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

[IAlberta]

This is what the cave looked like circa 2012..

 

[IAlberta]

And what it looked like circa 2004... lol

 

[AL2TEACH]

Finally paired the 30" & 23" ACD's with the M1 Mac mini..


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Makes me want to get my Cube out of the box.

 

[GerritV]

I get by with a rather minimal setup, since I'm retired. But presently freelance working on a CAD-project.

 

[lezmace]

I love simple setups, especially Laptop only setups.
Is it the 16 or 14 inch?

 

[GerritV]

I love simple setups, especially Laptop only setups.
Is it the 16 or 14 inch?

Thanks for commenting. It's a 2018 MBP 15 inch.

 

[lezmace]

of course I should have noticed it by not having a notch or the black keyboard.

 

[Ollé]

Was able to finally complete my Al Gore setup. I know these monitors are old and when comparing to modern 4-5k monitors in my PC setup they blow these ACD's out of the water but somehow I always get attracted back to using them even if their resolutions are not that high anymore. Somehow they are easy on the eyes this matte style display.View attachment 2093490

That was my dream setup back when I was at Uni - Apple's product design of the early 2000s was something else. It's not much different now only more iterative with a missing reality distortion field.

 

[xtempo]

MB air and Mac Mini

I have the new setup planned and should be ready before I get the MBP though the setup idea could change a little bit. Mac Pro is in the closet as I don't have room for it.

 

[Mw0103]

When I got my first Mac: refurbished mid-2011 21.5 in December 2011 (ignore the speakers—they were for the work laptop)


Still kicking almost 12 years later with a new 1tb SSD and now running Monterey thanks to OCLP (not the primary system anymore, but still plenty quick for household use, HomeBridge server, and home sharing the movie library to the Apple TVs):

 

[Cosmo M3]

 

[rm5]

@Cosmo M3 That's a really nice setup. What monitor is that?

I've been considering switching to a similar setup—with a laptop stand and "floor" speaker stands, I just haven't had the motivation to buy that equipment!

 

[Media Pimp]

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Very nice setup! I also have the Sundara and Clear as my primary listening cans.

 

[Cosmo M3]

@Cosmo M3 That's a really nice setup. What monitor is that?

I've been considering switching to a similar setup—with a laptop stand and "floor" speaker stands, I just haven't had the motivation to buy that equipment!

It's one of the LG Ultragear gaming monitors.

 

[Cosmo M3]

Very nice setup! I also have the Sundara and Clear as my primary listening cans.

I also have the HD6XX in my living room tethered to my DROP THX AA 789 x CTH stack. I have my fingers crossed for ZMF Atriums in the future.

 

[UMHurricanes34]

When I got my first Mac: refurbished mid-2011 21.5 in December 2011 (ignore the speakers—they were for the work laptop)
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Still kicking almost 12 years later with a new 1tb SSD and now running Monterey thanks to OCLP (not the primary system anymore, but still plenty quick for household use, HomeBridge server, and home sharing the movie library to the Apple TVs):
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This was peak Apple. Time Capsule/AirPort Extreme types of products, selling their own branded AA batteries. They cared about every object you interacted with along the computing journey. My how we’ve lost the plot. Lovely setup

 

[Woodcrest64]

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Anyone else looking at this photo to find a gaming console? LOL! Nice setup!

 

[rocketbuc]

Just made some more modifications to my desk setup. Now with a MacBook Air M2 and an old 24" HP screen. Just got a Logitech Mechanical Mini for Mac keyboard and it's a great keyboard so far.

Still not 100% done, have some more things on the wish list, such as Kensington Wireless Trackball (getting rid of the USB cable) and a laptop stand.

 

[TrancyGoose]

My rather minimal set up, since we moved house, and I have a whole attic now to work! I am noticing lately, that when I am not working, i tend to not plug in my Monitor, even if it's Usb-C.

 

[RSB96]

My new setup, after renewing the iMac 2013 27" Intel I5, 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD (retrofitted) for the Mac Studio M1 Max 10 CPU/24 GPU, 32GB unified memory and 1TB SSD and the Studio Display.

 

[Traverse]

It took a long time and a bit of savings, but I finally have a new setup and renovated room that I'm happy with. The cube to the left is were I keep all of my desk accessories (router, external storage, etc.) so for the first time everything is wired (including internet).

• MacBook Pro 14" (2021)
• Apple Studio Display
• Vari Electric Standing Desk 60" x 30"
• Etsy custom deskpad
• CyberPower UPS 1500VA
• OWC Thunderbay 4 mini (20TB SSD)

 

[MuGeN PoWeR]

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It took a long time and a bit of savings, but I finally have a new setup and renovated room that I'm happy with. The cube to the left is were I keep all of my desk accessories (router, external storage, etc.) so for the first time everything is wired (including internet).

• MacBook Pro 14" (2021)
• Apple Studio Display
• Vari Electric Standing Desk 60" x 30"
• Etsy custom deskpad
• CyberPower UPS 1500VA
• OWC Thunderbay 4 mini (20TB SSD)

looks awesome. what chair is that?

 

[boswald]

My new setup, after renewing the iMac 2013 27" Intel I5, 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD (retrofitted) for the Mac Studio M1 Max 10 CPU/24 GPU, 32GB unified memory and 1TB SSD and the Studio Display.

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Love the mousepad!

 

[Traverse]

looks awesome. what chair is that?

It's a Steelcase Gesture.

 

[GerritV]

Installing my new MBA M1, replacing my 2018 MBP.
Quite happy so far. Impressed by its speed, and finally no more butterfly keyboard.