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Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present! (Part 8)
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Here's to hoping that the Freak Squad won't drill through electric cabling, or generally screw up like they normally do. I wouldn't trust them with a job like that!
I had them install my TV in my old place and they did the install of my LCD TV in the bedroom and living room here. No issues.
Ive heard horror stories, but knock on wood, no issues so far...
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added desk and brought my ps3 upstairs. Matrix screen saver is on.
EDIT: taken with iphone
http://s688.photobucket.com/albums/vv245/ninjasownyou/?action=view¤t=IMG_0103.jpg
added desk and brought my ps3 upstairs. Matrix screen saver is on.
EDIT: taken with iphone
I'm not sure all of them are like that! I didn't know that they did jobs in the UK. They aren't that big here.
EDIT: They will be once best buy opens 200 stores in the UK.
2.66 24" Imac 2009 with 20" LG, 4gb ram, 640gb hdd, Wacom Bamboo, Seagate time machine drive.
2.0 20" Imac (core duo) 2gb ram, 250 gb hdd, 256 mb ATI card, with 20" Benq
Macbook 2.4 4gb ram 250 gb hdd Maxtor Time Machine 320 gb hdd.
Just got the new Imac it's great also the old one is for sale!! If you're legit message me about it.
2.0 20" Imac (core duo) 2gb ram, 250 gb hdd, 256 mb ATI card, with 20" Benq
Macbook 2.4 4gb ram 250 gb hdd Maxtor Time Machine 320 gb hdd.
Just got the new Imac it's great also the old one is for sale!! If you're legit message me about it.
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I moved stuff around my apartment, and got rid of the projector screen (I'm moving in a few months, and the screen won't be able to fit in that apartment so I sold it).
2008 2.66 GHz iMac.
(Yes, as odd as it might seem, that's an SNES right there next to the iMac.)
2008 2.66 GHz iMac.
(Yes, as odd as it might seem, that's an SNES right there next to the iMac.)
You can count on that too, Best Buys are everywhere and they are known to be killing your competition
. They are the Wal-Mart of electronics stores.
Upgraded from 360 to PS3, very nice!
(Pretending you truly replaced the 360 with a PS3)
I'd call that a downgrade.
Great setup, though
I absolutely love it! My "finally close to where I want it" comment is because the only thing I feel like I'm missing is another one
It definitely makes a big difference in a lot of my workflows, especially through things like being able to get to more of my timeline in Final Cut and having quicker access to more palettes in Adobe applications.
The 2709W looks really sweet, I'm looking forward to seeing some of your photos after you get it up and running!
It is great! I'm not sure about comparisons to the Intuos 3 line since I only upgraded from a Bamboo Fun Small which it clearly blows out of the water.
The customizable shortcuts with LED labels are a really fantastic feature. Through System Preferences you can assign the 8 buttons to any command/function either universally or specific to certain applications and the label you enter in SP shows up on the tablet when that application is active.
Another feature I'm really nuts about that I'm not sure is available on the Intuos 3 is the scroll ring's behavior in an application like Photoshop. It has different modes that you can toggle between by pressing the inside of the ring that will do things like zoom, change brush size, rotate canvas, etc.
It's one of the few items I've ever purchased that I've had absolutely no buyer's remorse over.
My Mac Setup:
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Specs:
- iMac (2008) 20" - 2.4GHz, 4GB RAM, 250GB HD
- iMac (2008) 20" - 2.0GHz, 2GB RAM, 250GB HD (Not Pictured)
- HP w2207h Monitor - Portrait
- 1TB Seagate External HD
- 500GB Maxtor External HD
- 80GB iPod Classic - 6G, Black (Not Pictured)
- 60GB iPod Video - 5G, White
- 32GB iPod Touch - 2G, Black
- 4GB iPod Nano - 4G, Yellow
- 4GB iPod Mini - 2G, Silver (Not Pictured)
- 1GB iPod Shuffle - 2G, Lavendar (Not Pictured)
- 4GB Kingston Flash Drive - Purple
- 2GB Verbatim Flash Drive - Red (Barely Visible)
- Apple Bluetooth Wireless Keyboard & Mouse
- 2 Apple Remotes
- 32" LG LCD TV
- 20GB Xbox 360 Premium - Pre-HDMI
- Toshiba Satellite - 2.0GHz, 2GB RAM, 160GB HD (Not Pictured)
- Logitech 5.1 Surround Speakers/Subwoofer
- VTech Cordless Phone (1 of 3 Pictured)
- Canon Powershot SD750 - 7.1MP (Used To Photograph)
- HP Laserjet P1005
- Mac-like Paper Bin
Backstory on this setup is that aside from those things underlined (purchased) or italicized (received), I have procured these items since this past Christmas. The setup is very cluttered, but there's so much out there that I want and I have a terrible time not buying everything I want. Being 16, in high school and getting $125/week for 14 hours of work makes many purchases difficult, but, I am a needy kid. I realize that the desk is very cluttered (or that is how it seems when using it physically) and that the monitor is in fact about an inch off of the desk itself, but it's what we purchased when we moved into this house (based on having a moderate-sized room with a very large bed), and I am currently looking at replacing it with a longer, flat desk (rather than this narrow, high monstrosity). Next purchases include and open-face dock for the Touch ($7; thank you DealExtreme), a Shuffle dock (got my Shuffle used and it came with no dock; $3, again from DealExtreme), a Mac Mini (sick of using my laptop as a Media Center) and possibly a MacBook, if the budget I live on can eventually afford one (I've seen last generation models used on a local swap-site for $500, which is not too bad). I'd also like to get a new set of speakers, as these aren't the best, but I can live with them (I never really had a knack for noticing minute differences in sound-quality).
I did upgrade up something like a bamboo and it does blow it out of the water.
The led thing sounds cool plus having everything on one side is great. My damn Intuos 3 has buttons on both sides which is stupid since my right hand has the pen.
I have enough for Intuos 4 but not for new pens too.
nice wall on your cinema display maybe you can post it or place a link?
nice wall on your cinema display maybe you can post it or place a link?
http://manicho.deviantart.com/art/A-wallpaper-for-Designers-100141564
LOVE that matrix screen saver, haven't used that in a few years...brought back some vintage memories.
Dude, there are grown people with full-time jobs that haven't accumulated the amount of stuff that you have. That's not bad at all for a 16 year old.
I've had a couple of friends get their home theatre setups done by GS, and from what I've seen they're pretty good. Granted, they're different in every location and some must be better than others.
Keep the setups coming in boys. I'll be adding something to my collection soon!
You can count on that too, Best Buys are everywhere and they are known to be killing your competition
Tell me about it! I guess when Best Buy open their propsed 200 stores in the UK we can say goodbye to PC World!
...Maybe.Nice setups to the people above!
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