Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present!

[markjones05]

I just switched OS X last week, and loving it!

Thats hot i love the powermate i just cant justify paying that much for it.

 

[markjones05]

here ya go, bro:

Why is your Lacie drive upside down?

 

[UnixMac]

Why is your Lacie drive upside down?

Make a long story short... wire clutter.

The power receptacle on the Lacie is on the top if you mount it right, and that sticks out over the 4" bump in my computer nook, and drives my anal retentive wife crazy. So I mounted it upside down.

But quite frankly, it makes a lot more sense. I don't know why Lacie didn't think of it.

 

[nfocus design]

Thats hot i love the powermate i just cant justify paying that much for it.

I have a PowerMate that I don't use any more. A few OS updates ago it really started acting strange. It was conflicting with my mouse. Sometimes I would mouse over my dock looking for an app and it would open the app the mouse was over. It was like I was clicking at random. I was about to go nuts when my boyfriend told me he had read online that the PowerMate was the problem. This was on my G4. I haven't tried it since I got my G5. Maybe I'll give it another try.

 

[doofy]

heya guys, my first post here.. and my first apple computer too
have it for two weeks now !

my new iMac G5 20''
250 gig
bluetooth
airport express
2x512 mb ram

iPod 3g 20 gig

photo's taken with: olympus c40 zoom

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[chanoc]

My current iBook:

 

[cb911]

very nice doofy, and congrats on choosing Mac.

nice fan as well. i've always wanted one of them. but now that the whole house is air conditioned, no need.

chanoc - what site is that i see on your iBook? doesn't look like MacRumors... traitor!

 

[Brother Michael]

Doofy: Where did you get that Matrix Screen Saver??? I wants it!

Chanoc: Nice iBook.

Mike

 

[munkle]

Doofy: Where did you get that Matrix Screen Saver??? I wants it!

Chanoc: Nice iBook.

Mike

Red Pill is a popular Matrix Screen Saver.

 

[cb911]

i like Xirtam matrix-screensaver the best...

but take your pick.... http://macupdate.com/search.php?keywords=matrix+screensaver&os=all&button.x=15&button.y=12

 

[chanoc]

chanoc - what site is that i see on your iBook? doesn't look like MacRumors... traitor!

That's PayPal, looking at my .60 USD balance.

 

[Phat_Pat]

That's PayPal, looking at my .60 USD balance.

lol

 

[UnixMac]

doofy.. I see you're a fan of retro-fan's as well (pardon the pun!)..

 

[yana_maki]

hi, just registered.

I was looking at all your setups and was like *green envy surrounds me*...*greener envy*...finally saw the setup of fellow board member which reminded me a TV Studio *greenest envy* XD

I just have a pic of my setup right now and it´s full of words and doodles, so excuse the childish presentation

 

[Rod Rod]

Here are some of my setups, starting from my eMac last year:

I had this PM G4 1.25 for a little while:

I sold that and got a PM G5. It's not visible in this picture (it's to the right of the TV, sitting on the same shelf thing the VCR and iSub was on in the second picture). However, this picture shows how I had the desk set up.

That G5 had to go before I took a month-long overseas trip this past summer. I got a nice table to replace that horrible little desk I had been using.

I had a 17" 1.25GHz iMac G4 for a little while -- notice how big a difference the table makes:

The most recent setup pictures I took are these:

You can see I'm using the same USB switch Phat_Pat uses, to switch the keyboard and mouse between the PowerBook and the Power Mac. The IBM P260 21" monitor has a switch on it to go between the DVI and VGA inputs.

Some of the stuff pictured above: Wiebetech DuoGB FW enclosure with 400GB RAID 0 (2x200GB), Griffin USB Hub for Audio, Wired & Wireless Apple Keyboard and Mouse, JVC TV, VCR & headphones and Compaq DLT drive.

I'll have an all new setup in the next few days because I finally got a DP Power Mac G5, a JVC D-VHS deck, Klipsch ProMedia GMX D-5.1 speakers and 23" Apple Cinema Display (ADC type). Now I'll get really good use out of my JVC HD10.

 

[neoelectronaut]

You don't seem to keep computers for very long...you must have a very disposeable income, I assume.

 

[Rod Rod]

You don't seem to keep computers for very long...you must have a very disposeable income, I assume.

If I had lots of money I'd have a much nicer setup, but as it is I just go with what I can afford. I'll probably have to sell my 12" PowerBook soon because of the 23" Cinema Display I bought.

All the computer buying and selling I've done hasn't made or lost me money. I'm even overall, with one exception. I bought and sold a couple of 900MHz G3 12" iBooks last year and the profit allowed me to get an 867MHz 12" PowerBook G4. I had been using a 700MHz G3 12" iBook for 11 months before that, so all in all I upgraded from that to the PB G4 for about $100.

 

[hotwire132002]

hi, just registered.

I was looking at all your setups and was like *green envy surrounds me*...*greener envy*...finally saw the setup of fellow board member which reminded me a TV Studio *greenest envy* XD

Out of curiosity, was the one that reminded you of a TV studio mine?

 

[makisushi]

Out of curiosity, was the one that reminded you of a TV studio mine?

I am guessing he meant this...

I still have a lot of finish work to do.

 

[Calihafan]

Chanoc, where did you get the chair? I want it for my room.

Calihafan

 

[hotwire132002]

I am guessing he meant this...

That's what I was wondering. (Mine or that one... or maybe another?)

 

[johnbro23]

I've been looking through SpyMac's setups page for a while fairly frequently, and I just took a quick look through these setups. I notice one difference: more eMacs, iBooks, and iMacs; less PowerBooks and PowerMacs. I hardly ever see an eMac over at SpyMac. Its probably because people are smarter with their money over here.

 

[debo]

Note the dollar bills. That's right, I'm a high-roller.

 

[neoelectronaut]

Note the dollar bills. That's right, I'm a high-roller.

Do your laptops get drunk together often?

 

[debo]

The beer brings them together.