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[DPUser]

Q: Where's Waldo?

A: Mac Studio Ultra hides away in the machine closet behind the right channel speakers...

Along with lots of storage, hubs and wire, and the ancient yet trusty 5,1 12-core Mac Pro, still ready to resume service if an old project requires it.

Funny how the elegant Mac Studio doesn't look nearly as sleek when its ports are just about fully-occupied and the cables sprout and external device power supplies are clustered about.

Putting the Mac in the machine closet with its rear-side facing out was the proper orientation under the circumstances... power switch easy to reach, most ports easy to access, and the two front TB ports occupied by connections to audio interface and second monitor, devices that should rarely or never require futzing with.

 

[MajorFubar]

Funny how the elegant Mac Studio doesn't look nearly as sleek when its ports are just about fully-occupied and the cables sprout and external device power supplies are clustered about.

Have you also noticed that hifi speaker mfrs also never show adverts where the speakers are actually connected up to anything, especially actives, which would have both a power cable and an input cable dangling out the back of each speaker. Doesn't fit with the image of sleek, clutter-free simplicity they want to sell to us. KEF are Jedi Masters at this, with the adverts for their LS50 actives.

 

[Random_Matt]

Does anyone have pages, keynotes, and numbers appearing on the dock from the first-time setup? Unsure if this is normal, my first unit did not have those apps.

 

[Apple Knowledge Navigator]

Does anyone have pages, keynotes, and numbers appearing on the dock from the first-time setup? Unsure if this is normal, my first unit did not have those apps.

It’s normal, happened on my new MacBook Pro

 

[srl7741]

Does anyone have pages, keynotes, and numbers appearing on the dock from the first-time setup? Unsure if this is normal, my first unit did not have those apps.

Those were all present when I booted mine for the first time.

 

[Random_Matt]

Those were all present when I booted mine for the first time.

That's all good then.

 

[Shamgar]

What are the specs on the gaming PC?

i9 9900ks at 5 GHz on a Z390 Aorus Pro Wifi motherboard with a Noctua NH-D15S cooler. EVGA RTX 3090 FTW3 GPU. 32GB 3600MHz CL16 RAM. Corsair HX1000i power supply. Case is a Define R5 with glass panel. Storage is a collection of SSDs and SSHDs that I've accumulated, with a Samsung 950 Pro boot drive and a 2 TB WD SN750 as my "games I'm playing now" drive.

 

[DPUser]

Have you also noticed that hifi speaker mfrs also never show adverts where the speakers are actually connected up to anything, especially actives, which would have both a power cable and an input cable dangling out the back of each speaker. Doesn't fit with the image of sleek, clutter-free simplicity they want to sell to us. KEF are Jedi Masters at this, with the adverts for their LS50 actives.

It IS incredible, isn't it?

I was able to build speaker stands that house power strips and cable management, so cables are almost out of sight in myself studio. The wooly mass of wires behind the gear rack is another story. Makes me appreciate the machine closet.

 

[sn1p3r845]

Finally cleaned up my cables, not the sexiest picture ever but whatever. I also never have the crappy florescent office light on, it's darker in here all the time. I also just got a bias light strip for behind my TV but I don't know how I'm going to get the TV down without completely disassembling everything to move my desk lol. Behind my monitors is a 96tb 8 bay Shuttle XL. There's a few things to straighten out still but this is just what I quickly took a pic of when I got my stuff back in place.

 

[eddie_ducking]

Finally cleaned up my cables, not the sexiest picture ever but whatever. I also never have the crappy florescent office light on, it's darker in here all the time. I also just got a bias light strip for behind my TV but I don't know how I'm going to get the TV down without completely disassembling everything to move my desk lol. Behind my monitors is a 96tb 8 bay Shuttle XL. There's a few things to straighten out still but this is just what I quickly took a pic of when I got my stuff back in place.

how often have you failed to hear the phone ringing with those speakers being used as intended ?

 

[sn1p3r845]

how often have you failed to hear the phone ringing with those speakers being used as intended ?

lol zero, because nobody has this number. The only time this phone gets used is if my receptionist is calling me for something

 

[DPUser]

lol zero, because nobody has this number. The only time this phone gets used is if my receptionist is calling me for something

Doesn't hurt that your screen can display a notification...

 

[Planned Obsolescence]

Yesterday I decided that it was time for a second base ASD, but I was reluctant to order and wait for 10 weeks or so. As with my first ASD, a local internet supplier had 3 in stock and it arrived today. My home setup is used just for fun, in my case coding and trying new things (to me) in Xcode/SwiftUI and VS2022/VSCode/C#.

 

[ApplyPie]

Went with Other World Computing Pro U.2 Duo, added two 4tb SSDs. Samsung T7 for Time Machine backups.

 

[eeewing]

I've just added a little half-shelf into the footwell of my desk to house the Mac Studio, and (eventually) a couple of peripherals (external hard drives, etc.). Also added a small cable channel to the back of the shelf to help keep things tidy. It frees up some desk space that was originally taken up by the computer, too, which is great...now I've got room for my coffee cup!

 

[UMHurricanes34]

I've just added a little half-shelf into the footwell of my desk to house the Mac Studio, and (eventually) a couple of peripherals (external hard drives, etc.). Also added a small cable channel to the back of the shelf to help keep things tidy. It frees up some desk space that was originally taken up by the computer, too, which is great...now I've got room for my coffee cup!

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Beautiful setup, I love your lamp

 

[eeewing]

Beautiful setup, I love your lamp

Thank you!

 

[joshuabeg]

I've just added a little half-shelf into the footwell of my desk to house the Mac Studio, and (eventually) a couple of peripherals (external hard drives, etc.). Also added a small cable channel to the back of the shelf to help keep things tidy. It frees up some desk space that was originally taken up by the computer, too, which is great...now I've got room for my coffee cup!

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Love your setup man! 🖥 Love the creativity to get the Mac Studio off your desk. What iPad stand and RGB lighting are you using?

 

[eeewing]

Love your setup man! 🖥 Love the creativity to get the Mac Studio off your desk. What iPad stand and RGB lighting are you using?

Thanks much! Using a Hue Gradient Lightstrip + bulb for lighting. iPad stand is from a company called Maxonar and was purchased on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09FY1BL4V/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o03_s00?ie=UTF8&th=1

 

[circatee]

Finally cleaned up my cables, not the sexiest picture ever but whatever. I also never have the crappy florescent office light on, it's darker in here all the time. I also just got a bias light strip for behind my TV but I don't know how I'm going to get the TV down without completely disassembling everything to move my desk lol. Behind my monitors is a 96tb 8 bay Shuttle XL. There's a few things to straighten out still but this is just what I quickly took a pic of when I got my stuff back in place.

I like those speakers. Reminds me of Minions

 

[Maryarena]

Very impressed with all of the setups here!! Here's mine!

 

[circatee]

Very impressed with all of the setups here!! Here's mine!
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Nice setup. Whats is the remote for?

 

[Maryarena]

Nice setup. Whats is the remote for?

Thank you! That's for the a/c in the room!

 

[Cromulent]

 

[TTYS0]

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Is that an IBM Model M clone? I haven't seen one of those in ages!