Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present (Part 20)

[vbctv]

Re-designed my setup for 2022 with new desk.

Ikea Lagkapten/ALEX Desk - 55 inch (White bottom - Dark Gray Top)

In the setup from Left To Right

• Anker USB-C Power Cube (Mounted Under Desk)
• M1 MacBook Pro 13
• Twelve South BookArc - Space Gray
• Anker Magsafe 2in1 Charger
• LG Ultrafine 4K 22inch
• Sonos Roam speaker (sitting below monitor screen on monitor base)
• Satechi Eco-Leather Desk Mat - Black
• Apple Magic Keyboard & Trackpad - Space Gray
• iPad Pro 11 (2020)
• Lululook Urban Magnetic Stand
• Globe Electric Holden Table Lamp with Nanoleaf Essential Bulb
• Nekteck 107w USB-C Charger (Mounted under desk next to drawers)
• Nanoleaf Essential Lightstrip (mounted on side and behind desk)

Excuse the mess on the floor to the right, still finishing the everything.

 

[cambookpro]

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Re-designed my setup for 2022 with new desk.

Ikea Lagkapten/ALEX Desk - 55 inch (White bottom - Dark Gray Top)

In the setup from Left To Right

• Anker USB-C Power Cube (Mounted Under Desk)
• M1 MacBook Pro 13
• Twelve South BookArc - Space Gray
• Anker Magsafe 2in1 Charger
• LG Ultrafine 4K 22inch
• Sonos Roam speaker (sitting below monitor screen on monitor base)
• Satechi Eco-Leather Desk Mat - Black
• Apple Magic Keyboard & Trackpad - Space Gray
• iPad Pro 11 (2020)
• Lululook Urban Magnetic Stand
• Globe Electric Holden Table Lamp with Nanoleaf Essential Bulb
• Nekteck 107w USB-C Charger (Mounted under desk next to drawers)
• Nanoleaf Essential Lightstrip (mounted on side and behind desk)

Excuse the mess on the floor to the right, still finishing the everything.

Another Lagkapten/Alex desk here! Just moved flat and had to downsize a bit. Treated myself to a new Studio Display to replace my LG - mostly for aesthetic reasons but it does look really good.

 

[joshuabeg]

Another Lagkapten/Alex desk here! Just moved flat and had to downsize a bit. Treated myself to a new Studio Display to replace my LG - mostly for aesthetic reasons but it does look really good.

This looks amazing! 👏🏻

How are you backlighting the Studio Display? Is it just the lamp?

 

[cambookpro]

This looks amazing! 👏🏻

How are you backlighting the Studio Display? Is it just the lamp?

Thanks! There’s 3 Philips Hue play bars attached to the back. Couldn’t work without bias lighting now, reduces eye strain a fair bit.

 

[Zeebedy]

Sorry, I meant the mat with the world map on it.

ahh, im not 100% sure, I think it might have been eBay mate.

 

[Lasermoon]

Updated
Native Instruments
Kontrol F1
Kontrol Z1
Kontrol X1
Komplete S49
Maschine MK3
All on rails and now slide underneath the desks

 

[RSB96]

This is my "setup" in my house.

Technological stuff:
- iMac 27" late 2013. 3.4 GHz Intel Core i5 4-core, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M 2 GB, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD.
- HP U27 27" with 4K resolution.
- Xbox X Series
- Nintendo Switch
- Apple TV 4th Gen
- HomePod
- Belkin 3-in-1 charging dock. MagSafe for the iPhone 12/13, normal wireless charging (I use it for the AirPods) and the charging base for the Apple Watch. I actually really like it, you leave everything there when it's your turn to charge and you don't have a thousand cables lying around.

 

[AVBeatMan]

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This is my "setup" in my house.

Technological stuff:
- iMac 27" late 2013. 3.4 GHz Intel Core i5 4-core, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M 2 GB, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD.
- HP U27 27" with 4K resolution.
- Xbox X Series
- Nintendo Switch
- Apple TV 4th Gen
- HomePod
- Belkin 3-in-1 charging dock. MagSafe for the iPhone 12/13, normal wireless charging (I use it for the AirPods) and the charging base for the Apple Watch. I actually really like it, you leave everything there when it's your turn to charge and you don't have a thousand cables lying around.

Which iPad is that and is it the Magic Keyboard?

 

[nieks]

Looks like the 12.9" Pro with a black Magic Keyboard to me, judging by the size of the Apple Pencil.

 

[d3n]

Another Lagkapten/Alex desk here! Just moved flat and had to downsize a bit. Treated myself to a new Studio Display to replace my LG - mostly for aesthetic reasons but it does look really good.

Love it – looks very clean. Is that the Ikea display stand?

 

[d3n]

My setup! 💙

Absolutely love this setup and how you keep it organized with the tray and the Mac Mini under the desk. Reminds me a bit of the Apple Store tables with that wood.

 

[cambookpro]

Love it – looks very clean. Is that the Ikea display stand?

Yep!

 

[ascender]

just updated my setup with a new ultrawide monitor from LG

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Very nice! Have just ordered one of those monitors.

Can I ask what the low profile shelf is below it please?

 

[joshuabeg]

Absolutely love this setup and how you keep it organized with the tray and the Mac Mini under the desk. Reminds me a bit of the Apple Store tables with that wood.

Thank you!!

 

[RSB96]

Which iPad is that and is it the Magic Keyboard?

Looks like the 12.9" Pro with a black Magic Keyboard to me, judging by the size of the Apple Pencil.

Yes, it´s the 2020 iPad Pro 12,9” 256GB with the Magic Keyboard and the Apple Pencil.

 

[jck1634]

Very nice! Have just ordered one of those monitors.

Can I ask what the low profile shelf is below it please?

That's just a shelf from Ikea. I believe its called Bergshult or something. I added some short furniture legs from amazon.

 

[ascender]

That's just a shelf from Ikea. I believe its called Bergshult or something. I added some short furniture legs from amazon.

Thanks for replying. I'll have a look at options today.

 

[TechAndOSWorld]

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14" MBP Space Gray

kinda late, but do you mind telling me the brand of your mousepad?

 

[TechAndOSWorld]

This is how a hoarder's bedroom looks like.

Despite having 4 computers, I only use two most of the time (that black box in the middle, which I call "Coffee Tower", and the M1 MacBook Air next to it). I use them primarily for graphic design and entertainment.

Here are the Coffee Tower specs if you're interested:

• CPU - Intel Core i5-8400
• GPU - ATI Radeon RX580 4GB
• RAM - 16GB DDR4
• MB - MSI Z370-A Pro
• Drives - 1x Samsung 970 Evo Plus 500GB / 1x Kingston A400 240GB (for BootCamp) / 1x Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB (for Time Machine).

And here are the peripherals I use with it:

• KB - Apple A1243 Wired Keyboard
• Mouse - Apple Magic Mouse (1st Gen)
• Monitors - 1x LG (UltraFine?) 32UN500 32" / 2x Samsung S24F350 24"
• Speakers - 2x Jamo E350 with a hand-me-down Technics SA-EX300 amplifier.

The MacBook Air is a base model M1, so there's no point in listing the specs.

Some close-up photos:

I use the other two occasionally, but not enough to call them "daily-drivers". I got both of them for free, and didn't want to throw them away, since they're both fully working, and even somewhat usable.
One has a Core i5-4460 CPU, 8GB of RAM, 240GB SSD (that's more than enough for my mom for example), and interestingly, a Broadcom BCM94331CD WiFi/BT card.
The other one has a Core 2 Duo E4400 CPU, 4GB of RAM, Radeon HD5770 and 2 240GB SSDs. That one's not as usable nowdays, but great for old versions of (Mac) OS X. I use it to sync my iPod Nano, and to run old programs (there's one I use that doesn't work properly on anything newer than Snow Leopard)

Some more close-ups:

And to finish it off, here are some of my past setups:
June 2014 - My 1st setup, a custom-built Sempron system, which I got for my 10th birthday

July 2016 - My 1st Mac (it was a Mid 2007 base model 20" iMac), and was pretty cheap (299€)

Sorry for the long post.

 

[rm5]

Wow, this is REALLY cool, thanks for sharing!

What are the other 2 computers? Mac mini/Mac Pro?

 

[TechAndOSWorld]

Wow, this is REALLY cool, thanks for sharing!

What are the other 2 computers? Mac mini/Mac Pro?

they're actually hackintoshes. one is an Acer Extensa E470 (the C2D system), and the other one is my friend's old custom-built PC (he now has a base model 16" 2021 MacBook Pro)

 

[AZhappyjack]

Here's my latest... and it's still a work in progress. I am waiting on longer HDMI cables (from Amazon)... I have a cord cover to hide the television cables... also, waiting on a 36" bookcase (arriving July 18) to replace the center file cabinet under the television. I need an area rug, and also have several thoughts on wall hangings to finish the decorating. The current wall decor was from the previous furniture arrangement (last photo, below)... really liking the more open look.

The Mac is the Mac Studio (M1 Max), and 32" LG 4K monitor.




Previous setup from about 2010 to last week.

 

[TwitchyPuppy]

Another Lagkapten/Alex desk here! Just moved flat and had to downsize a bit. Treated myself to a new Studio Display to replace my LG - mostly for aesthetic reasons but it does look really good.

Ok those micro computers are really cool!

 

[Jozone]

This is how a hoarder's bedroom looks like.
Sorry for the long post.

Any chance you could send that Hummingbird wallpaper? So cool.

 

[DMG35]

Here is my new setup.

- Uplift Desk Solid Butchers Block 80"
- Space Gray AirPods on Max Stand
- MacBook Pro 2019 Maxed out with 5600M (I love it too much to get rid of it)
- PS4 Pro
- Pro XDR Display
- Logitech MX Keys Keyboard
- Magic Trackpad 2
- Mac Studio M1 Max
- Mac Aquarium down in the corner there (it lights up as well but I liked the purple vibe I have going)