300 makes it hard to justify. The display to me seems to count more when I touch it.
That's me though. Let me know if you have any questions.
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Umm I think I got it from behance wallpaper app on the App Store. I'll look to see if I can isolate it and upload it but a few of these wallpaper apps get really finicky about that.
It looks great! Thought about getting it, too. How happy are you with it? Is the pixel density enough?
So, I just posted the other day, but I made another change.
I traded my eMac (with a dead HDD) locally for a 20" ACD. I also retired the win7 machine I had. Im down to only my MBP and my G5 (which is hooked up to the ACD). I also rewired my desk to remove extra cables. I desperately need a TB dock though, so I don't have so many connections on my MBP.
I traded my eMac (with a dead HDD) locally for a 20" ACD. I also retired the win7 machine I had. Im down to only my MBP and my G5 (which is hooked up to the ACD). I also rewired my desk to remove extra cables. I desperately need a TB dock though, so I don't have so many connections on my MBP.
As fantastic as that looks, do you ever find that the viewing distance causes eye strain?
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I love the wall mounted imac. This is one of the most frustrating things about my 2012 imac. There is no way for me to wall mount it since I never ordered that configuration. I even contacted apple and tried to get them to do it with me paying and they still wouldn't. Its made me not want to buy an imac again. I shouldn't have to decide one of the other. Pretty much every display on the market has the option to be wall mounted or stand.
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This is inspiring me to change my set up! Expect an update soon
Also, I don't know if you could find this product useful with your wall mount
http://www.bluelounge.com/products/jimi/
Thanks for the nice comment! The blue lounge product is pretty nice but I quite honestly do not have a need for it. In addition, it interferes will the simplistic look that I try to accomplish.
Good luck with the setup!
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That sucks indeed. I've been using wall mounted iMacs ever since 2010 (started out with the i7 2010 model). The current iMac is an 3.4 i7 mid-2011 version with 16GB RAM, 2TB HD and an Samsung 840 EVO in the optical bay. It's lightning fast and I have no need to upgrade it anytime soon.
I tend to keep it for a long long time since it really is just fine.
Back in 2010-2011:
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Thanks for the nice comment! The blue lounge product is pretty nice but I quite honestly do not have a need for it. In addition, it interferes will the simplistic look that I try to accomplish.
Good luck with the setup!
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That sucks indeed. I've been using wall mounted iMacs ever since 2010 (started out with the i7 2010 model). The current iMac is an 3.4 i7 mid-2011 version with 16GB RAM, 2TB HD and an Samsung 840 EVO in the optical bay. It's lightning fast and I have to need to upgrade it anytime soon.
I tend to keep it for a long long time since it really is just fine.
Back in 2010-2011:
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I bet that desk was a nightmare to keep clean!
That and the scratches it collected were one of the main reasons to switch! And I love wood.
Thanks for the nice comment! The blue lounge product is pretty nice but I quite honestly do not have a need for it. In addition, it interferes will the simplistic look that I try to accomplish.
Good luck with the setup!
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That sucks indeed. I've been using wall mounted iMacs ever since 2010 (started out with the i7 2010 model). The current iMac is an 3.4 i7 mid-2011 version with 16GB RAM, 2TB HD and an Samsung 840 EVO in the optical bay. It's lightning fast and I have to need to upgrade it anytime soon.
I tend to keep it for a long long time since it really is just fine.
Back in 2010-2011:
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Do you have a link to where you bought that desk?
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It's three Lack tables the top of one forms the base and the second forms the middle with uncut legs descending. I then cut another one to the size of the xserve and used two of the spare four legs I had to support the vinyl records. It was then a simple matter of adding casters to the bottom and adding brackets to keep it all together.
I will add another level for my cassette deck and perhaps one more for an intel xserve.
I will add another level for my cassette deck and perhaps one more for an intel xserve.
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