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

[jakesaunders27]

Thanks!

The HiRise is a nice addition but it does have some drawbacks that I found annoying but not dealbreakers:
The Air seems a bit too light for the rubber padding to hold on to: when a cable is attached that has some pulling force on it; the MacBook gets slowly dragged towards that cable.
The hard-plastic padding underneath is not ideal: it makes it too easy for the stand to move around with minimal force applied. They should have made this out of the same padding material that they use on top of the stand.

I see, hopefully the weight shouldn't be an issue as I plan to buy one for a small synthesiser that I have to raise it up a tad, so the synth should be plenty heavy enough, Cheers.

 

[ps2sunvalley]

Here is my setup:

2009 MacMini that I just installed a 120GB SSD in and Yosemite for the first time after running this thing for 5 years on Win7. (Probably going to turn this into a backend for Plex and DVR
The display is just something I had lying around

Mid 2012 MBP I bought last November and upgraded RAM to 16GB. This is my main computer.

 

[Gozar]

My 2011 Mini setup
Gaming PC off to the left..

 

[MrMacMini]

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What is on the picture:

• Mac Mini 2012 (2.6GHz QC i7, 16GB, 2x256GB 840Pro RAID0)
• MacBook Air 13" 2012 (1.8GHz i5, 8GB, 240GB Transcend)
• Thunderbolt Display
• iMac G4 17" (modded to HDMI external display)
• Airport Extreme 2013
• Logitech Performance MX
• Magic Mouse
• Magic Trackpad
• Apple Wireless Keyboards
• Twelve South HiRise for MacBook

What is not on the picture but worth mentioning:

• Drobo 5N (8TB)
• iPad Mini Retina (32GB & 16GB WiFi)
• iPhone 5S (16GB)
• Apple TV
• iPods (Video, Mini, Nano)

What desk is that?

 

[solaris]

My 3 generations of Apple laptops.

2004 PowerBook G4, 2007 MacBook Pro and 2011 MacBook Air. Plus a 2011 iPad 2.

 

[Ih8reno]

My setup changes on a daily basis almost. Currently have out my Mac Pro 1,1 as well as my early 2011 MacBook Pro 13 inch and my dual 1.42GHZ Mdd. Forgive the mess

 

[J.Appleseed]

 

[d3n]

My Setup:
- 15" Macbook Pro Retina (early '14) on RainDesign mStand
- 27" Thunderbolt Display
- Apogee One Audio Interface (plugged into Display)
- Audioengine A5+ on some speakter-tilt-stands
- Apple USB Keyboard & Logitech Bluetooth Mouse (plugged into Display)

 

[jakesaunders27]

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My Setup:
- 15" Macbook Pro Retina (early '14) on RainDesign mStand
- 27" Thunderbolt Display
- Apogee One Audio Interface (plugged into Display)
- Audioengine A5+ on some speakter-tilt-stands
- Apple USB Keyboard & Logitech Bluetooth Mouse (plugged into Display)

Beautiful

 

[soulreaver99]

Workspace 3-13-2015

I returned the AOC and replaced it with the HP Envy 32-Inch Media Display. HOLY CRAP this thing is AMAZING

 

[hkoster1]

Apple Setup March 2015

27" iMac (wall mounted)
B&W P5 Headphones
Hercules XPS101 Speakers
13" MacBook Pro Retina (in the bag)

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I seem to remember an original black MacBook restored to mint condition...?

 

[nameischarles]

Currently reorganizing my set up but for now here is my Macbook collection and 27" 2014 high end spec iMac (just a few months before the 5k arrived!)

From bottom to top...all stock CPU at the time of order, memory and storage specs below.

2011 15" Hi-Res MBP 8gb / 500gb
2012 15" rMBP 8gb / 512gb
2014 13" rMBP 8gb / 256gb
2011 11" MBA 4gb / 128gb

 

[Centaurr]

Currently reorganizing my set up but for now here is my Macbook collection

why would you "need" five mac's ?

 

[nameischarles]

why would you "need" five mac's ?

I'm an avid Apple collector haha but no the older 2011 MBP and 2011 MBA I have given to my parents.

 

[RoastingPig]

[url=https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7611/16805286151_69ebb9328c_c.jpg]Image[/url]Workspace 3-13-2015

I returned the AOC and replaced it with the HP Envy 32-Inch Media Display. HOLY CRAP this thing is AMAZING

what monitor raiser is that which you are using

 

[soulreaver99]

what monitor raiser is that which you are using

http://www.amazon.com/UBOARD-SMART-Tempered-Multiboard-Built-/dp/B00C7F0IK8/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8

 

[Venderious]

Please excuse the low imagine quality, wasn't the best of lighting for the iPad's camera.


iMac 27 2009

Bose Companion 5

IKEA Galant Desk

Nice chair from Amazon

Looks dope, the only thing that ruins it is the wired keyboard. :S

 

[drewsof07]

Main setup: MacPro 5,1 Upgraded with a Hex 3.33Ghz, XFX 7870XT, 32GB RAM & PCIe RAID0 SSDs. Apple Extended Keyboard II & Logitech G602, Bose Companion III, Sennheiser Momentums. Drobo 5D mass storage.
On the right: 2 Powermac G4's both dual proc models, my Dell Hackintosh (liquid cooled 4690k), a couple 2.8Ghz rMBPs (one personal, one corporate) and a MacBook I just finished refurbishing.
Have two 2011 Mac Minis not pictured I use for XBMC media.

 

[Dowjohnny]

Main setup: MacPro 5,1 Upgraded with a Hex 3.33Ghz, XFX 7870XT, 32GB RAM & PCIe RAID0 SSDs. Apple Extended Keyboard II & Logitech G602, Bose Companion III, Sennheiser Momentums. Drobo 5D mass storage.
On the right: 2 Powermac G4's both dual proc models, my Dell Hackintosh (liquid cooled 4690k), a couple 2.8Ghz rMBPs (one personal, one corporate) and a MacBook I just finished refurbishing.
Have two 2011 Mac Minis not pictured I use for XBMC media.

Nice setup! But what is it with all the people having fancy modern multiscreen setups but using an old a$$ keyboard? Are they better than the current ones?

 

[drewsof07]

Nice setup! But what is it with all the people having fancy modern multiscreen setups but using an old a$$ keyboard? Are they better than the current ones?

haha, I can't speak for everyone using an "old a$$ keyboard," but for me it's very satisfying to have some key travel and feeling the key bottom out. In stark contrast to most modern keyboard that either have slim scissor key switches or mushy silicone dome keys.

See here for more information on mechanical keyboards

 

[ecschwarz]

Near-Past and Present

I thought it was time I uploaded some pictures of my setup. About a year ago, my setup was a Mid-2012 13" MacBook Pro with a few accessories. Since then, I acquired a Mid-2011 iMac and ended up trading the MacBook Pro for something a bit more travel-friendly - the desk also got a little shelf (thanks Ikea!) and the Soundsticks were put on my work setup, being replaced by some very cheaply priced, but good sounding JBL Pebbles:

- Mid-2012 11" MacBook Air (i7 2.0GHz, 8GB, 256GB)
- Mid-2011 21.5" iMac (i5 2.7GHz, 8GB, 256GB mx100 SSD)
- Anker USB Hub
- Twelve South Backpacks
- WD My Passport Ultra Hard Drives
- JBL Pebbles
- Blue Snowball

 

[Centaurr]

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where did you get that lamp? whats it called?

 

[Dowjohnny]

haha, I can't speak for everyone using an "old a$$ keyboard," but for me it's very satisfying to have some key travel and feeling the key bottom out. In stark contrast to most modern keyboard that either have slim scissor key switches or mushy silicone dome keys.

See here for more information on mechanical keyboards

Well that makes sense although i would get a modern mechanical keyboard then Personally i love the modern laptop like keyboards with low travel. But i can see why people would combine their love for mechanical with a little nostalgica I was never intending to offend you, just noticed that combination quite a lot recently and sometimes thought it spoiled the setup

Enjoy yours!!

 

[ecschwarz]

where did you get that lamp? whats it called?

I just realized that there are two different lamps...both from Ikea and both LED-based:

In the "old" picture, it's a Jansjö ($10US):
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/20169658/

In the "new" picture, it's a Hårte ($20US):
http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30266989/

The Hårte is nice because it just has a USB connector at the end that plugs into a small AC adapter that looks like it would work with any smartphone - you can actually unplug the USB connector and use it with a computer or USB hub (or iPhone/iPad AC adapter). I swapped them because the Jansjö was more concentrated in one spot and made for a better nightstand/reading light. I guess both can be ordered online, too.

 

[Joebrown]

First post on here in a while, but loved looking through the thread... so here's a few pictures of my setup as it stands.

Not been using the iMac at all really since I got the beautiful rMBP, I take it everywhere and even prefer to use it over the iMac when I'm in the house. So I've kinda been toying with the idea of swapping the iMac out for a second hand 24' cinema display the last few days, and perhaps getting it mounted on the wall.

Has anybody had much experience swapping from an iMac to a mbp and separate display? The Cinema displays seem good value atm, going for less than £400 on eBay.