Your DREAM setup

[lofight]

Couldn't splurge and get Aperture 2, could you?

i took that pic a while agon, when aperture 2 wasn't out yet. I wanted to see how far i could go with customizing the mac pro with some software

 

[gullaa]

This would do me:

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that is a veryyy nice setup...that would be my dream setup also

 

[Mord]

My g4 cube still is and probably will be for a fair while, it's pretty and it does for most things.

 

[pagansoul]

I waited years to get my MacPro. Now it's on its second year and the only thing I need is more HD. I originally put in 4x500 and now that SATA 1TB are now getting cheap, soon I will have 4TB machine. I find my 2.6 quad processors, 5GB ram good enough for anything I throw at it. I went from a 20" monitor to using a 27" HDTV which I don't think I will need to change for a long time. For 'on-the-go' I have my black Macbook.

 

[Schnebar]

I would go to the apple online store and click on Mac Pro.

Then max out everything and get all the most expensive options.

I am going to do this some time in my life.

 

[Adokimus]

But Neo office is so slow (probably not on that machine)
And do not understand me wrong, i'm not going to buy this.

You kind of missed my joke... my suggestion to bring costs down to a "more reasonable" price point was to subtract the $79 iWork from a $19,590 machine. The newer, "reasonable" price then being $19,511.

I would go to the apple online store and click on Mac Pro.

Then max out everything and get all the most expensive options.

I am going to do this some time in my life.

That would be kind of silly. Some things are better installed on your own for one, like RAM. And a lot of other upgrades aren't really cost effective in my opinion, that is to say they provide very little bang for a lot of additional buck. Plus, you'll be really bummed when intel comes out with a better machine in 3 months.

 

[UMHurricanes34]

That would be kind of silly. Some things are better installed on your own for one, like RAM. And a lot of other upgrades aren't really cost effective in my opinion, that is to say they provide very little bang for a lot of additional buck. Plus, you'll be really bummed when intel comes out with a better machine in 3 months.

Doesnt matter what Intel does.


Apple is at the head of this train and they're never in any rush.

 

[amik]

My new Mac Pro is pretty close to my dream machine. I posted a picture in the setups thread here

2.8ghz Octo
10gb ram
3*750gb Samsung F1 + the stock 320gb Barracuda +OWC 1TB external for time machine
8800gt
HP LP3065
MX Revolution

Once I get a decent desk and hook it up to all of my audio equipment I'll be almost to a "dream" setup. Although another LP3065 wouldn't a bad thing.

 

[lofight]

You kind of missed my joke... my suggestion to bring costs down to a "more reasonable" price point was to subtract the $79 iWork from a $19,590 machine. The newer, "reasonable" price then being $19,511.

no,no i got the joke, really.

 

[mperkins37]

Here it is My Dream Setup (Except for the Desk & Chairs)
Got the ACD 30" Yesterday!

 

[Killyp]

You have your turntable on top of a subwoofer?

 

[72930]

If I stay in my very small flat:
Macbook Pro 17" for lounging around with, 2.6GHz
Macbook Air for school, 1.8/64
Time Capsule

If I moved to a big house:
24" iMac for my room
Macbook Pro 17" for lounging around with, 2.6GHz
Macbook Air for school, 1.8/64
Time Capsule
Airport Express(es)

 

[rogersmj]

Here it is My Dream Setup (Except for the Desk & Chairs)
Got the ACD 30" Yesterday!

You have your turntable on top of a subwoofer?

And you have your subwoofer on top of a filing cabinet?

 

[mperkins37]

Yes the turntable is STORED on top of the SubWoofer, it's not hooked up @ this point.
The subwoofer is only temporarily on the filing cabinet as I anm trying to figure out the best location for it.

 

[supercooled]

I believe my dream setup would be similar to this:



Five 30" ACDs on his desk, and 12 30" Dells on the wall. Of course he's running Windows on everything, which is lame...I'd have to have the uber Mac-Pro at the desk.

That guy's wall display is completely impractical.

My dream setup would probably be another 30" (2x30") and a decked out Xserve Raid.

 

[rogersmj]

That guy's wall display is completely impractical.

Which is why it's a dream I'm sure I could find SOME use for a video wall. Although a high-res projector would be better. Really, I was referring to the 5x30" ACDs.

 

[Mikey-]

3 dual 30" Cinema Display screens would do me fine

 

[7on]

This is a quick sketch

Basically a smartphone as the "CPU/RAM/HDD" and you use as a phone, then you can dock it into a hub that has a monitor and kb/mouse.

I did think of BT, but I would rather have the battery-free wired ones

EDIT: Maybe not the CPU, depending on how scalable future CPUs are... but this would be really functional only if it were popular where every library/house/restaurant would have this thus eliminating the need to bring a laptop anywhere.

 

[phungy]

I've yet to see someone with this setup but it'd be a maxed out Mac Pro powering 8-30" ACDs

 

[Rhosfelt]

I'm almost there; my blackbook is waiting for me at home. (2.4 2GB of ram 250GB HD)

This summer if I sell my iMac I will be getting a 24" 2.4ghz Peryn iMac with 4GB of ram and a 250GB HD, or I will just bump up my current iMac to 4GB.

They look like they would be in perfect harmony with each other

 

[mperkins37]

I've yet to see someone with this setup but it'd be a maxed out Mac Pro powering 8-30" ACDs
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What does someone actually do with such an arrangement?
I have 1 ACD 30" and it's a monster! I can see the practicability of 2, Maybe 3 for Final Cut Pro or Locic Pro. What do you do with 8 of them, besides spend a lot of money.

 

[iChrisG]

Well lets see...

I would get:

2.0 GHz Core 2 Duo 1 GB 120 GB - MacMini (Also Apple Wireless Keyboard and Mouse included)
15 inch 2.5 Ghz 2 GB 250 GB Double Layer Super Drive - MacBook Pro
iLife
iWork
2.8 GHz 2 GB 500GB 24 In. - iMac
Guitar Hero 3
Final Cut Studio 2
Aperture 2
Logic Express 8
iPod Shuffle 2Gb
160 GB iPod Classic
32 GB iPod Touch
Photoshop Elements 6

Total: $6,920.90 Not including $500+ for shipping

Whoa...

 

[iBeard]

Mac Pro
8-core 3.2GHz
16GB RAM
320GB System Drive
500GB Data Drive
ATI X1950 Upgrade Kit
Kona3 with K3-Box
Two 24" Dell 2408WFPs
Blue Sky EXO Studio Monitors
8TB Dulce Duo Quad in RAID 5

 

[iToaster]

My dream set up:
-Put 2x3.2 Ghz Xeons in my quad 2.8 MP.
-Buy 4 1Tb HDs
-32 Gb RAM
-Hang a SSD off one of the unused SATA ports on the mobo for booting.
-8 30" ACDs
-xServe RAID (wish they still had it) 14 Tb connected to xServe then to Mac Pro via FC.
-T3 for internet
-MBA for portability
-17" HD MBP for around the house portability
-12" PB for novelty
-16 Gb iPhone
-Canon XL H1
-Canon Digital Rebel XSi

 

[7on]

Just a slightly off topic post:

This is the Picture Gallery forum