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Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present! (Part 7)
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Here is a better picture of my setup posted back on page 49, post #1219..
Everything is working out great although my monitor wasn't turning on... Nothing was broken I just had to keep unplugging it and replugging it for some reason..
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Everything is working out great although my monitor wasn't turning on... Nothing was broken I just had to keep unplugging it and replugging it for some reason..
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New monitor, haven't got the base unit yet.. getting it sometime this week or something. It's currently hooked up to my laptop.
Just a lamp, I just suck @ photography!
Thank you!Sweet dude! I love your equipment.
I did this to my old car in college as well. There is a lot of documentation in the mac-mini car installation forum at http://www.mp3car.com . You can purchase a 12V to mac-mini adapter from them and you basically just wire it up like a normal computer (you have to wire it into the power button as well as it controls sleep/shutdown/wakeup/boot). I had a touch screen (usb and vga) 7 inch motorized flip out, though you wouldn't necessarily need a touch screen. There are several people that have opensource mac-mini for car interfaces (basically just an app formated for 7" touchscreens with links to gps, music, video, etc.). I used a bluetooth cellphone for the internet connection. I didn't install in the next car when I got rid of that one because of the interface issues at the time, it just wasn't as smooth as a lot of the other stuff out there.
Here is a better picture of my setup posted back on page 49, post #1219..
Everything is working out great although my monitor wasn't turning on... Nothing was broken I just had to keep unplugging it and replugging it for some reason..
(click)
I'd have to say this is the nicest setup I've seen. I'm *very* jealous
I'm hoping to upgrade to a Mac Pro this summer, but there's no way I could either afford a 30" ACD (Let alone a new LCD TV), or fit a desk that size in my room.
iPhone
iPhone 3G [Not Pictured]
MacBook - Early 2008 (2.4 GHz; 250 GB; 2GB)
HP Photosmart C6280 All-in-One
24" LED Cinema Display
MacBook - Late 2008 (2.4 GHz; 250 GB; 4GB)
Wireless Keyboard & Mouse
Time Capsule (500 GB)
MyBook Essential (1TB) - Connected to Time Capsule
Apple TV (40 GB) [Not Pictured]
Airport Extreme Base Station [Not Pictured] - Connected to Apple TV (40 GB) & XBOX 360
22" Monitor
2.1 Speakers
Gaming Keyboard & Mouse
Joystick
Steering Wheel & Pedals
Custom Gaming PC
- QX9650 @ 3.0GHz (Quad Core)
- 780i SLI
- 8800 GTS KO @ 750MHz (x2 - SLI)
- Raptor (150GB; 10000 rpm)
- Hard Drive (500GB; 7200 rpm)
- 4GB
- Custom Cooling (Air)
iPhone 3G [Not Pictured]
MacBook - Early 2008 (2.4 GHz; 250 GB; 2GB)
HP Photosmart C6280 All-in-One
24" LED Cinema Display
MacBook - Late 2008 (2.4 GHz; 250 GB; 4GB)
Wireless Keyboard & Mouse
Time Capsule (500 GB)
MyBook Essential (1TB) - Connected to Time Capsule
Apple TV (40 GB) [Not Pictured]
Airport Extreme Base Station [Not Pictured] - Connected to Apple TV (40 GB) & XBOX 360
22" Monitor
2.1 Speakers
Gaming Keyboard & Mouse
Joystick
Steering Wheel & Pedals
Custom Gaming PC
- QX9650 @ 3.0GHz (Quad Core)
- 780i SLI
- 8800 GTS KO @ 750MHz (x2 - SLI)
- Raptor (150GB; 10000 rpm)
- Hard Drive (500GB; 7200 rpm)
- 4GB
- Custom Cooling (Air)
^^^^^^^^^ PLEASE Tell me where you got the Time Machine Background!!!!!! I have the Time Machine Screen Saver but I'd really love the wallpaper.
Navigate to System/Library/CoreServices/Finder.app Right Click and "Show Package Contents." Navigate to Contents/Resources and locate "vortex.png" (no quotations).
Why do you need two laptops of virtually identical specification and two pretty much identical phones?
I unlocked my old iPhone and sold it for a profit on eBay when I got my 3G.
My humble dorm setup. Sorry about the crappy picture (taken with iPhone) and all the mess (I'm preparing for oncoming examination period).
Click for full size - Uploaded with plasq's Skitch
Click for full size - Uploaded with plasq's Skitch
stuff
do you have a MacBook under that Apple monitor? that is a awesome space saver. i'm curious though, is the monitor sitting on the MacBook or is there a stand above the MacBook?
I'm going to +1 for the question on the stand. There was another one posted here but nothing will slide under it past the width of a keyboard because there's a piece of metal that stops it. I've been looking for a place to slide my wacom. Right now it sits ON the base of the ACD.
yeah thats how my macbook sits at the moment. isnt ideal, its a little wobbly. id be interested in one of those stands too.
that's a nifty little space saver
. when i eventually get a MB imma buy one of thooseee.- Status