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Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present (Part 20)
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Dude...i envy ur hack ! I ve always had an eye on the bitfenix case.... Your build is impressive too.... Cabling.... Which method did u use for the hack ...
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That a cool workstation dude.... Though the cables @&£&& ......ur still capture is really good.. Looks natural...
Wanted to post an update to my current setup - you might notice that monstrosity in the center. Local Craigslist pickup - it's an Acer B286HK UHD monitor. There is a small amount of backlight bleed when viewing dark, solid colours, but for the price I couldn't pass it up. Have to say - OS X scales higher resolutions significantly better than Windows. Disappointed, Microsoft.
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What desk is this?
From a usability standpoint, OS X has better display & desktop management all around. The Windows AMD/Nvidia add-on apps do okay.
That's the reason I couldn't make the switch, honestly. For the first few months, there was no way to boot OS X on X99, and using Windows full time was a nightmare...
Hopefully the recent addition of more accessible storage will help keep the area clean(er) for a little longer than in the past...
Mint 12" PB G4 and 17" PB area
Maybe I overpaid for this lil 12" G4 PowerBook at £109, but the condition is outstanding. Its a 2004 1.33Ghz model, without a mark on it. Its got 1.25GB RAM, DVD superdrive and the original 60GB HD which I will upgrade, although it seems to be working fine. Battery also holds a good two hours of charge. Guy I bought it from only used it around the house and so saw no use as a traveling laptop.
Yes, the phone works and is connected to my phone line
I also put my Xbox 360 and PS3 in storage earlier and did a bit of a rearrangement to my media area. This was so I had space to accommodate my mint 17" PowerBook G4. The specs are 1.5Ghz PowerPC G4, 2GB RAM, 80GB HD, 500GB External. I have installed Tiger on it as it had no operating system on, working like a charm. Been nice to setup the old skool Apple bluetooth keyboard & mouse and Griffin Elevator. I've owned this PB for quite a few months now, but never got use of it because it took up so much space, so its nice to have a little area for it. I paid £65 for it as it came with a dead hard drive, upgrade has worked fantastic though.
Maybe I overpaid for this lil 12" G4 PowerBook at £109, but the condition is outstanding. Its a 2004 1.33Ghz model, without a mark on it. Its got 1.25GB RAM, DVD superdrive and the original 60GB HD which I will upgrade, although it seems to be working fine. Battery also holds a good two hours of charge. Guy I bought it from only used it around the house and so saw no use as a traveling laptop.
Yes, the phone works and is connected to my phone line
I also put my Xbox 360 and PS3 in storage earlier and did a bit of a rearrangement to my media area. This was so I had space to accommodate my mint 17" PowerBook G4. The specs are 1.5Ghz PowerPC G4, 2GB RAM, 80GB HD, 500GB External. I have installed Tiger on it as it had no operating system on, working like a charm. Been nice to setup the old skool Apple bluetooth keyboard & mouse and Griffin Elevator. I've owned this PB for quite a few months now, but never got use of it because it took up so much space, so its nice to have a little area for it. I paid £65 for it as it came with a dead hard drive, upgrade has worked fantastic though.
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Maybe I overpaid for this lil 12" G4 PowerBook at £109, but the condition is outstanding. Its a 2004 1.33Ghz model, without a mark on it. Its got 1.25GB RAM, DVD superdrive and the original 60GB HD which I will upgrade, although it seems to be working fine. Battery also holds a good two hours of charge. Guy I bought it from only used it around the house and so saw no use as a traveling laptop.
Yes, the phone works and is connected to my phone line
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I wish my 12" Powerbook was in that good condition, good find.
man did you steal my setup or something i have the exact same specs as you but im running a 512gb apple pcie on a 27 cinema and a 30 inch. im using the reference 980 and have 4 2tb barracudas as well as 64gb of ram
Just had some custom tables built for our office. We drew them up and had them built to spec. Turned out great.
I get it, it's not centered
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im digging that light, care to share where you purchased it?
lol one time I went to a ruby meetup hosted by an office that had an eerily similar layout. Same cabinets too. I like your tables better though, they look less crowded.
Still looks a little too close together for me lol.
I like those cabinets though. I kinda want one for my desk at home, they're just spendy.
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Hopefully the recent addition of more accessible storage will help keep the area clean(er) for a little longer than in the past...
Is your desk mount clamped on? The location makes me think it isn't, but the part sitting on the desk looks too small to not be a clamp-on.
I guarantee you it isn't fun (because I do the same), but plastic mats crack and break apart way too easy on plush carpet.
It's not edge-clamped, but through a 3/8 inch hole that I drilled. I'm not fond of edge clamps and it wouldn't work for this setup anyway-- the displays would be too far away.
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Ikea-- it's a mishmash of parts from the now [unfortunately] discontinued Galant-- corner desk, large half round, extension, another homemade extension and various frames.
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I don't know whether it's this particular carpet or the wheels on my chair, but rolling on this carpet isn't much of an issue-- much much better than any other instance of carpet vs. chair in my past.
I hate plastic mats because they break apart and start to look horrible/yellow in no time at all.
Because of that, I purchased a too-expensive glass floor mat and it would -- or should-- be ideal, however it turns out the floor isn't quite level so I roll backwards if I try to use it.
So... the choice is no mat at all or an ugly semi-rigid plastic mat. It's a lot easier to roll on this carpet than it is trying to roll around on a plastic mat that's started to break apart-- and this looks better.
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