Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present!

[koobcamuk]

Looks like a BT Home Hub... phone (voIP) and WiFi IIRC.

100% correct. It's my wireless router and VoIP phone that it came with. Streams wireless to the MacBook and a 24"iMac in the lounge as well as my girlfriend's iBook.

The cube and the iMac G5 run off ethernet into the back of that hub. The aerials for EyeTV are hidden rather well as are many of the cables.

It's all hooked up to a huge AMP underneath my desk which in turn connects to two huge black speakers - the top of one being just to the left of the iMac, next to the LaCie drive.

 

[sycho]

BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE IMAC: I spy titties.

SWEET titties are always good

 

[thebeephaha]

SWEET titties are always good

hahahahahahahahaha

 

[XIII]

100% correct. It's my wireless router and VoIP phone that it came with. Streams wireless to the MacBook and a 24"iMac in the lounge as well as my girlfriend's iBook.

The cube and the iMac G5 run off ethernet into the back of that hub. The aerials for EyeTV are hidden rather well as are many of the cables.

It's all hooked up to a huge AMP underneath my desk which in turn connects to two huge black speakers - the top of one being just to the left of the iMac, next to the LaCie drive.

Very cool. Nice setup - very neat.

 

[onemacmini]

How did ya manage to build the dock into the table? looks pretty neat

Here we go.

 

[ChickenSwartz]

How did ya manage to build the dock into the table? looks pretty neat

There have been some other people who have done this. I think there are pictures in this thread. Also, check this: http://www.flickr.com/photos/simplesimon/sets/1747665/

It was actually pretty easy and much cheaper than buying a dock.

 

[CrackedButter]

This is my current setup and how my desk looks right now.

This looks like a home setup used for one person, so I have to ask, is there any point to owning 3 macs. Maybe 1 with the laptop but i'm wondering what you would do with 3 macs.

 

[Shotglass]

This looks like a home setup used for one person, so I have to ask, is there any point to owning 3 macs. Maybe 1 with the laptop but i'm wondering what you would do with 3 macs.

The Cube is kinda outdated. I'm guessing he upraded to a better machine because he needed it, and kept the Cube for simpler tasks. A media server maybe?

 

[backsidetailsli]

This is my current setup and how my desk looks right now.

wow, so white

 

[koobcamuk]

Very astute my friend. The cube is officially not useful for my work or my hobby of amateur photography, but I keep it as it's an amazing machine and also because I stuffed a 100GB 7200 RPM drive in there to act as a media hub. All my itunes is stored on there (and backed up daily), as are all my videos, movies and TV recordings (which are on a separate external).

The G5 was bought to replace the iBook G4 I used to use with the cube as I didn't need to be portable for work, but I did need more computing grunt by 2004 as the cube was showing it's age.

This year I bought the MacBook to enhance portablilty and to make use of Aperture and any other advantages of Intel Architecture. It also is my first mac with a remote bundled in (good for presentations).

I would like to add that my girlfriend has 2 macs (after only 1 month's worth of conversion!) and that personally, one cannot own too many macs. There's always uses. If someone gave me a mac mini I would find a use. If someone gave me ....

 

[Clydefrog]

BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE IMAC: I spy titties.

EAGLE EYES

 

[biblo]

Finally I sell my HyperCube and other machines and buy something new.

All specs in sig.

(sorry for awful pictures.I buy soon new camera)

 

[nplima]

yay! at last!

Hi All,

Here's my desktop with its new addition, a 2nd hand MacMini. this way my laptop will no longer have to be a "desktop replacement"...

the mini was set up yesterday, today I decided to drill this hole for the cabling, this made a world of a difference.

The nintendo Gamecube is connected to the LCD via composite video. I always play in full screen of course

Details:
Macmini G4 1.42Ghz
Powerbook G4 1Ghz
23" HP L2335 screen
External 80GB drive with SD/MMC/... card reader
SL Benfica mug

 

[backsidetailsli]

thats cool how you can play your gamecube

 

[p0intblank]

nplime, good stuff! However, doesn't the Dock overlaying your icons bother you? I would go insane...

 

[colosodian]

Two screens, two operating systems, one computer.

 

[bursty]

snip

Nice setup, but dayum....clean your desk!

 

[xPismo]

This is my current setup and how my desk looks right now.

[snip]And whats with all these cool cubes lately. You all are killing me. I keep thinking of getting one.

 

[terriyaki]

BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE IMAC: I spy titties.

ctrl zooming to the rescue

 

[koobcamuk]

Whats the phone thing with lights on it thing? And whats with all these cool cubes lately. You all are killing me. I keep thinking of getting one.

It's the BT Home Hub (http://digital-lifestyles.info/display_page.asp?section=distribution&id=3404) and I love it! Pretty good wifi and VoIP. And it's white.

Regarding the cube - buy one! They're amazing machines. Look so cool - but they feel a little slow now. You can speed them up a fair bit though.

 

[interlaced]

<snip>

Wait wait wait. How can you run both Windows and OSX at the same time??!

 

[rogersmj]

Wait wait wait. How can you run both Windows and OSX at the same time??!

Uh...Parallels?

 

[interlaced]

Uh...Parallels?

Ah, right. I'm just more used to seeing Parallels taking up only 75% of the screen, I guess. Whoops!

 

[TheSpaz]

My current brand new setup!

I LOVE IT!

 

[TheSpaz]

BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER OF THE IMAC: I spy titties.

How does each Mac know which mouse and keyboard to use if they're both wireless?