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Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present (Part 6)
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I got one of those a while ago. It's pretty neat! Lots of fun with Garageband.
Thanks, its actually at home, but its in my room since i rent out the other two rooms in my condo to friends.
That looks like a long fall for the Mac Pro if it gets bumped. I'd be a little more leery of putting such an investment in a precarious spot like that.
I would not have a Mac Pro so close to the edge like that
Anyroad. Altered my setup, iTunes 8 genius thingy is so great for me that (since I flick between XP and OSX on my iMac all the time) it's time to replace my iPod as the hifi and finally give the PowerBook a use.
And in the next few weeks this whole setup might be changed (24" iMac, 15" MBP, likely new amp/EQ, 1 monitor per system)
Anyroad. Altered my setup, iTunes 8 genius thingy is so great for me that (since I flick between XP and OSX on my iMac all the time) it's time to replace my iPod as the hifi and finally give the PowerBook a use.
And in the next few weeks this whole setup might be changed (24" iMac, 15" MBP, likely new amp/EQ, 1 monitor per system)
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Good point. But to be honest, the photo is a little deceptive (perhaps it's the angle?) because there is a good few inches between the edge of the case and the edge of the desk. Also, like any smart college student would do, I locked my computer to the bed with a U-lock.
Edit: I measured the distance....four inches. But you guys are probably right, so I moved it further away from the edge.
Thanks for the advice
I find that it's pretty difficult to accidentally topple an almost 50 lb Mac Pro. They're pretty hard to tip over, even on whim.
Okay, it's a good few inches. Think about it, how tall is that Mac Pro? You and I, very well know that others don't care about our gear like we do. I would put it against the wall.
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There's allot of drinking in college.
I'm assuming they mean the side, not the front... the front looks pretty far back.
School apartment
Just Finished setting up my school apartment and got the mac setup the way I like it with the stuff I have. Im a second year Civil engineering student at Dalhousie (Halifax, Novia Scotia). So here you go:
Macbook hooked up to A generic TV/monitor combo, wall mounted. Creative T10 speakers. Apple keyboard and mighty mouse. Ipod touch. Ikea Vika amon desk. And sweet Ikea lamp.
Cable Free underneath the desk. (cables all zip tied to bottom)
And for even more clutter free sweetness cannon printer and Lacie 320 GB hard drive in the closet
Any suggestions anyone?
and sorry for the bad pics. From my Samung instinct. (Iphone one day once I can get off Telus)
Just Finished setting up my school apartment and got the mac setup the way I like it with the stuff I have. Im a second year Civil engineering student at Dalhousie (Halifax, Novia Scotia). So here you go:
Macbook hooked up to A generic TV/monitor combo, wall mounted. Creative T10 speakers. Apple keyboard and mighty mouse. Ipod touch. Ikea Vika amon desk. And sweet Ikea lamp.
Cable Free underneath the desk. (cables all zip tied to bottom)
And for even more clutter free sweetness cannon printer and Lacie 320 GB hard drive in the closet
Any suggestions anyone?
and sorry for the bad pics. From my Samung instinct. (Iphone one day once I can get off Telus)
Get an Airport Express to put in the closet and do wireless printing. Or if you run into a little $$, buy a time capsule to take care of both those needs (storage, wireless printing). That would eliminate the cables running in the doorway, which you may trip over at some point...
Just my 2c though
Also, get a cover plate for that outlet, dust is capable of starting fires in open outlet sockets.
Well its not a formally documented problem but just in general, Dust + Spark = Flame, and an open receptacle will collect much more dust than one with a cover.
*I didn't mean to induce panic about anyone's outlets lol
It's best to use cover plates anyway, just for general safety, especially in a frequented area like the computer using two power strips.
Right on. The Elevator seems unnecessary given the height of the desk. But to each his own I suppose. Reminds me of straining my neck in Wal-Mart at the video game aisle.
Which means that
A: Dust has to build up IN the outlet
B: Have enough to become conductive.
Not true one bit, and has never happened to anyone in the world.
haha, yea I just thought It looked better up on the upper level. But the neck strain wasn't worth it, I just moved the MBP and stand down to the lower level, and left the speakers up top, with enough space in between hopefully for an external display sometime soon.
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