Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present (Part 9)

[digitalnicotine]

Can anyone tell me about the dog ? It's the second one I've seen so far in this thread, albeit a different colour. What is it and where can I get one ?

Many thanks.

It's the Magis Puppy. It's on sale right now at this link. Many sizes and colors to pick from. I've ordered from this company before, and am satisfied with their service.

 

[XheartcoreboyX]

Umm, how do you use your iMac with it sitting on your entertainment system? Or was that placed there for the pic (which would also be just as weird).

He is probably using it with wireless keyboard/mouse from a couch.

 

[Mark72501]

The only reason the desk is so clean is because of the picture. I just got everything setup Friday, normally it is pretty messy. However, I typically try to make a point of cleaning up at the end of each week. I try to enter everything that is still on note pads or sticky notes into Things and scan anything in that doesn't need to be on paper. I have things and my unfiled scans folder synced up with my home computer and laptop so it allows me to organize it all over the weekend from home (or wherever I am) when I have some free time.

What do I do? I develop web applications for use internally, manage my company's (not my, just work for them) ERP, and manage basically every piece of tech and software involved in all of our operations.

I always have virtual machines for XP (ERP, SQL Management Studio, etc.) and Server 2003 (development SQL server mainly) up and occasionally open up a Linux or Vista (and more recently 7) VM for testing.

The funny things about it is that having three triple monitors isn't that costly. I got a great deal on the monitor arms (because my company sells them) and the monitors are only $300/each. I'm not saying that $300 isn't a lot, just saying that $300 for an extra monitor that will last 3+ years isn't bad at all considering the productivity boost it gives me. An extra video card for the mac pro was $150 from apple (if you went somewhere else it would probably be cheaper). So all said and done it was $1050 for the monitors and card and then the cost of the arms (which aren't that bad assuming you buy online at places other than best buy, $30 for cheap ones or $50-$60 for decent ones). When you consider the cost of the mac pro being $4k, a little over $1k for the monitors is a no brainer. That being said I don't do photography or anything with video so color doesn't matter to me, as long as the syntax coloring looks good all is well for me. If you needed monitors with accurate color then the cost would be significantly higher. I do think the panel on my last iMac was a lot better than the dell monitors, but I wasn't about to spend $900 x 3 for cinema displays. I can see spending that for one but without needing high quality panels (or three webcams, three set of speakers, and three USB hubs) I can't justify that.

Cool, thanks for the info! It looks like you have the perfect setup for your needs and that's what's important. I have dual Dell 20" displays (the 2007wfp) on my Vista Ultimate Dell XPS machine and I love 'em. I had guessed to myself that you were into some sort of software development or IT or something...and it sounds like I was right on both. Again, nice looking setup; I wouldn't mind sitting at a desk like that everyday!

 

[Rychy]

Woo hoo! Always love to see another Swans M10 user.

*fist bump*

I just got the Swans a couple weeks ago... they're awesome!

 

[mgheiti]

just installed a monoprice deskmount for my P2370HD monitor

still figuring out the best position for it

How does that monitor look? I was thinking about going with one. Is the screen glossy or matte? Thanks.

 

[theMaccer]

Here is my setup + my girlfriend's dog.

 

[thegoldenmackid]

What is in the dog's mouth?

 

[PhillStew]

How does that monitor look? I was thinking about going with one. Is the screen glossy or matte? Thanks.

I'm pretty sure it's not the same monitor, but, I just purchased this one from Office Max. It was on sale last week for $279 and is awesome. http://www.officemax.com/catalog/sku.jsp?productId=prod1880032&freeText=samsunG23%22tv&csRedirectSearchString=samsunG23%22tv&csRedirectSearchResultCount=1&csSearchTag=true&_requestid=1625602

 

[SilentPanda]

#10! Go go go!