I gotcha. Nicely put.I personally need the numpad, but I understand that's not everyone's preference.
agreed. i hate not having a numberpad.
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agreed. i hate not having a numberpad.
Not the best picture of my set up but I just got WiFi and I took a quick picture.
OMG PIF mac on left.
Reminds me of the first time I used a computer, 3rd grade computer lab..... Oregon Trail.
Same here! Er..well I guess it was the first time I used a Mac anyways. 2nd grade for me. I'd used a PC briefly before.
What made people go with a MacBook and a iMac over a MacBook Pro and an external moni
For the price of a 24" iMac + an aluminum MacBook you could get a MacBook Pro and a nice 24" external monitor but I see alot of people have iMacs and MacBooks instead. In fact you could get the LED Cinema Display and a MacBook Pro for $100 more than a iMac and a MacBook or a high end MacBook Pro and 24" dell for less than a iMac + MacBook. And still the MacBook Pro would perform better than the iMac because of the better graphics.
For the price of a 24" iMac + an aluminum MacBook you could get a MacBook Pro and a nice 24" external monitor but I see alot of people have iMacs and MacBooks instead. In fact you could get the LED Cinema Display and a MacBook Pro for $100 more than a iMac and a MacBook or a high end MacBook Pro and 24" dell for less than a iMac + MacBook. And still the MacBook Pro would perform better than the iMac because of the better graphics.
Personally I would not like to sync files between the two.
Not the best picture of my set up but I just got WiFi and I took a quick picture.
How old is that pic?
Eh, I have a lot of separate computers, and most of the files on them stay that way...separate. It's not really a need for me to have all my files on every computer I own. Most of the files I have on anything other then my iBook aren't really important.
Picked up a Pro for the home office.
I will need to upgrade my desk but the carpet is too dusty for the MP
Where can i get that desktop?
Why have two computers?
I can think of quite a bit of reason why I like it better.
1) I can have everything I have (movies/music/pictures/Windows partition) on a "master" computer, this requires a great deal of HD space and I do the bulk of my work at home. Then have a "slave" notebook that I only need to keep some of the files on when I need to go to school or work away from home.
It's not hard to keep them in sync either, I was a program called ChronoSync, which will sync any files that have changed / added to each other. So say I go to school and take some notes from class that day. Once I get home, all I have to do is turn on my MBP and connect to it from my iMac over my network, ChronoSync will then see that my MBP is on the network and automatically sync files between the two (over wireless too).
2) I can use the other computer if one is busy. A lot of times i'll be exporting a final cut sequence on my iMac and I really don't want to bother it while it's working. So I can let my iMac work away and do get in some MacRumors browsing without disturbing what ever my iMac is doing.
3) Screen real estate. The MBP/ACD option, your stuck with the built in display (13"/15"/17") + another display up to 30". With a dedicated desktop (specifically my setup) I have the built in 24" iMac display + a 22" dell in portrait mode.
After much trial and error I've concluded that this really is the best set up for me. Though I could see if someone didn't have a lot of data to store and always on the go, then I think the MBP/ACD option would be best.
Oh I just took that about a week ago, Here's a picture of my Powerbook's as well.
Wow, I just looked again and my Newton seemed to slip into the picture as well, It has the Classic Apple logo on it's case.
I will have to get a better picture of my set up sometime soon.
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I use Mojo to keep my iTunes libraries in sync, awesome tool really. Lots of fun when my friends bring their laptops over and share music back and forth.
I have had multiple macs for about 5 years now and it used to be somewhat of a challenge though still possible.
There is a great service out there called Dropbox (http://www.getdropbox.com) that does a great job of this. It is free for 2GB of storage and $99/year for 50GB of storage. It doesn't provide a solution the music/movie collections most of us have but for documents and everything else it is great. You just set a directory on your machine to sync and it sync it with their servers instantly. They have a web, windows, linux, and Mac client. I have only used the web and mac clients but I love it.
I emailed the developers about their service and asked them how could I use it to sync files between multiple macs.
They replied and said that at the moment they don't have that ability but they said that they are working on a iPhone app that will sync with your dropbox and that they will also try to use that same code to give us the ability to sync between multiple macs as well.
So hopefully they get it working and I can really start using Dropbox.
Here are some pictures of my new setup.
In my setup I have:
In my setup I have:
- Unibody MacBook 2.4Ghz
- Apple Wireless Keyboard
- Apple Wireless Mighty Mouse
- Rain Design mStand
- Harmon Kardon Soundsticks II
- Dell 2209WA monitor (e-IPS panel)
- Seagate FreeAgent Desk 1TB Hard Drive
- Seagate FreeAgent Go 320GB Hard Drive
- Apple Remote Control
- iPhone 3G + Dock
Setup:
- Macbook C2D 2.4GHz
- Sony Bravia 40W2000
- Apple Wireless Keyboard
- Logitech G9 Laser Mouse
- iPhone 2G + Dock
- Apple Remote
- Griffin Elevator
- 250GB Iomega Portable HD
Have been using my Bravia is my main monitor for over a year now, and really like it. Although I don't really have any problems with my eyesight I feel like it's less straining for my eyes to see everything this big.
The main reason I have it like this, though, is the fact that I don't really watch that much TV on cable anyway. I would feel it would be a waste of space (my room is not that big) to have a turned off TV just standing there 99% of the time, but on the other hand I do watch a lot of movies and tv-series on my computer. This was the perfect solution
Setup:
- Macbook C2D 2.4GHz
- Sony Bravia 40W2000
- Apple Wireless Keyboard
- Logitech G9 Laser Mouse
- iPhone 2G + Dock
- Apple Remote
- Griffin Elevator
- 250GB Iomega Portable HD
Have been using my Bravia is my main monitor for over a year now, and really like it. Although I don't really have any problems with my eyesight I feel like it's less straining for my eyes to see everything this big.
The main reason I have it like this, though, is the fact that I don't really watch that much TV on cable anyway. I would feel it would be a waste of space (my room is not that big) to have a turned off TV just standing there 99% of the time, but on the other hand I do watch a lot of movies and tv-series on my computer. This was the perfect solution
WHOA! I can't imagine using my 40" as a monitor!!!
I tested it out a couple times, but it was just way too much for me.
My 20" iMac and 13" Macbook are enough and my 40" TV is strictly for TV purposes.
Nonetheless, nice setup.
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