Got a tip for us?
Let us know
Become a MacRumors Supporter for $50/year with no ads, ability to filter front page stories, and private forums.
Show us your Mac Studio setup!
- Thread starter smartbot
- Start date
- Sort by reaction score
Nanoleaf hexagon and light strip lights. You can find them at Best Buy or directly from Nanoleaf.
Great setup congrats. Which cable are you using exactly from usb c to dp! A good friend of mine has the same setup and he cannot get it working as he wishes .If you could provide link for the cable would be of great help. Thx 👍
coz of that cable tray and the extension cord on the foot, I might switch to this desk lol but its so damn expensive!
Actually it works well. I have a second desk to the right for my PC and radios so I can easily turn to look at that.
It is an "Insignia" cable I got at BestBuy (https://www.bestbuy.com/site/insignia-6-usb-c-to-displayport-cable-white/6419149.p?skuId=6419149). I am getting 240 Hz. at 5120x1440, and it was less than $30.
It really wasn't as expensive as I have seen other Sit-Stand desks. Landers start at $1300 or more for the same size and do not have the cable management features. They also have all wooden desktops, so are not magnetic. The magnetic desktop, especially with the leatherette pad, has been awesome for me. Uplift starts at just under $1300 but has a less deep desktop as well as no wire management. The desk I have, the larger "XL" version, was under $1000, but I did buy accessories. It was still less expensive than other premium brands like Lander and Uplift. I have had an Uplift, and while it was an awesome desk, it was not as sturdy, either in lower or raised positions.
The whole SecretLabs ecosystem, much like that of Apple, is tightly integrated and made to work well with each other. I have a pair of their 2-monitor arm mounts, one that my wife has absconded with on her Ikea desk and the other I use for my PC (see a followup post with the current configuration coming this afternoon!). I also have a CPU mount that goes on the desk's leg I use for the PC as well as their magnetic cable management stuffage. I bought a post mount that had been back-ordered and just before it was delivered I bought the widescreen which works better for me on its own stand. I will keep the post mount as I tend to move things around a lot and will likely use it later on.
The build quality on the SecretLabs desk and accessories is awesome as well. I could probably build a sturdier desk but it would involve using bricks and mortar.
Here is my current iteration of my Studio Desk. The desk is still my SecretLabs Magnus Pro XL. I have my Studio pretty much centered, it is a little far forward for my liking but that is due to the slot on the wire management system of the desk. It does however provide a nice platform to hold my phone or the second mouse as needed.
The Mac monitor is the Samsung Odyssey G95C, the right one is a Samsung Odyssey G5 27" curved. The 27 came free when I bought the G95C. These 2 replaced 4 27" Acer's and I am really liking the wraparound effect they provide.
The Windows PC, used to control and program radios, is in a Fractal "North" case. It lives attached to the right leg of the desk using a SecretLabs CPU mount. I have a second one of these mounts that I have used for the UPS but the UPS is too small to properly fit and I had to build a pair of spacers out of 2x4s to make it stay. That looked janky so I plopped it behind the monitor instead.
To tell the truth however I find myself accessing the PC via my Mac with Remote Access more and more these days. It resides on a window that I can cover with others as needed as I do not need to access the PC much. I can share the Logitech MX mouse and keyboard with it (as I can with the iPad as well) but I am seriously considering just connecting the smaller monitor to the Mac and accessing the PC with Remote Access full time.