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Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present (Part 20)
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My 'home away from home' setup - 13" Touch Bar MacBook Pro with two LG UltraFine 4K displays.
Despite a total lack of built-in cable management in the displays, you can do a surprisingly decent job with just some cable ties.
(Desk is usually far messier!
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Despite a total lack of built-in cable management in the displays, you can do a surprisingly decent job with just some cable ties.
(Desk is usually far messier!
) 
Oh cmon with that unrealistic nonsense!
Obviously it's just a ghost holding it up for the photo. Geeez. Some people...
Have you ever heard of sarcasm...? Geeez. Some people...!
I'm stuck... I can't tell if you're being sarcastic, as I WAS.
My 'home away from home' setup - 13" Touch Bar MacBook Pro with two LG UltraFine 4K displays.
Despite a total lack of built-in cable management in the displays, you can do a surprisingly decent job with just some cable ties.
(Desk is usually far messier!
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How well does that MBP drive those displays? Also have you noticed any issues that have been reports by others like poor battery life and such?
Not well - I have had massive sleep/wake issues since getting the second monitor. When waking, only one display will light 99% of the time, until you un-plug and re-plug the blank monitor. There are similar reports online. I'm thinking of installing the 10.12.5 beta on a partition to test if it fixes it.
Battery is a moot point when connected to the displays since they offer charging, but in general I've had great battery life from the Pro after some software updates.
A update on my home office desk.
Bitchin setup!
LOVE that Clock!!!
How do you like the Songs Play:Bar? I have the Play:1 and I'm sort-of 50/50 as I cannot AirPlay videos sounds to it. It's music only and it's driving me insane cause I cannot get sound from my 2012 Mac Mini to it.
Here's, what is essentially - my dream setup -
iMac Retina 4K Core i5 w/ 256GB SSD 8GB RAM
Magic Keyboard and Magic Trackpad
And one of the best parts - Paradigm Millenia CT 2 Sound System - Handily beats my older Bose Companion 5's in sound quality, a massive step up in sound (and build in some regards) quality, glad to be back in the 'Hi-Fi' circle of the things. Now the Bose were no slouch, but these Paradigm's are truly the 'Apple' of sound systems - both in build quality/attention to detail and sound quality.
iMac Retina 4K Core i5 w/ 256GB SSD 8GB RAM
Magic Keyboard and Magic Trackpad
And one of the best parts - Paradigm Millenia CT 2 Sound System - Handily beats my older Bose Companion 5's in sound quality, a massive step up in sound (and build in some regards) quality, glad to be back in the 'Hi-Fi' circle of the things. Now the Bose were no slouch, but these Paradigm's are truly the 'Apple' of sound systems - both in build quality/attention to detail and sound quality.
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Recent set up. New MacBook Pro slowly transitioning to all USB-C.
If this is your home setup I'd be curious to know more about your phone setup on your desk - is it connected to your work IP phone PBX or is it a home IP phone setup? Feel free to PM me if you'd rather not post here.Night scene - surfing/netflix...
It's 30Hz. The only way I notice that is not 60Hz is when watching a movie on YouTube recorded at that refresh rate, or when using RetroArch to play NES, SNES. In those cases I simply change to a 60Hz and no HiDPI resolution on the System Preferences. For my work on book and magazine design this setup is enough. Hope it helps
I'm the Cisco network guy at work so yes this is my home setup. The 7975 phone has a native Cisco Anyconnect VPN client and that allows it to tunnel back to our primary datacenter where the voice servers are and route to whichever gateway the calls take it within our WAN.
My 2014 Mini with an HP 21.5" 1080P IPS HDMI monitor that I picked up on Amazon, Logitech speakers and sub, Logitech solar powered wireless keyboard, and a wireless mouse I picked up on clearance at Walmart. Works pretty well and fits snuggly in my single bedroom apartment.
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Sweet setup my man! Is that IKEA legs you got there and would you mind posting the wallpaper?
I'm loving it, to be honest. 4k is a bit overrated at the moment, in my opinion. I have no use for it currently, nor do I feel like spending the extra money for something that I find unnecessary in the first place.
May be great for some, but I'll never take full advantage of it. At least, not yet. I'm still rocking a 1080p TV and I love it just fine as well.
The monitor I am using is the best one I've ever used. Never had a full HD monitor before. Always had sub HD laptop PC displays that were merely adequate.