Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present (Part 6)

[NickD]

That color looks really nice. Plus, your MBP looks pretty good in that setup, despite being held on top of CD racks, along with the wireless keyboard and mouse.

Thanks. Maybe someday I'll actually get a Griffin Elevator

 

[ccnguyen]

Hey
@koobcamuk: I got this lamp from a store in Germany, but you can get it also from "www.emag-germany.de" The lamp call emmi light 20
@drewsof07: Yeah i can look at myself the whole day, i wish i could do it all the time xD. Hmm the scroll, i dont know where you could get it. I got it from my girlfriend.
@tonie: Hmm the desk is a special build. the dad of a friend of mine has Furniture company, and they build this one for me.
@Wolfgang: " "

 

[UMHurricanes34]

Thanks to UMHurricanes34 for helping me find the paint color that I'd been looking for!

You stole my walls!

Glad to see you finally get it all finished up Nick, looks great. It's a pretty soothing color and it's pretty hard to get a good photo that does justice to the tint of it. The picture I just posted is pretty close, but it's just a really rich color that looks great in all light.

Congrats!

On another note, my MX Revolution is due to arrive tomorrow (hopefully) so I'll throw up some new pics with it. I'm sick of having to replace the overpriced Mighty Mouse every time the scroll ball dies.

 

[applesith]

My setup

Here is my setup at home.

 

[204467]

Here is my setup at home.

Do I detect a theme here?

 

[KC2]

Do I detect a theme here?

Oh, I see it, an theme! iPhone, keyboard, etc.

 

[204467]

Oh, I see it, an theme! iPhone, keyboard, etc.

I really hope you're joking, cause what I was trying to say was not that complicated. Again, I will profess my hate for emotionless text. I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.

 

[KC2]

I really hope you're joking, cause what I was trying to say was not that complicated. Again, I will profess my hate for emotionless text. I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not.

I am. I apologize for any confusion with the dry dry sarcasm.

 

[applesith]

Yeah, my setup is in my Star Wars collection room.

Do I detect a theme here?

 

[204467]

I am. I apologize for any confusion with the dry dry sarcasm.

Ah. Good. I apologize if I insulted you.

 

[dontwalkhand]

Oh, I see it, an theme! iPhone, keyboard, etc.

Lol, so is every other setup in these forums

 

[shfreelance]

Lol, so is every other setup in these forums

Nope Microsoft/Logitech keyboard/mouse and a Blackberry 8830. Only thing Apple on my desk is a iPod and the thing projection the interwebs in front of me...

 

[KC2]

I don't usually do this, but after lurking this thread for so long, figured I'd share. BTW, I usually keep the light a lot dimmer, but brightened it for the photo (...like you really care). Edit: One more thing, I know the wire on the wall doesn't look great, but I rent...when I move into something more permanent, I'll give a damn.

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Left to Right (kind of):
15" MBP
Overhead light dimmer
Dell 20" LCD (2001FP)
Logitech Z-2300 speakers
Logitech MX3100 keyboard/mouse combo
30GB iPod (flat on table, since dock is broken)
Aforementioned 8-in-1 card reader/dock
Palm Treo 750
Green man I found in the Publicis Drugstore in Paris

 

[hmai18]

Is that Dell monitor used to play the PS3, or do you also have TV hooked up? Either way, that's an awesome spot for the PS3, looks awesome.

I use the 20" hooked up to the PS3 via HDMI>DVI, but it spends more time as the primary screen via VGA for my iBook.

I have an old school (curved screen) 20" Sony TV I almost never use except on the rare occasions I want to watch something on cable.

 

[Bfat567]

I have other shots closer up if anyone is actually interested in my setup. *rolls eyes* lol my setup sucks.

anyways the lineup (though im just entering the mac world)

left to right

apple g4 (my first mac , i couldnt be happier)
g4 733mhz, 1256mb of pc 100, 90gb of hd space (2 drives), zip drive, firewire 400

dell dj second gen on top of the mac, upgraded to a 40gb by me. head phones laying down the side.

crappy keyboard, microsoft mouse (ah hypocrisy) going up - pioneer receiver, sony dvd/cd player, ibm 15 inch lcd

going right - remote,hd cable box (useless to me lol) rca 13 inch tv, 17 inch gateway lcd, guitar lamp, note the hello kitty key chain, 20 inch gateway crt

going down - walmart keyboard (4.99 baby) microsoft 5 button mouse.

the three towers other than the mac -

cant see under the right desk - the dell tower.
p4 3.4 ghz, 2 80gb hard drives, 764mb ram (the stock board seems to max out at this sigh***), 18x dvd burner ,dvd rom drive, 256mb nvidia card, 64mb nvidia card, running the 19 inch crt and 17 inch gateway lcd. on board sound and 10/100

hp tower under right desk - on kvm with the mac for the crappy keyboard, microsoft mouse and ibm lcd.
p4 1.4ghz, 256mb ram, 30gb hard drive, dvdrom/cdrw, 32mb nvidia, sound blaster sound card and 10/100

old gateway server tower, amd 4200+ (upclocked), 1.7gb of ram, 2 60gb ide drives, adaptec scsi controller, 2 37gb 10,000 rpm hard drives, 20x dvdrw with lightscribe, tape drive, zip drive, 3 1/2 inch and 5 1/4 inch floppy drives, 256mb nvidia, creative sound ,broadway video capture card, firewire card, 10/100, wireless g, on kvm with dell for the other keyboard, microsoft mouse, and the gateway lcd.

mixer is a behringer eurorack

speakers are a pair of jensen unpowered studio monitors, and a pair of bose interaudio 2000's (i know i know bose...they were free sue me)

utstarcom 8074 cell phone on the mixer

external hard drive sitting next to the tv on the left hooked up to the gateway server tower (80gb)

2 60gb notebook hard drives sitting on the shelf, waiting for the enclosures in the mail.

out of site is the ghetto computer power supply, powering a 175 watt car amp, powering a 12 inch jensen sub.

mac running 9.2, soon tiger
hp running xandros 3.0 and suse 10.1
gateway running windows xp pro sp2
dell running windows 2000 sp4 and ubuntu

this is my everyday setup but theres a whole butt load of stuff not pictured and also tons of gadgets everywhere.

in the living room of this house theres a dell p4 2.4ghz, 512mb of ram, 40gb hard drive, dual cd burners, 64mb nvidia card, onboard every thing else, windows xp pro, 17 inch compaq flat crt, no name keyboard, logitech mouse, this also hosts our epson stylus multi function printer for the other pc's in the house.

in the spare bedroom theres a hp celeron 1.2ghz, 512mb of ram, 40 gb hard drive, dual cd burners, onboard everything, windows xp, 19 inch hp crt, hp mouse and keyboard, creative 2.1 speakers. also in this room are all the game systems.

and a motorola wireless g router and scientific atlanta modem rap up this house.

then in the other house where i spend alot of my time theres just 2 laptops (windows boxes not worth discussing) one a dell, one a thosiba, a brother multi function printer, sony external dvdrw with light scribe, creative 2.1 speakers, sometimes either laptop is hooked up to the sony 32 inch lcd tv for movies, and a dlink wireless rounter rap up this house.

almost done my shop.tons and tons and tons of assorted computer crap. the only things ill mention is the westinghouse 20 inch lcd on the wall,dell keyboard,and radio shack mouse used for testing towers, etc.

and i cant ignore the 350 pound ibm as/400 server. 4 processors baby!!!


omg im sick of typing. any questions or if you want more pics just let me know.

 

[drewsof07]

I have other shots closer up if anyone is actually interested in my setup. *rolls eyes* lol my setup sucks.

LOL Is that a piece sewer pipe holding your desk up???

Does it lead straight to a pit where you plan to dump your old computers when they crap out? lol, jk

 

[ProwlingTiger]

Yeah, my setup is in my Star Wars collection room.

At least you have a room for your Star Wars stuff; all my Star Wars collection pieces sit in numerous storage containers and an old dresser




I'm Dan, and I approve this message.

 

[Bfat567]

lol i grew up in a trailer park in back woods no where usa, you learn to um "rig" things. and that pit is not there, that pit would be my shop.

 

[iknowyourider]

lol i grew up in a trailer park in back woods no where usa, you learn to um "rig" things. and that pit is not there, that pit would be my shop.

Bfat, nice setup, computers and gadgets are fun. You "have" a shop! I "grew-up" in a shop. Rigging is an art...

 

[Yaris]

lol i grew up in a trailer park in back woods no where usa, you learn to um "rig" things. and that pit is not there, that pit would be my shop.

Hehe that reminds me of my first desk ever. It was two file cabinets with a piece of plywood across the top. The cabinets weren't even the same size, so I had to use magazines as shims to keep the top level. The CRT i had was so heavy the plywood would bow in the middle so I had to use a wooden dowel 3 inches in diameter for a support in the middle lol. Those were the good days

 

[mattcube64]

Sorry guys; one more post

I just got everything setup, cleaned up, installed, and just the way I like it (until I get some better speakers, of course )

Serious business:

Having some fun:

 

[gotzero]

lol i grew up in a trailer park in back woods no where usa, you learn to um "rig" things. and that pit is not there, that pit would be my shop.

The desk with the music equipment on it is a piece of plywood on cinder blocks, wrapped in an Ikea curtain. It sits in a room full of real furniture, and quite a few people have commented on how nice it looks before they find out what it is... Cheap, fast, sturdy.

"GoodDay" was the photo tag because the space was actually clean.

 

[BoingoBongo]

Here's mine. It's been this way for a long time, and I'm getting a little bored with it, but it works.

 

[Anonymouslives]

Looks like you have a lot of stuff to tinker around with. What the heck do you do with all of it? Seems like you have stuff to keep you busy for quite some time. Personally, I barely know how to do anything with the hardware, only change RAM. It would be pretty cool to have extensive knowledge of all that equipment.

I have other shots closer up if anyone is actually interested in my setup. *rolls eyes* lol my setup sucks.

anyways the lineup (though im just entering the mac world)

left to right

apple g4 (my first mac , i couldnt be happier)
g4 733mhz, 1256mb of pc 100, 90gb of hd space (2 drives), zip drive, firewire 400

dell dj second gen on top of the mac, upgraded to a 40gb by me. head phones laying down the side.

crappy keyboard, microsoft mouse (ah hypocrisy) going up - pioneer receiver, sony dvd/cd player, ibm 15 inch lcd

going right - remote,hd cable box (useless to me lol) rca 13 inch tv, 17 inch gateway lcd, guitar lamp, note the hello kitty key chain, 20 inch gateway crt

going down - walmart keyboard (4.99 baby) microsoft 5 button mouse.

the three towers other than the mac -

cant see under the right desk - the dell tower.
p4 3.4 ghz, 2 80gb hard drives, 764mb ram (the stock board seems to max out at this sigh***), 18x dvd burner ,dvd rom drive, 256mb nvidia card, 64mb nvidia card, running the 19 inch crt and 17 inch gateway lcd. on board sound and 10/100

hp tower under right desk - on kvm with the mac for the crappy keyboard, microsoft mouse and ibm lcd.
p4 1.4ghz, 256mb ram, 30gb hard drive, dvdrom/cdrw, 32mb nvidia, sound blaster sound card and 10/100

old gateway server tower, amd 4200+ (upclocked), 1.7gb of ram, 2 60gb ide drives, adaptec scsi controller, 2 37gb 10,000 rpm hard drives, 20x dvdrw with lightscribe, tape drive, zip drive, 3 1/2 inch and 5 1/4 inch floppy drives, 256mb nvidia, creative sound ,broadway video capture card, firewire card, 10/100, wireless g, on kvm with dell for the other keyboard, microsoft mouse, and the gateway lcd.

mixer is a behringer eurorack

speakers are a pair of jensen unpowered studio monitors, and a pair of bose interaudio 2000's (i know i know bose...they were free sue me)

utstarcom 8074 cell phone on the mixer

external hard drive sitting next to the tv on the left hooked up to the gateway server tower (80gb)

2 60gb notebook hard drives sitting on the shelf, waiting for the enclosures in the mail.

out of site is the ghetto computer power supply, powering a 175 watt car amp, powering a 12 inch jensen sub.

mac running 9.2, soon tiger
hp running xandros 3.0 and suse 10.1
gateway running windows xp pro sp2
dell running windows 2000 sp4 and ubuntu

this is my everyday setup but theres a whole butt load of stuff not pictured and also tons of gadgets everywhere.

in the living room of this house theres a dell p4 2.4ghz, 512mb of ram, 40gb hard drive, dual cd burners, 64mb nvidia card, onboard every thing else, windows xp pro, 17 inch compaq flat crt, no name keyboard, logitech mouse, this also hosts our epson stylus multi function printer for the other pc's in the house.

in the spare bedroom theres a hp celeron 1.2ghz, 512mb of ram, 40 gb hard drive, dual cd burners, onboard everything, windows xp, 19 inch hp crt, hp mouse and keyboard, creative 2.1 speakers. also in this room are all the game systems.

and a motorola wireless g router and scientific atlanta modem rap up this house.

then in the other house where i spend alot of my time theres just 2 laptops (windows boxes not worth discussing) one a dell, one a thosiba, a brother multi function printer, sony external dvdrw with light scribe, creative 2.1 speakers, sometimes either laptop is hooked up to the sony 32 inch lcd tv for movies, and a dlink wireless rounter rap up this house.

almost done my shop.tons and tons and tons of assorted computer crap. the only things ill mention is the westinghouse 20 inch lcd on the wall,dell keyboard,and radio shack mouse used for testing towers, etc.

and i cant ignore the 350 pound ibm as/400 server. 4 processors baby!!!


omg im sick of typing. any questions or if you want more pics just let me know.

 

[Bfat567]

well im about to hit the sack cause im mad tired but heres a quick run down.

dell and the mixer records my music (bass + guitar)

the amd plays games,and hosts the occasional sof2 server,hosts the external hard drive

the hp is my linux test box

the mac does my web browsing, aim, yahoo im,mp3 player charger,will host the new external when the enclosure arrives.

the living room dell, my mom uses for email,word,find it games,hosts the printer

the hp in the other room my brother uses for music,aim,web,light gimp/photoshop

laptops at the other house are used for all the tasks there

shop monitor etc for testing towers

and the 350 pound server was a learning expereince ...it was free


any more questions just ask