Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present! (part 2)

[ob81]

My setup has changed dramatically since the last time I posted. Upgraded the 20" iMac to a 24" and got a better desk to suit it.

[lost eden]

Yeah but surely a few missing capitals is better than 'CHECK OUT MI ORSUM SETUP GUYS!!!!!!!!!!!:D:D:D:D:D:D:D ROCKON :apple:!!!!!!'?

Yes, but what annoys me is that s/he correctly capitalised the second half of the post, thus proving that it isn't above his/her mental constitution to use the shift key.

I recommend that you definately read "Eats shoots and leaves", it's one of the best books I have ever encountered on the subject of grammar and the way in which it is used. People like you and I are therein known as "Sticklers".
Proud to be a stickler :)

Hah, yes, I think somebody bought me a copy a couple of years back but I have yet to (search it out &) read it.

[Slip]

Yes, but what annoys me is that s/he correctly capitalised the second half of the post, thus proving that it isn't above his/her mental constitution to use the shift key.

Well, fair enough I guess

[bluedoggiant]

My setup has changed dramatically since the last time I posted. Upgraded the 20" iMac to a 24" and got a better desk to suit it.

very nice, what happened to the 20 inch imac, was it the new Al one?

[Saikou]

I dunno about on the ceiling above your bed. It'll be awesome until 4AM one night when you wake up to a broken leg and a TV on your bed.

Haha, yea. That'd be the only reason I wouldn't mount it up there. From what I hear it's relatively safe, but...

[Big-TDI-Guy]

Haha, yea. That'd be the only reason I wouldn't mount it up there. From what I hear it's relatively safe, but...

Mount INTO the stud / support and have a secondary restraint - say a steel cable going to another support - so in the event of a failure - you have a backup. I think some places actually have codes in place requiring this, too.

[M3G4]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2265/2131384257_10d5b49257.jpg
click to enlarge (http://www.flickr.com/photos/m3g4/2131384257/)

[themacguy12]

im sure after the holidays we'll have better setups, i know i will

[bluedoggiant]

im sure after the holidays we'll have better setups, i know i will

interesting point, and even better setups after the 15th of Jan

[ob81]

very nice, what happened to the 20 inch imac, was it the new Al one?

Yeah I had the 20" one for a few days. I figured I wasn't going to upgrade my desktop for a while, so I sold it and got the 24"

[Cassie]

Yes, this camera is something that never should have seen the light of day, but I needed a camera, had $40, so an off brand camera from Wal-Mart was what I could get.
http://aycu10.webshots.com/image/36409/2002939157869326335_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2002939157869326335)

[iBookG4 FTW]

Yes, this camera is something that never should have seen the light of day, but I needed a camera, had $40, so an off brand camera from Wal-Mart was what I could get.
http://aycu10.webshots.com/image/36409/2002939157869326335_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2002939157869326335)
What's that thing across the bottom of the monitor?:confused:

[bluedoggiant]

Yeah I had the 20" one for a few days. I figured I wasn't going to upgrade my desktop for a while, so I sold it and got the 24"

Wise decision, the 24" is the way to go, i see you've got photoshop on that machine, so 24" would be nice to edit you pictures on a big screen, its also good for movies:rolleyes:, did you send it back to apple, or sell it on ebay?

Yes, this camera is something that never should have seen the light of day, but I needed a camera, had $40, so an off brand camera from Wal-Mart was what I could get.
http://aycu10.webshots.com/image/36409/2002939157869326335_th.jpg (http://allyoucanupload.webshots.com/v/2002939157869326335)

So you've got yourself mac mini there, now, would you share with the rest of us why you dont have an LCD? also, have you thought about upgradeing your keyboard? and even if you dont like the new keyboard, the old one is still out there somewhere;)

What's that thing across the bottom of the monitor?:confused:

i was about to say...:confused:

[Cassie]

So you've got yourself mac mini there, now, would you share with the rest of us why you dont have an LCD? also, have you thought about upgradeing your keyboard? and even if you dont like the new keyboard, the old one is still out there somewhere;)



i was about to say...:confused:

I don't really care for LCD's, plus I don't have the money.

And I would LOVE to have the new Apple Keyboard, but like I said above, I'm broke. :)

And uh, that strip is a piece of duct tape. I was bored, put it on and haven't taken it off :o

[Aperture]

[COLOR="Purple"]

I don't really care for LCD's

I think you've told us why before (or in another thread... can't remember) but out of curiosity, why?

[Cassie]

I think you've told us why before (or in another thread... can't remember) but out of curiosity, why?

I think that CRT's provide a more even picture, they're more durable, easier to clean and cheaper as well. Plus I don't have to worry about people touching my screen. Touch it all you want, you're not going to harm it!:)

[anamznazn]

I think that CRT's provide a more even picture, they're more durable, easier to clean and cheaper as well. Plus I don't have to worry about people touching my screen. Touch it all you want, you're not going to harm it!:)

I wish I could think like you. I could have saved me sooooooo much money. :(

[je1ani]

I think that CRT's provide a more even picture, they're more durable, easier to clean and cheaper as well. Plus I don't have to worry about people touching my screen. Touch it all you want, you're not going to harm it!:)

I'm the same about my iMac.. I don't really care who uses it touches etc... but I am like a hound when it comes to my MBP :D

[lost eden]

Speaking of CRTs... I've spent the morning re-arranging mine!

http://www-old.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~cjd44/public_repository/scratch/IMGP0313.jpg

Both CRTs were pulled from skips, both were legendary in their day, but both now have their issues. The left is a 20" Silicon Graphics (Sony Triniton tube) which doesn't go as bright as it should do, the right is a 21" Mitsubishi Diamond Pro (Diamondtron tube) which shows horizontal banding in line with bright contrast boundaries, which is probably just due to a dry solder join on the HD15 input board if I could be bothered to open it up & repair it!

Well, I will hook up one of my LCDs for my (little used) XP box, then neaten stuff up. A spot of lunch too...

(PS - I also have a 21" Sony Triniton TV in the other corner of the room, which I also pulled from a skip! It's become quite the past time since moving here, I picked up an old blue clamshell iBook yesterday).

[toothpaste]

^^How about some cable management?

[Brianstorm91]

Lost Eden, good choice of external HD!
I'm thinking about the 250GB, it's just so much cheaper than the WD passport, and it doesn't look too bad either.

[Slip]

^^How about some cable management?

Definitely, working there would drive me mad :)

[lost eden]

^^How about some cable management?

Definitely, working there would drive me mad

Do I really have to quote myself?

Well, I will hook up one of my LCDs for my (little used) XP box, then neaten stuff up. A spot of lunch too...



Lost Eden, good choice of external HD!
I'm thinking about the 250GB, it's just so much cheaper than the WD passport, and it doesn't look too bad either.
Mine's a 320GB (the silver one beneath it is also a 320GB Barracuda!). I'm a long time Seagate fanboy, but there are 2 things I dislike about the drive. 1.) it comes formatted as NTFS & 2.) the firmware power management has serious issues with Linux (& maybe Mac, though I've never used mine on my Mac) & can only be turned off via the Windows software (until somebody wrote a bashscript to modprobe it). Still, spending a couple of minutes disabling the feature is definately worth it for the Barracuda reliability & the 5-year warranty.

Anyway, a spot of lunch & some progress;

http://www-old.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~cjd44/public_repository/scratch/IMGP0316.jpg

The messy cable on the left trackball can't really be helped, it has an extension cable on it so I can control music/movies/anime from my bed (which I'm standing on to take the photo, speakers are just to the left & right of the photo, you can see the edge of the right one with it's wire hanging down & the cable for the left one taped to the carpet).

[jeff3221]

I have the Seagate 250 GB and it is great. I got it for $80 at best buy. It only takes a few minutes to reformat it and it is very reliable.

[aaron.lee2006]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a128/Zero1515/IMG_4064.jpg

Added:
New PC but to lazy to put it in the photo.

[bluedoggiant]

I don't really care for LCD's, plus I don't have the money.

And I would LOVE to have the new Apple Keyboard, but like I said above, I'm broke. :)

And uh, that strip is a piece of duct tape. I was bored, put it on and haven't taken it off :o

you could buy a very cheap one, like an old dell 17 inch, or gateway 17 inch, but you dont care i guess, you could get your parents to lend you some money for the new keyboard!!




I think that CRT's provide a more even picture, they're more durable, easier to clean and cheaper as well. Plus I don't have to worry about people touching my screen. Touch it all you want, you're not going to harm it!:)

well, in 5 years, CRT's may just be history, and an LCD would be essential, more energy saving, they banned the Incadecant bulb in california, soon it may be the whole US, then they'll ban the CRT's in cali, then the whole US, they are more efficient, and if you think the colors are vivid enough for you, you can always cal brate it, a LCD will give you a lot of desk space to.

I'm the same about my iMac.. I don't really care who uses it touches etc... but I am like a hound when it comes to my MBP :D

well, you've got the new imac (like me!) that has a glass over the LCD, so if you touch the screen, you leave a fingerprint! what kind of mbp do you have, glossy, or antiglare?

Speaking of CRTs... I've spent the morning re-arranging mine!

http://www-old.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~cjd44/public_repository/scratch/IMGP0313.jpg

Both CRTs were pulled from skips, both were legendary in their day, but both now have their issues. The left is a 20" Silicon Graphics (Sony Triniton tube) which doesn't go as bright as it should do, the right is a 21" Mitsubishi Diamond Pro (Diamondtron tube) which shows horizontal banding in line with bright contrast boundaries, which is probably just due to a dry solder join on the HD15 input board if I could be bothered to open it up & repair it!

Well, I will hook up one of my LCDs for my (little used) XP box, then neaten stuff up. A spot of lunch too...

(PS - I also have a 21" Sony Triniton TV in the other corner of the room, which I also pulled from a skip! It's become quite the past time since moving here, I picked up an old blue clamshell iBook yesterday).

sony trinitrons are good displays, even their CRT's, i used to have a sony trinitron CRT, it was HUGE, like 22 inch, big for a CRT, it was pretty good, my other dell CRT, was horrid, it was like 14 inch, and most CRT's are like that, but you have some pretty good ones there, you should try to get money for an LCD though:o, you will save desk space, you seem very cramped there, an LCD would be a great investment, if you cant afford even an old dell 17 inch, ask your parents for some money, and pay them back later!!

^^How about some cable management?

he has little space, unless he shoots holes in the desk for the wires to go through, he is pretty much hopeless at hiding wires :(

Do I really have to quote myself?






Mine's a 320GB (the silver one beneath it is also a 320GB Barracuda!). I'm a long time Seagate fanboy, but there are 2 things I dislike about the drive. 1.) it comes formatted as NTFS & 2.) the firmware power management has serious issues with Linux (& maybe Mac, though I've never used mine on my Mac) & can only be turned off via the Windows software (until somebody wrote a bashscript to modprobe it). Still, spending a couple of minutes disabling the feature is definately worth it for the Barracuda reliability & the 5-year warranty.

Anyway, a spot of lunch & some progress;

http://www-old.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~cjd44/public_repository/scratch/IMGP0316.jpg

The messy cable on the left trackball can't really be helped, it has an extension cable on it so I can control music/movies/anime from my bed (which I'm standing on to take the photo, speakers are just to the left & right of the photo, you can see the edge of the right one with it's wire hanging down & the cable for the left one taped to the carpet).

so you tryed to hide your wires to the left?? still does seem pretty messy :(, seagates are good HD's:)

[bluedoggiant]

http://i10.photobucket.com/albums/a128/Zero1515/IMG_4064.jpg

Added:
New PC but to lazy to put it in the photo.

im guessing your mbp isnt good enough for bootcamp? or you need to run them side by side? any reasons why you have a PC?:eek:

P.S. TIMG tags please!!

[aaron.lee2006]

im guessing your mbp isnt good enough for bootcamp? or you need to run them side by side? any reasons why you have a PC?:eek:

P.S. TIMG tags please!!

I'm a big gamer :) I hated gaming on my MBP especially during matches:mad: It was quite horrid.

[slicecom]

im guessing your mbp isnt good enough for bootcamp? or you need to run them side by side? any reasons why you have a PC?:eek:

P.S. TIMG tags please!!

You crack me up man. I know it's a Mac site, but there's nothing wrong with having a PC as well. What's wrong with having the best of both worlds? I'm pretty sure everyone on this site would agree that Macs are better in just about every way, but I'm not sure many would agree that less options are better than more. For people who like to tweak with stuff, the ideal setup would be an easy and cheaper to upgrade PC running Windows or Linux and a Mac for everything else. Have you ever built a PC from scratch? It's quite fun!

Free your mind.

/Morpheus

[RoadieJodie]

Do I really have to quote myself?






Mine's a 320GB (the silver one beneath it is also a 320GB Barracuda!). I'm a long time Seagate fanboy, but there are 2 things I dislike about the drive. 1.) it comes formatted as NTFS.



At least it came formatted . . .
Ever have to fdisk a brand new drive because it didn't and you couldn't do it via Disk Utility? :rolleyes:

[Cassie]

you could buy a very cheap one, like an old dell 17 inch, or gateway 17 inch, but you dont care i guess, you could get your parents to lend you some money for the new keyboard!!

My parents don't believe in lending money, sadly.

And the keyboard can wait, I've got too many keyboards as it is (6 or 7 unused ones, and 4 others are in service. :o) Plus, I'm saving up for an old 4G 20 GB iPod. :)

[lost eden]

sony trinitrons are good displays, even their CRT's
'Even their CRTs'? You do realise that ALL Trinitons are CRTs? There is no such thing as an LCD Triniton. The name 'Triniton' refers to the Triniton tube & LCDs don't tend to have tubes...

you should try to get money for an LCD though:o, you will save desk space, you seem very cramped there, an LCD would be a great investment, if you cant afford even an old dell 17 inch, ask your parents for some money, and pay them back later!!
In case you completely ignored the rest of my post(s) I have a 17" NEC Multisync LCD (you even quoted a picture with it in), 2x 15" LG Flatron LCDs & a further 15" OEM LCD. The decade old CRTs which I pulled from a skip have a.) higher resolutions b.) better colour reproduction & c.) are larger in terms of diagonal inches, than any of my LCDs, which is why the CRTs are on my desk & most of the LCDs are under my bed. I'm currently footing university tuition fees & accomodation bills (a lot of which is already loaned from my parents) so I sincerely doubt that they are going to buy me a nice new LCD, nor do I want one! If you want to see my setups with the LCDs, have a look through this page (http://www-old.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~cjd44/public_repository/scratch/workstations.html).

so you tryed to hide your wires to the left?? still does seem pretty messy
No, that's the entire point. Those ones are left 'unhid' on purpose so that I can move the trackball over to my bed.

At least it came formatted . . .
Ever have to fdisk a brand new drive because it didn't and you couldn't do it via Disk Utility?
Any good hard drive comes unformatted. Any good operating system can format it.

[bluedoggiant]

I'm a big gamer :) I hated gaming on my MBP especially during matches:mad: It was quite horrid.

oh, i see, i still have my other PC around for gaming to, but my monster 2.8 should be able to handle FSX deluxe on bootcamp, just when i get windows vista basic:o

You crack me up man. I know it's a Mac site, but there's nothing wrong with having a PC as well. What's wrong with having the best of both worlds? I'm pretty sure everyone on this site would agree that Macs are better in just about every way, but I'm not sure many would agree that less options are better than more. For people who like to tweak with stuff, the ideal setup would be an easy and cheaper to upgrade PC running Windows or Linux and a Mac for everything else. Have you ever built a PC from scratch? It's quite fun!

Free your mind.

/Morpheus

can you build a mac from scratch? lol, i have PUT together PC's before, just give me an old dell tower, i can dismentle it, and put it back together, ive done it many times before wth my OLD PC back in 2000 in my space time, i was a lil 5 year old:rolleyes:



My parents don't believe in lending money, sadly.

And the keyboard can wait, I've got too many keyboards as it is (6 or 7 unused ones, and 4 others are in service. :o) Plus, I'm saving up for an old 4G 20 GB iPod. :)


oh, so you REALLY are moneyless:(, i have a 4G 20GB ipod, without the color screen

'Even their CRTs'? You do realise that ALL Trinitons are CRTs? There is no such thing as an LCD Triniton. The name 'Triniton' refers to the Triniton tube & LCDs don't tend to have tubes...


In case you completely ignored the rest of my post(s) I have a 17" NEC Multisync LCD (you even quoted a picture with it in), 2x 15" LG Flatron LCDs & a further 15" OEM LCD. The decade old CRTs which I pulled from a skip have a.) higher resolutions b.) better colour reproduction & c.) are larger in terms of diagonal inches, than any of my LCDs, which is why the CRTs are on my desk & most of the LCDs are under my bed. I'm currently footing university tuition fees & accomodation bills (a lot of which is already loaned from my parents) so I sincerely doubt that they are going to buy me a nice new LCD, nor do I want one! If you want to see my setups with the LCDs, have a look through this page (http://www-old.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~cjd44/public_repository/scratch/workstations.html).


No, that's the entire point. Those ones are left 'unhid' on purpose so that I can move the trackball over to my bed.


Any good hard drive comes unformatted. Any good operating system can format it.

thats what i thought, but i though YOU said that that LCD was a trinitron, guess i misunderstood you. and i meant replace those CRT's, and if you really like those CRT's, keep em', i was just stating the obvious :), and i understand you have a low budget for LCD's, or anything, but with work, and especially at your age, work means a lot, it means future, and money, and happiness:cool:

[slicecom]

can you build a mac from scratch? lol, i have PUT together PC's before, just give me an old dell tower, i can dismentle it, and put it back together, ive done it many times before wth my OLD PC back in 2000 in my space time, i was a lil 5 year old:rolleyes:

I think you missed my point. The fun in building a PC comes from deciding on each component and making sure they all work together then putting it all together. Most people want their PC to 'just work' and in that case Mac is the clear winner, but for tweakers like myself, I like to mess around with PC's as well. The most i've done to my Powerbook is upgrade the HD, Combo Drive and RAM and install the airport express card. :)

[lost eden]

thats what i thought, but i though YOU said that that LCD was a trinitron, guess i misunderstood you. and i meant replace those CRT's, and if you really like those CRT's, keep em', i was just stating the obvious :), and i understand you have a low budget for LCD's, or anything, but with work, and especially at your age, work means a lot, it means future, and money, and happiness:cool:
Well, atm I have no time for a job in addition to my studies & even if I did all of the money I earnt would go straight back into paying off my debts or would be saved for the next slew of bills. And as I said before, I don't even *want* to replace the CRTs with LCDs. Not only will the CRTs have better colour reproduction than the LCDs, but I have an ingerent distaste for 16:10 monitors & there are currently NO affordable, high-res 4:3 LCDs on the market, nor will there be in the future. No company manufactures 4:3 panels with a resolution higher than 1280*1024 except for the fields of CAD & other professional fields, & these cost ludicrus amounts of money.

[slicecom]

Well, atm I have no time for a job in addition to my studies & even if I did all of the money I earnt would go straight back into paying off my debts or would be saved for the next slew of bills. And as I said before, I don't even *want* to replace the CRTs with LCDs. Not only will the CRTs have better colour reproduction than the LCDs, but I have an ingerent distaste for 16:10 monitors & there are currently NO affordable, high-res 4:3 LCDs on the market, nor will there be in the future. No company manufactures 4:3 panels with a resolution higher than 1280*1024 except for the fields of CAD & other professional fields, & these cost ludicrus amounts of money.

You remind me of my college professor in my digital media program. He always told us the very thought of using an LCD for anything where colour accuracy is paramount is absolutely insane. He also told us that it is physically impossible for flat screen CRT's to have accurate geometry and the only acceptable display for graphic design is a curved screen CRT.

[Revlefty]

I decided I wanted to mount the Dell on the wall today, but didn't want to spend the money for a bracket, so I pulled it off it's base and found a way to mount it. So an hour later it now looks like this;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/BrunsLefty/Room/PC240003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/BrunsLefty/Room/PC240002.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/BrunsLefty/Room/PC240001.jpg

Not sure I like where the center channel is placed though.

[bluedoggiant]

I decided I wanted to mount the Dell on the wall today, but didn't want to spend the money for a bracket, so I pulled it off it's base and found a way to mount it. So an hour later it now looks like this;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/BrunsLefty/Room/PC240003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/BrunsLefty/Room/PC240002.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/BrunsLefty/Room/PC240001.jpg

Not sure I like where the center channel is placed though.

looks nice, but what is the computer?

[Revlefty]

2.16 Core 2 Macbook with 2GB ram. You can just see it in the corner.

[slicecom]

I decided I wanted to mount the Dell on the wall today, but didn't want to spend the money for a bracket, so I pulled it off it's base and found a way to mount it. So an hour later it now looks like this;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/BrunsLefty/Room/PC240003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/BrunsLefty/Room/PC240002.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/BrunsLefty/Room/PC240001.jpg

Not sure I like where the center channel is placed though.

Nice minimalistic setup. I think I'd put the centre channel above the monitor. Too bad about the Ferrari on your desktop though, you should put a McLaren or BMW or some other team that doesn't need help from the FIA to win. :P jk!

[silbeej]

lol

ferrari

lol

[bluedoggiant]

2.16 Core 2 Macbook with 2GB ram. You can just see it in the corner.

i saw it, but didn't think it was connected to the screen

[Revlefty]

Nice minimalistic setup. I think I'd put the centre channel above the monitor. Too bad about the Ferrari on your desktop though, you should put a McLaren or BMW or some other team that doesn't need help from the FIA to win. :P jk!

ouch! lol Well Mclaren had Alonso so there out of the question. BMW has a nice team. But I follow the Iceman to whichever team he goes to.

The hell with everyone else, Ralf Schumacher FTW! hehe

[slicecom]

ouch! lol Well Mclaren had Alonso so there out of the question. BMW has a nice team. But I follow the Iceman to whichever team he goes to.

The hell with everyone else, Ralf Schumacher FTW! hehe

Haha well I'm a Kimi fan too but I hate Ferrari so its a very conflicting time for me!

[bluedoggiant]

ouch! lol Well Mclaren had Alonso so there out of the question. BMW has a nice team. But I follow the Iceman to whichever team he goes to.

The hell with everyone else, Ralf Schumacher FTW! hehe

Haha well I'm a Kimi fan too but I hate Ferrari so its a very conflicting time for me!

i agree, race car teams are very nice setups!!! lol:p

[ob81]

I decided I wanted to mount the Dell on the wall today, but didn't want to spend the money for a bracket, so I pulled it off it's base and found a way to mount it. So an hour later it now looks like this;
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/BrunsLefty/Room/PC240003.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/BrunsLefty/Room/PC240002.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v319/BrunsLefty/Room/PC240001.jpg

Not sure I like where the center channel is placed though.

Woah! That is a nice setup. One day I ope to mount my computer on the wall like that. More desk space!! What size is that screen though? Looks like 30"

[supercooled]

Woah! That is a nice setup. One day I ope to mount my computer on the wall like that. More desk space!! What size is that screen though? Looks like 30"

That panel is two generations old. The 30" wasn't even released in that bezel design. My guess is it's a 20" given the size of the icon.

So can you tell us how you mounted the panel? You obviously fished the wires/cables into your wall. Nice setup.

Link to wallpaper too if you can. I love F1, full stop.

[jamesi]

Way to stretch a 4:3 image to a widescreen display... :rolleyes:

jealous much? :D

[jamesi]

I don't really care for LCD's, plus I don't have the money.

And I would LOVE to have the new Apple Keyboard, but like I said above, I'm broke. :)

And uh, that strip is a piece of duct tape. I was bored, put it on and haven't taken it off :o

OMG how could you not have an LCD, ruining the look of the mini omg rofl !!!!!11

haha, i just finally ditched my trusty 19" crt but only b/c it died on me. long live the bulky screens

[bluedoggiant]

That panel is two generations old. The 30" wasn't even released in that bezel design. My guess is it's a 20" given the size of the icon.

So can you tell us how you mounted the panel? You obviously fished the wires/cables into your wall. Nice setup.

Link to wallpaper too if you can. I love F1, full stop.

maybe he made the icon bigger its possible, at least it is in leopard, i dont think he's running the new big cat

[Revlefty]

Woah! That is a nice setup. One day I ope to mount my computer on the wall like that. More desk space!! What size is that screen though? Looks like 30"

Thanks! It's the 24"er. Yea the extra desk space is great, my desk is barely 2' deep and the monitor on the stand took up almost half that.

That panel is two generations old. The 30" wasn't even released in that bezel design. My guess is it's a 20" given the size of the icon.

So can you tell us how you mounted the panel? You obviously fished the wires/cables into your wall. Nice setup.

Link to wallpaper too if you can. I love F1, full stop.

It was real easy to mount the monitor without spending the $200 for a mount. There are 3 openings on the back of the monitor where 3 teeth from the stand snaps into it. Well 2 well placed and anchored screws that hook into the openings and that bad boy ain't going anywhere. I couldn't yank it off the wall if I tried.

And I got the wallpaper from either this months or last months desktop thread here.

Now I just need to do something about that center speaker and get a wireless keyboard and i'll be set.

[j3nsen]

These pictures are from about two weeks ago.. I cleaned up my desk and also got a wireless Mighty Mouse.. A 19-22" monitor is coming soon along with my wireless keyboard :cool:

http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/7798/p1030035xe9.jpg
http://img519.imageshack.us/img519/1322/p1030036qq8.jpg

[steelphantom]

Speaking of CRTs... I've spent the morning re-arranging mine!

http://www-old.cs.st-andrews.ac.uk/~cjd44/public_repository/scratch/IMGP0313.jpg

...


How do you like that Saitek keyboard? I'm thinking about getting one. Is the arm rest plastic or is it padded? Thanks!

[lost eden]

How do you like that Saitek keyboard? I'm thinking about getting one. Is the arm rest plastic or is it padded? Thanks!

I actually really like it. For a long time I used a old Nan Tan Corp keyboard with Alps 'clicky' springs, but eventually I found the reflex on the keys too harsh on my hands/wrists after long coding sessions. A couple of months earleir I had bought the Eclipse for my gaming machine & decided to switch it into service as my main keyboard. It has a really nice soft reflex to it that I can type on for 10+ hours without discomfort. It's not metal backed, but I was initially extremely surprised at how heavy, sturdy & well made it is.

Oh & the wrist wrest is hard plastic, not padded.

[ghostchild]

So I just came back home to visit family and took over my sister's desk apparently and here's the dramatic change of things...
http://img297.imageshack.us/img297/4483/dsc7773qr2.jpg

If you look back a few pages you'll see the difference. I'm moving out again after new years.

Happy holidays everyone!

[ryannel2003]

Merry Christmas everyone! I finally got to open my new iMac, and it's perfect!

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/6460/img3493ug7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[jeff3221]

"new" ?

[iMpathetic]

Prolly refurb. Anyway, congrats on the gift!

[ryannel2003]

Yup it's a refurb. Only $850. :D

[Big-TDI-Guy]

Nice, is that a 17" or a 20"?

[ryannel2003]

Nice, is that a 17" or a 20"?

17"... I really love it. I looked at a 20" at the Apple Store and thought it was huge, and the 24"... :eek:

[WillJS]

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/3418/dsc00386lj5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Dell 24"
Macbook. :-)

[lost eden]

http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/3418/dsc00386lj5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Dell 24"
Macbook. :-)

Has anybody running a MacBook on an external display noticed that it is fuzzy? I know it must be the MacBook, because the same monitor & cable are pin sharp with my XP machine & my openSuSE machine.

[taylorwilsdon]

Has anybody running a MacBook on an external display noticed that it is fuzzy? I know it must be the MacBook, because the same monitor & cable are pin sharp with my XP machine & my openSuSE machine.

Using DVI or VGA? What monitor? Are you at the right hz setting and resolution?

[lost eden]

Using DVI or VGA? What monitor? Are you at the right hz setting and resolution?
Using VGA & yes. My other (non Mac) machines at the same settings produce a pin sharp image.

[bluedoggiant]

Merry Christmas everyone! I finally got to open my new iMac, and it's perfect!

http://img301.imageshack.us/img301/6460/img3493ug7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

well congrats, one thing, DO NOT PUT THE SUB ON TOP OF YOUR DESK!!!!!, put the sub on the floor, where it belongs, that is dangerous, and maybe harmful, take my word for it, the sub belongs to the FLOOR!!!

im guessing your a switcher cuz i see a PC there :)

EDIT: that chin looks HUGE compared to that of the new Al 24"s:eek:

EDIT 2: oh, by any chance, can you tell me what kind of desk you have there and if it would be good for a 24"? check out the link in the sig for pix of my desk ;)

Yup it's a refurb. Only $850. :D

Only?, thats a RIP OFF!!!!!, that should be $700, compared to the new imacs, and the old ones as well!!!

[ryannel2003]

well congrats, one thing, DO NOT PUT THE SUB ON TOP OF YOUR DESK!!!!!, put the sub on the floor, where it belongs, that is dangerous, and maybe harmful, take my word for it, the sub belongs to the FLOOR!!!

im guessing your a switcher cuz i see a PC there :)

EDIT: that chin looks HUGE compared to that of the new Al 24"s:eek:

EDIT 2: oh, by any chance, can you tell me what kind of desk you have there and if it would be good for a 24"?



Only?, thats a RIP OFF!!!!!, that should be $700, compared to the new imacs, and the old ones as well!!!

Switcher!? Ha, I've been using Mac's for 3 1/2 years! :D The laptop was only $379 at Best Buy, so I picked up in August. It's been decent so far, even with Windows Vista!

As for the whole sub thing, i had it sitting on the floor and didn't notice a huge difference. The bass hit a little harder, but it wasn't something that I was wowed about. Plus, the left speaker cord doesn't reach long enough to the sub so the setup becomes cluttered.

The iMac, yeah I probably could have gotten a better price. But $850 is a lot cheaper than spending $1200 on a new 20" iMac. The refurb 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo iMac's are going for $700, so for $150 for a better processor, more RAM, much better video and all that other crap is worth it.

[bluedoggiant]

Switcher!? Ha, I've been using Mac's for 3 1/2 years! :D The laptop was only $379 at Best Buy, so I picked up in August. It's been decent so far, even with Windows Vista!

As for the whole sub thing, i had it sitting on the floor and didn't notice a huge difference. The bass hit a little harder, but it wasn't something that I was wowed about. Plus, the left speaker cord doesn't reach long enough to the sub so the setup becomes cluttered.

The iMac, yeah I probably could have gotten a better price. But $850 is a lot cheaper than spending $1200 on a new 20" iMac. The refurb 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo iMac's are going for $700, so for $150 for a better processor, more RAM, much better video and all that other crap is worth it.

i see, but when you say the new 20 inch imac, thats different, its new, and bigger lol;)

but 3 gigs ram, you've got something, but if you can, i think you should upgrade the HD

[bwiissofly]

Switcher!? Ha, I've been using Mac's for 3 1/2 years! :D The laptop was only $379 at Best Buy, so I picked up in August. It's been decent so far, even with Windows Vista!

As for the whole sub thing, i had it sitting on the floor and didn't notice a huge difference. The bass hit a little harder, but it wasn't something that I was wowed about. Plus, the left speaker cord doesn't reach long enough to the sub so the setup becomes cluttered.

The iMac, yeah I probably could have gotten a better price. But $850 is a lot cheaper than spending $1200 on a new 20" iMac. The refurb 1.83GHz Core 2 Duo iMac's are going for $700, so for $150 for a better processor, more RAM, much better video and all that other crap is worth it.

What kind of laptop is that?
I'm looking to get my stepdad a basic laptop for surfing the net.

[ryannel2003]

What kind of laptop is that?
I'm looking to get my stepdad a basic laptop for surfing the net.

It's a Compaq Presario C563NR. I've owned 2 HP's and this one has been the best so far. The build quality leaves a lot to be desired, but for under $400 who can beat it? It has a Celeron M 1.5GHz, 1.5GB RAM (I added 1GB), 80GB HD, 15.4" Brightview Widescreen, DVD Burner, and Vista Home Basic. I really do like it, and it's really great laying in bed and browsing the web. Make sure you get another 1GB of RAM though, the 512MB it came standard with with horrible. It took 5 minutes just to boot to the desktop...:eek:

[ryannel2003]

i see, but when you say the new 20 inch imac, thats different, its new, and bigger lol;)

but 3 gigs ram, you've got something, but if you can, i think you should upgrade the HD

Yeah i was actually quite surprised to find it had a single 1GB DIMM. The machine was supposed to ship with 2x512MB, but I guess Apple gave me a Christmas present after all. :D

To be honest, I've had a 160GB HD before (my Dell I got last year had one) and I only used 30GB of it. Even right now, only 25GB of my HD is full. I don't have that many files (about 1100 songs, couple of movies, and 1600 photos) so it will be a really, really long time before I come close to getting full.

[bwiissofly]

It's a Compaq Presario C563NR. I've owned 2 HP's and this one has been the best so far. The build quality leaves a lot to be desired, but for under $400 who can beat it? It has a Celeron M 1.5GHz, 1.5GB RAM (I added 1GB), 80GB HD, 15.4" Brightview Widescreen, DVD Burner, and Vista Home Basic. I really do like it, and it's really great laying in bed and browsing the web. Make sure you get another 1GB of RAM though, the 512MB it came standard with with horrible. It took 5 minutes just to boot to the desktop...:eek:

Thanks a lot!

I'll definitely check it out for sure and you're right...who can beat that for under $400.

Was upgrading the RAM difficult?

[ryannel2003]

Thanks a lot!

I'll definitely check it out for sure and you're right...who can beat that for under $400.

Was upgrading the RAM difficult?

No problem! Upgrading the RAM is extremely easy. Simple as taking 2 screws out and popping the RAM in there. Best Buy doesn't sell this laptop anymore, but check them out along with the HP website, because they just introduced a new model. Also check out Circuit City, as they usually have good deals too.

[bluedoggiant]

No problem! Upgrading the RAM is extremely easy. Simple as taking 2 screws out and popping the RAM in there. Best Buy doesn't sell this laptop anymore, but check them out along with the HP website, because they just introduced a new model. Also check out Circuit City, as they usually have good deals too.

are you looking for windows only? check these out:

Compaq Presario C700T series (http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/computer_can_series.do;HHOJSID=XBYJHx1XGX7QHG1kNGmz1mDNPCPL2HHtplsqGzvP2hz981nt58JD!2013735839?store Name=computer_store&category=notebooks&a1=Brand&v1=Compaq+Presario&series_name=C700T_series&a1=Brand&v1=Compaq+Presario)

Dell Inspiron 1520 Notebook (http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspnnb_1520?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~tab=bundlestab)

Sony Vaio NR Series (http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&categoryId=8198552921644518791&parentCategoryId=16154)

these are some of the cheapest laptops, the compaq is the cheapest though;)

[lost eden]

are you looking for windows only? check these out:

Compaq Presario C700T series (http://www.shopping.hp.com/webapp/shopping/computer_can_series.do;HHOJSID=XBYJHx1XGX7QHG1kNGmz1mDNPCPL2HHtplsqGzvP2hz981nt58JD!2013735839?store Name=computer_store&category=notebooks&a1=Brand&v1=Compaq+Presario&series_name=C700T_series&a1=Brand&v1=Compaq+Presario)

Dell Inspiron 1520 Notebook (http://www.dell.com/content/products/productdetails.aspx/inspnnb_1520?c=us&cs=19&l=en&s=dhs&~tab=bundlestab)

Sony Vaio NR Series (http://www.sonystyle.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/CategoryDisplay?catalogId=10551&storeId=10151&langId=-1&categoryId=8198552921644518791&parentCategoryId=16154)

these are some of the cheapest laptops, the compaq is the cheapest though;)

Vaio != cheap.

[iMpathetic]

Switcher!? Ha, I've been using Mac's for 3 1/2 years! :D The laptop was only $379 at Best Buy, so I picked up in August. It's been decent so far, even with Windows Vista!

.

Really? Do you like it? Maybe i should have purchased that, instead of my three year old Thinkpad.... Is the build quality comparable to higher-priced Pentium M lappys?

I may sell mine and buy a new one....

[MicBook]

What kind of laptop is that?
I'm looking to get my stepdad a basic laptop for surfing the net.

just get a used ibook off of ebay then he wouldn't have to put up with Vista

[bwiissofly]

just get a used ibook off of ebay then he wouldn't have to put up with Vista

:eek:
He's one of those people who know NOTHING about computers but makes it seem like they do and end up messing them up drastically so I want to get him something cheap and if he messes it up, oh well.

I would look at an iBook but he is already familiar with Windows so I would rather keep it that way than spend the rest of my life teaching him about Macs.

[MicBook]

:eek:
He's one of those people who know NOTHING about computers but makes it seem like they do and end up messing them up drastically so I want to get him something cheap and if he messes it up, oh well.

I would look at an iBook but he is already familiar with Windows so I would rather keep it that way than spend the rest of my life teaching him about Macs.


Haha sounds like my dad his old PC took a dive last summer and he decided to get a MBP pro now I use up all of my cellphone minutes explaining stuff

[bwiissofly]

Haha sounds like my dad his old PC took a dive last summer and he decided to get a MBP pro now I use up all of my cellphone minutes explaining stuff

Yeah, I know what you mean.

I have NO time to be his personal assistant. In addition, I am only home for the Christmas break so when I head back up to school he will be by himself.

[CKtoph]

Just ordered a 2.4GHz, 24" iMac 2 days ago.

The hours just don't seem to tick away fast enough :o

I really love some of the setups that were posted! I'm definitely going to use some of these ideas for mine once it comes in. I HATE clutter, and I'll be using the iMac for watching TV also (I ordered an EyeTV 250) so it might get a little tricky to minimize the clutter especially with a huge Terk HDTV antenna.

We'll see what happens.

[bwiissofly]

Just ordered a 2.4GHz, 24" iMac 2 days ago.

The hours just don't seem to tick away fast enough :o

I really love some of the setups that were posted! I'm definitely going to use some of these ideas for mine once it comes in. I HATE clutter, and I'll be using the iMac for watching TV also (I ordered an EyeTV 250) so it might get a little tricky to minimize the clutter especially with a huge Terk HDTV antenna.

We'll see what happens.

How much longer is the wait?

[CKtoph]

How much longer is the wait?

It shipped on the 24th. Estimated arrival is the 2nd :(

I'm hoping it gets here by Saturday, but FedEx tracking only shows "Package data transmitted to FedEx."

[bluedoggiant]

Haha sounds like my dad his old PC took a dive last summer and he decided to get a MBP pro now I use up all of my cellphone minutes explaining stuff

Yeah, I know what you mean.

you could have got him .mac, and you guys you ichat to do screen sharing, teach him that way, thats how im doing it with a new switcher in my family:apple:

I have NO time to be his personal assistant. In addition, I am only home for the Christmas break so when I head back up to school he will be by himself.

im in the same situation with my grandma, PC user, i got her a 2.2ghz macbook, shes leaving next week, she got the computer 2 weeks ago, shes learned a lot, but in case she needds help, we set up .mac for her in our family account, so we can do screen sharing and teach her further

[bwiissofly]

im in the same situation with my grandma, PC user, i got her a 2.2ghz macbook, shes leaving next week, she got the computer 2 weeks ago, shes learned a lot, but in case she needds help, we set up .mac for her in our family account, so we can do screen sharing and teach her further

See, I would not mind taking that route for him but I am really not that close with him and it was my mom's idea.

Furthermore...he just does not deserve that much time and effort on my part. I just wanna get him something that is basic, cheap and let him run with it.
;)

[lost eden]

Really? Do you like it? Maybe i should have purchased that, instead of my three year old Thinkpad.... Is the build quality comparable to higher-priced Pentium M lappys?

I may sell mine and buy a new one....

If you're a Thinkpad owner, I would NOT recommend buying a cheap laptop instead. Nothing comes close to the build quality of a Thinkpad, trust me you made the right decision. The three year old Thinkpad will probably outlast a brand new $400 craptop.

[bluedoggiant]

If you're a Thinkpad owner, I would NOT recommend buying a cheap laptop instead. Nothing comes close to the build quality of a Thinkpad, trust me you made the right decision. The three year old Thinkpad will probably outlast a brand new $400 craptop.

craptop:rolleyes:

i think the profanity filter went in the way :p

[ryannel2003]

Really? Do you like it? Maybe i should have purchased that, instead of my three year old Thinkpad.... Is the build quality comparable to higher-priced Pentium M lappys?

I may sell mine and buy a new one....

I actually looked at purchasing a 3 year old Thinkpad for $500, but it had a small HD, no DVD burner, and a 14" screen. My laptop is very decent for what it does, but I'm not a huge fan of Vista. If I had an XP disk I would erase and install that. Vista bogs down too much on the laptop (mainly because its a single core processor). As for build quality, it's obvious the laptop is cheap. The plastic creaks and the keyboard flexes alot. The Pentium M laptops I have looked at (higher end HP's, Lenovo, even Dell) are built better than mine is. But I really can't complain, the price was right were I wanted it to be.

Best Buy currently has a good deal on a Presario C700T. Has a Pentium Dual Core Processor (off brand Core Duo), 1GB RAM, 15.4" widescreen brightview display, 120GB HD, Vista Home Premium for $450. It's worth the extra $80 in my opinion. Much better specs wrapped in a new case design that is much more attractive.

[bluedoggiant]

I actually looked at purchasing a 3 year old Thinkpad for $500, but it had a small HD, no DVD burner, and a 14" screen. My laptop is very decent for what it does, but I'm not a huge fan of Vista. If I had an XP disk I would erase and install that. Vista bogs down too much on the laptop (mainly because its a single core processor). As for build quality, it's obvious the laptop is cheap. The plastic creaks and the keyboard flexes alot. The Pentium M laptops I have looked at (higher end HP's, Lenovo, even Dell) are built better than mine is. But I really can't complain, the price was right were I wanted it to be.

Best Buy currently has a good deal on a Presario C700T. Has a Pentium Dual Core Processor (off brand Core Duo), 1GB RAM, 15.4" widescreen brightview display, 120GB HD, Vista Home Premium for $450. It's worth the extra $80 in my opinion. Much better specs wrapped in a new case design that is much more attractive.

as ive said above, the C700T is a good PC for its low price, but i hard to believe that were recommending PC's on these forums, and talking about how attractive they are:eek:

[ryannel2003]

as ive said above, the C700T is a good PC for its low price, but i hard to believe that were recommending PC's on these forums, and talking about how attractive they are:eek:

Yeah, true. If somebody wants a PC though, I always recommend HP for laptops and Dell for desktops. As for computers in general, I recommend Macs. Speaking of Macs... did I mention I am in love with mine? :D

[dontwalkhand]

Enough chatty, more piccsy!!

[ryannel2003]

Oh yeah I never told you what desk I had... mine is from Staples. We got it 2 years ago and the cost was around $250 I think. It's not the nicest in the world, but is a huge improvement over my old desk:

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/2355/img0380io7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Check out the Staples website. I can't find the desk I have, but I believe its made by Sauder.

[bluedoggiant]

Yeah, true. If somebody wants a PC though, I always recommend HP for laptops and Dell for desktops. As for computers in general, I recommend Macs. Speaking of Macs... did I mention I am in love with mine? :D

yes, but i may want to alter that, i had an old sony vaio, they dont make the best, but they got some pretty good desktops, and they have ultra portable notebooks, oh, i forgot, im in love with my imac too, i cant get over it after a month, the 24" real estate is too small for me now, i had to set up 6 spaces to suit me, its very tough, macs are built for multitasking and fun :) i have pix in the sig!!!

Oh yeah I never told you what desk I had... mine is from Staples. We got it 2 years ago and the cost was around $250 I think. It's not the nicest in the world, but is a huge improvement over my old desk:

http://img292.imageshack.us/img292/2355/img0380io7.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Check out the Staples website. I can't find the desk I have, but I believe its made by Sauder.

emac? i just started to want a mac when those entered, and finally got a mac last year. Sauder?? really?? my desk is by sauder too, a pic in the sig, my desk is good, but a little shallow and cramped, but farely large, the only thing i dislike about yours is the fact that it has those CD slots, i find them a waste of desk space, your desk looks like it has more room for a 24 incher, say, should we switch? lol

[JML42691]

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s41/jml42691/IMG_2169.jpg (http://photobucket.com)

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s41/jml42691/IMG_2187.jpg (http://photobucket.com)

2.2 GHz MacBook
8GB iPod touch (week 46)
JBL on stage speakers (for the iPod)
320 GB Time Machine HD, Western Digital MyBook
HP Photosmart 7960 on floor (not shown)

[ryannel2003]

yes, but i may want to alter that, i had an old sony vaio, they dont make the best, but they got some pretty good desktops, and they have ultra portable notebooks, oh, i forgot, im in love with my imac too, i cant get over it after a month, the 24" real estate is too small for me now, i had to set up 6 spaces to suit me, its very tough, macs are built for multitasking and fun :) i have pix in the sig!!!



emac? i just started to want a mac when those entered, and finally got a mac last year. Sauder?? really?? my desk is by sauder too, a pic in the sig, my desk is good, but a little shallow and cramped, but farely large, the only thing i dislike about yours is the fact that it has those CD slots, i find them a waste of desk space, your desk looks like it has more room for a 24 incher, say, should we switch? lol

I love your iMac. It's absolutely beautiful and if had another $300 to spend, I would have gotten a base 20". However, my iMac has been great! No issues with Leopard and nothing is defective here... thank god!

Ahhh my eMac. That was the best machine I have ever owned. It did everything I asked it to without any fuss at all. When I first wanted a Mac in 2004, it was between the eMac, iMac G5, and the iBook. The eMac suited me perfectly, and I had it loaded up with the Tilt and Swivel stand, Tiger and iLife '06, and 768MB RAM. I used it until last year, when I got a Dell for some reason. Now the eMac sits in my brother's room and when he gets a desk, I'm gonna help him set it up and tell him how to use it.

I hate the CD racks on my desk too. I think it helps support the two cubby's on the side though, so I didn't want to risk taking it down. Your 24" should fit as long as you don't have a printer sitting next to it like mine. My iMac is a pretty tight fit right now, but take the printer and Compaq out the picture and it's fine. I love my setup, it's exactly the way I want it (well a Macbook and new HP printer would be nice!) :D

[bluedoggiant]

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s41/jml42691/IMG_2169.jpg (http://photobucket.com)

http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s41/jml42691/IMG_2187.jpg (http://photobucket.com)

2.2 GHz MacBook
8GB iPod touch (week 46)
JBL on stage speakers (for the iPod)
320 GB Time Machine HD, Western Digital MyBook
HP Photosmart 7960 on floor (not shown)

nice setup there, now im guessing the macbook is connected to the Ex. HD 24/7 while its on, because if you turn on your macbook else where and the HD isnt there, Time Machine (if you're using it with that), will make a fuss

I love your iMac. It's absolutely beautiful and if had another $300 to spend, I would have gotten a base 20". However, my iMac has been great! No issues with Leopard and nothing is defective here... thank god!

Ahhh my eMac. That was the best machine I have ever owned. It did everything I asked it to without any fuss at all. When I first wanted a Mac in 2004, it was between the eMac, iMac G5, and the iBook. The eMac suited me perfectly, and I had it loaded up with the Tilt and Swivel stand, Tiger and iLife '06, and 768MB RAM. I used it until last year, when I got a Dell for some reason. Now the eMac sits in my brother's room and when he gets a desk, I'm gonna help him set it up and tell him how to use it.

I hate the CD racks on my desk too. I think it helps support the two cubby's on the side though, so I didn't want to risk taking it down. Your 24" should fit as long as you don't have a printer sitting next to it like mine. My iMac is a pretty tight fit right now, but take the printer and Compaq out the picture and it's fine. I love my setup, it's exactly the way I want it (well a Macbook and new HP printer would be nice!) :D

why thank you lol. btw, the white macbook is my grandma's, and that other guy was my grandpa holding my dads mbp, i just needed to get a shot of the elderly using to different models of apple laptops:rolleyes:

well, my canon mp470 sits fine on top of my desk, and neither do i realize why you... g-g-got a P-E-C...last year? being a mac user, PC? im not getting that, i hope it was your parents decision to get the PC. and yes, and 20 inch would work like a charm, but it comes with 1, 2, 4 gb ram, if you want three, your going to have to play it cool and change the ram your self or do some kind of game. for $300, its EXTREMELY worth it, which is why i say, that $850 price you payed was an extreme RIP OFF, you get a new spanking imac, 20 inch, worth $300 right there, better video card, bigger HD, im not sure if you have CD or C2D, but if you have CD, then you get C2D of the same speed, and plus they have Al 20 inch refurbs on apple's site that are like $50 cheaper!!!! you should have gone for that.

and your decision back then was between an emac, and imac g5? i dont understand, i think you mean imac g4, cuz if g5 was out, why did you go for an emac when the imac is nicer, and better? then you would have gotten a new Al imac this year cuz your parents didnt want to buy the same looking computer again!:eek:

[mBurns]

nice setup there, now im guessing the macbook is connected to the Ex. HD 24/7 while its on, because if you turn on your macbook else where and the HD isnt there, Time Machine (if you're using it with that), will make a fuss



why thank you lol. btw, the white macbook is my grandma's, and that other guy was my grandpa holding my dads mbp, i just needed to get a shot of the elderly using to different models of apple laptops:rolleyes:

well, my canon mp470 sits fine on top of my desk, and neither do i realize why you... g-g-got a P-E-C...last year? being a mac user, PC? im not getting that, i hope it was your parents decision to get the PC. and yes, and 20 inch would work like a charm, but it comes with 1, 2, 4 gb ram, if you want three, your going to have to play it cool and change the ram your self or do some kind of game. for $300, its EXTREMELY worth it, which is why i say, that $850 price you payed was an extreme RIP OFF, you get a new spanking imac, 20 inch, worth $300 right there, better video card, bigger HD, im not sure if you have CD or C2D, but if you have CD, then you get C2D of the same speed, and plus they have Al 20 inch refurbs on apple's site that are like $50 cheaper!!!! you should have gone for that.

and your decision back then was between an emac, and imac g5? i dont understand, i think you mean imac g4, cuz if g5 was out, why did you go for an emac when the imac is nicer, and better? then you would have gotten a new Al imac this year cuz your parents didnt want to buy the same looking computer again!:eek:

I had an eMac (my mother has it now). At the time, I too had to decide between an eMac + iMac G5. I didn't go with the G5 because I'm not a huge fan of the design, there is something about the eMac that feels so classic, and the price-point between the two machines solidified my decision. The last revision eMac is no slouch... 160 GB HD, 1.42 GHZ, 64 MB VRAM... plays Halo like a dream!

[bluedoggiant]

I had an eMac (my mother has it now). At the time, I too had to decide between an eMac + iMac G5. I didn't go with the G5 because I'm not a huge fan of the design, there is something about the eMac that feels so classic, and the price-point between the two machines solidified my decision. The last revision eMac is no slouch... 160 GB HD, 1.42 GHZ, 64 MB VRAM... plays Halo like a dream!

im not getting it, imac g5, better processor (i think), better design, :apple:***LCD***:apple:, bigger screen, i don't understand the comparision between an emac, and imac g5:confused:, but do you ever disconnect your macbook from the HD?

[steelphantom]

I actually really like it. For a long time I used a old Nan Tan Corp keyboard with Alps 'clicky' springs, but eventually I found the reflex on the keys too harsh on my hands/wrists after long coding sessions. A couple of months earleir I had bought the Eclipse for my gaming machine & decided to switch it into service as my main keyboard. It has a really nice soft reflex to it that I can type on for 10+ hours without discomfort. It's not metal backed, but I was initially extremely surprised at how heavy, sturdy & well made it is.

Oh & the wrist wrest is hard plastic, not padded.

Thanks a lot for the info! I'm considering getting one now. Would be nice if the wrist rest was padded, but it's not a huge deal.

[ryannel2003]

nice setup there, now im guessing the macbook is connected to the Ex. HD 24/7 while its on, because if you turn on your macbook else where and the HD isnt there, Time Machine (if you're using it with that), will make a fuss



why thank you lol. btw, the white macbook is my grandma's, and that other guy was my grandpa holding my dads mbp, i just needed to get a shot of the elderly using to different models of apple laptops:rolleyes:

well, my canon mp470 sits fine on top of my desk, and neither do i realize why you... g-g-got a P-E-C...last year? being a mac user, PC? im not getting that, i hope it was your parents decision to get the PC. and yes, and 20 inch would work like a charm, but it comes with 1, 2, 4 gb ram, if you want three, your going to have to play it cool and change the ram your self or do some kind of game. for $300, its EXTREMELY worth it, which is why i say, that $850 price you payed was an extreme RIP OFF, you get a new spanking imac, 20 inch, worth $300 right there, better video card, bigger HD, im not sure if you have CD or C2D, but if you have CD, then you get C2D of the same speed, and plus they have Al 20 inch refurbs on apple's site that are like $50 cheaper!!!! you should have gone for that.

and your decision back then was between an emac, and imac g5? i dont understand, i think you mean imac g4, cuz if g5 was out, why did you go for an emac when the imac is nicer, and better? then you would have gotten a new Al imac this year cuz your parents didnt want to buy the same looking computer again!:eek:

Nah the PC was my decision. I like using both platforms, but I do def. prefer the Mac. Windows hasn't ever given me any trouble with viruses or spyware, i just hate that it's so boring and really doesn't deliver like OS X has. Plus, I got an awesome deal on my Dell. My brother has it now, and eventually we are going to trade out the 2 1/2 year old Dell in our office and put the 1 yr old Dimension E521 there instead. Has 19" Flat Panel, 1GB RAM, AMD Dual Core processor, etc. I still like that machine, but all of my Macs have been superior.

My iMac is the Core 2 Duo. I had a budget of $500 for Christmas, so my parents spent that and I gave them $350 for the rest of the iMac. It's a really great machine, and I think going to a 20" would've been a waste since I just browse the web and do iTunes stuff like that.

At the time, the iMac G4 had been discontinued. It was also slower than my eMac since it had 256K L2 Cache and the eMac had 512k. The iMac G5 at the time was $1300, and there was no way they were going to pay for all that. Plus, it was my first Mac so I didn't need all that power. It would've been nice, but the eMac was a great machine and I still miss using it. Though, this iMac sure is making up for it! :)

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im not getting it, imac g5, better processor (i think), better design, :apple:***LCD***:apple:, bigger screen, i don't understand the comparision between an emac, and imac g5 :confused:,

Price. The iMac G5 was probably VERY expensive back then compared to a refurbished eMac. I also switched to the Mac around the same time period and only paid $799 for my eMac and the iMacs were quite a bit more than that.

And Ryan, good to see you get your iMac set up and glad to hear it doesn't have any issues. The 17" chin does look huge compared to the 20" and 24" models, but it doesn't look bad. I've always thought it made 'em look distinctive and different. Very cool, IMO. :cool:

EDIT: Ryan beat me in posting. :D

[ryannel2003]

Price. The iMac G5 was probably VERY expensive back then compared to a refurbished eMac. I also switched to the Mac around the same time period and only paid $799 for my eMac and the iMacs were quite a bit more than that.

And Ryan, good to see you get your iMac set up and glad to hear it doesn't have any issues. The 17" chin does look huge compared to the 20" and 24" models, but it doesn't look bad. I've always thought it made 'em look distinctive and different. Very cool, IMO. :cool:

EDIT: Ryan beat me in posting. :D

Yeah the eMac was $800, and the iMac G5 was $1300. The Mac mini was not out at the time (I switched in October 2004) and the eMac has a design that reminds me of the snow iMac G3 (i love the iMac G3 design!) but with a much better screen and specs. Plus, the iMac specs were not that great. You could get a SuperDrive eMac for $1000 at the time and the only difference was a worse gfx card and slower processor. I also used a G5 iMac, and the performance was ok. I believe OS X is much, much better optimized for the Intel platform. PowerPC was ok when it was around, but Intel is clearly superior.

Thanks! I loved my eMac, but this iMac is no question the best computer I have ever used in my entire life. I love it! I was worried that I was gonna have an issue with Leopard, or bad pixels or something, but I was relieved to boot it up this morning to find it was perfect. Popped in 3GB of RAM and it was ready to go. Plus, Leopard is amazing. The new features are worth the growing pains!

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Yeah the eMac was $800, and the iMac G5 was $1300. The Mac mini was not out at the time (I switched in October 2004) and the eMac has a design that reminds me of the snow iMac G3 (i love the iMac G3 design!) but with a much better screen and specs. Plus, the iMac specs were not that great. You could get a SuperDrive eMac for $1000 at the time and the only difference was a worse gfx card and slower processor. I also used a G5 iMac, and the performance was ok. I believe OS X is much, much better optimized for the Intel platform. PowerPC was ok when it was around, but Intel is clearly superior.

Thanks! I loved my eMac, but this iMac is no question the best computer I have ever used in my entire life. I love it! I was worried that I was gonna have an issue with Leopard, or bad pixels or something, but I was relieved to boot it up this morning to find it was perfect. Popped in 3GB of RAM and it was ready to go. Plus, Leopard is amazing. The new features are worth the growing pains!

Yep, I switched in December, '04. The Mac mini came out the next month. :eek:

It's okay, though. I actually liked my eMac better than even my Core Duo mini, because of the faster HD, a real graphics card, etc. Plus, it was an all-in-one and just looked awesome. I still love the design of the eMac.

My iMac has one dead pixel, but it's barely even noticeable unless you stare right at it. I didn't even notice it 'til a couple of days after I got it or something. Not a big deal to me, especially since everything else on this iMac is perfect so far. (Got it in August) I love it.

[ryannel2003]

Yep, I switched in December, '04. The Mac mini came out the next month. :eek:

It's okay, though. I actually liked my eMac better than even my Core Duo mini, because of the faster HD, a real graphics card, etc. Plus, it was an all-in-one and just looked awesome. I still love the design of the eMac.

My iMac has one dead pixel, but it's barely even noticeable unless you stare right at it. I didn't even notice it 'til a couple of days after I got it or something. Not a big deal to me, especially since everything else on this iMac is perfect so far. (Got it in August) I love it.

Yeah my Core Duo Mac mini was my least favorite machine. It was rather slow (even though though I knew it needed more than 512MB RAM), and the design just didn't look good to me. I thought my eMac was much faster, and it always looked nicer than the mini. As a matter of fact, I liked using my Dell more than the mini :eek: If Apple got rid of that machine, i wouldn't be too upset.

Ok so my iMac isn't perfect...haha. There is a small scratch on the screen that is only noticeable on white backgrounds. At the bottom of the screen there is a small dent, i'm actually not sure what it is. But they are both fine with me. Nothing to call AppleCare about... my machine is still perfect in my eyes.

[bluedoggiant]

Yeah the eMac was $800, and the iMac G5 was $1300. The Mac mini was not out at the time (I switched in October 2004) and the eMac has a design that reminds me of the snow iMac G3 (i love the iMac G3 design!) but with a much better screen and specs. Plus, the iMac specs were not that great. You could get a SuperDrive eMac for $1000 at the time and the only difference was a worse gfx card and slower processor. I also used a G5 iMac, and the performance was ok. I believe OS X is much, much better optimized for the Intel platform. PowerPC was ok when it was around, but Intel is clearly superior.

Thanks! I loved my eMac, but this iMac is no question the best computer I have ever used in my entire life. I love it! I was worried that I was gonna have an issue with Leopard, or bad pixels or something, but I was relieved to boot it up this morning to find it was perfect. Popped in 3GB of RAM and it was ready to go. Plus, Leopard is amazing. The new features are worth the growing pains!

$1300? man, but it was a piece of art when it came out, so that obvious. Oh, and the PPC were heaters... intel is definately better in every aspect.

Price. The iMac G5 was probably VERY expensive back then compared to a refurbished eMac. I also switched to the Mac around the same time period and only paid $799 for my eMac and the iMacs were quite a bit more than that.

And Ryan, good to see you get your iMac set up and glad to hear it doesn't have any issues. The 17" chin does look huge compared to the 20" and 24" models, but it doesn't look bad. I've always thought it made 'em look distinctive and different. Very cool, IMO. :cool:

EDIT: Ryan beat me in posting. :D

well, i wanted a mac around the emac time, we switched last year, i got my first mac last month

how did you know he beat you in posting? did you literally count up the posts?

Nah the PC was my decision. I like using both platforms, but I do def. prefer the Mac. Windows hasn't ever given me any trouble with viruses or spyware, i just hate that it's so boring and really doesn't deliver like OS X has. Plus, I got an awesome deal on my Dell. My brother has it now, and eventually we are going to trade out the 2 1/2 year old Dell in our office and put the 1 yr old Dimension E521 there instead. Has 19" Flat Panel, 1GB RAM, AMD Dual Core processor, etc. I still like that machine, but all of my Macs have been superior.

My iMac is the Core 2 Duo. I had a budget of $500 for Christmas, so my parents spent that and I gave them $350 for the rest of the iMac. It's a really great machine, and I think going to a 20" would've been a waste since I just browse the web and do iTunes stuff like that.

At the time, the iMac G4 had been discontinued. It was also slower than my eMac since it had 256K L2 Cache and the eMac had 512k. The iMac G5 at the time was $1300, and there was no way they were going to pay for all that. Plus, it was my first Mac so I didn't need all that power. It would've been nice, but the eMac was a great machine and I still miss using it. Though, this iMac sure is making up for it! :)

the emac was more powerful than the g4? i thought the imac would be better because the emac was an education mac with the basic hardware to do word processing and stuff

Yep, I switched in December, '04. The Mac mini came out the next month. :eek:

It's okay, though. I actually liked my eMac better than even my Core Duo mini, because of the faster HD, a real graphics card, etc. Plus, it was an all-in-one and just looked awesome. I still love the design of the eMac.

My iMac has one dead pixel, but it's barely even noticeable unless you stare right at it. I didn't even notice it 'til a couple of days after I got it or something. Not a big deal to me, especially since everything else on this iMac is perfect so far. (Got it in August) I love it.

everything comes out in january lol:rolleyes: macworld, gotta love it, its when everybody's new apple goodies from the holidays gets out dated:p

[ddollar]

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Nice setup, iPhone and all :)
TIMG tags next time (Y)

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nice images there, please use [TIMG] tags

is that mb new? looks new, i dont see any wear on it, you've got a lot of apple goodies there, ipod mini, white ipod video, iphone...and a razr, im guessing thats for txting

EDIT: yup, new, i can tell by the command key :)

[ryannel2003]

$1300? man, but it was a piece of art when it came out, so that obvious. Oh, and the PPC were heaters... intel is definately better in every aspect.



well, i wanted a mac around the emac time, we switched last year, i got my first mac last month

how did you know he beat you in posting? did you literally count up the posts?



the emac was more powerful than the g4? i thought the imac would be better because the emac was an education mac with the basic hardware to do word processing and stuff



everything comes out in january lol:rolleyes: macworld, gotta love it, its when everybody's new apple goodies from the holidays gets out dated:p

Yeah many Macworld tests showed that the iMac was slower than the eMac in many areas. The only area which it excelled was gaming, where the iMac had a GeForce FX 5200 compared to the eMac's slow ATI Radeon 9200.

To be honest, I prefer the design of the iMac G4 in every way. It's stunning, and every time I see a picture of one I am reminded of that design. The new iMac's are less versatile since you can't move the screen from side to side. Plus, the dome is just cool looking. When the iMac G5 came out, I didn't like it at first. I quickly warmed up to it, and it now comes a close second to the G4 iMac's.

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To be honest, I prefer the design of the iMac G4 in every way. It's stunning, and every time I see a picture of one I am reminded of that design. The new iMac's are less versatile since you can't move the screen from side to side. Plus, the dome is just cool looking. When the iMac G5 came out, I didn't like it at first. I quickly warmed up to it, and it now comes a close second to the G4 iMac's.

I was watching Love Actually last night and it had an advert in the airport with the G4 on it, I had forgotten a) How old the film is and b) How amazing the design it still looks.

The post iMac G5 computer-that looks-like-a-standard-monitor still manages to shock almost all non-techy people, I love the design.

[bluedoggiant]

Yeah many Macworld tests showed that the iMac was slower than the eMac in many areas. The only area which it excelled was gaming, where the iMac had a GeForce FX 5200 compared to the eMac's slow ATI Radeon 9200.

To be honest, I prefer the design of the iMac G4 in every way. It's stunning, and every time I see a picture of one I am reminded of that design. The new iMac's are less versatile since you can't move the screen from side to side. Plus, the dome is just cool looking. When the iMac G5 came out, I didn't like it at first. I quickly warmed up to it, and it now comes a close second to the G4 iMac's.

Hmm, my friend up in new jersey has an imac g4, he loved it to death, he would always brag about it, literally, he was a mac genious, 1 1/2 years ago, he left for college, and took a gateway with him, i visited him oct 27th, right after leopards release, he totally forgot about the mac, he still remembers that he has it obviously, remembers how to use it, but even forgot what the dock is, he says its slow, its pretty fast for me, he says he doesnt mind what operating system he uses anymore, but he does agree that macs are better. its really sad what he went through with that mac, it was his fave thing in the UNIVERSE. i told him about the macbook, he may get one in the summer to replace his gateway which is dreadfully slow

[ryannel2003]

I was watching Love Actually last night and it had an advert in the airport with the G4 on it, I had forgotten a) How old the film is and b) How amazing the design it still looks.

The post iMac G5 computer-that looks-like-a-standard-monitor still manages to shock almost all non-techy people, I love the design.

The iMac G4 is a classic. I really wish somebody could figure out how to put an Intel chip inside it. I think it would be awesome to see it transform from slow to fast as hell.

When I set up my iMac yesterday my mom said it was the most beautiful computer she has ever seen. Everybody in my family is in awe, and of course they are. ;)

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The iMac G4 is a classic. I really wish somebody could figure out how to put an Intel chip inside it. I think it would be awesome to see it transform from slow to fast as hell.

When I set up my iMac yesterday my mom said it was the most beautiful computer she has ever seen. Everybody in my family is in awesome, and of course they are. ;)

That would be amazing. A design classic and a speedy computer :rolleyes:
I remember seeing a thread around here or another forum about putting the internals from a Mac mini into a G4 shell, don't know whether it worked or not though :cool:

Your family has taste ;)

[bluedoggiant]

The iMac G4 is a classic. I really wish somebody could figure out how to put an Intel chip inside it. I think it would be awesome to see it transform from slow to fast as hell.

When I set up my iMac yesterday my mom said it was the most beautiful computer she has ever seen. Everybody in my family is in awesome, and of course they are. ;)

every mac is legendary, and sexy, however imacs and emac up until the new Al imac, always had that awesome fisher price look, its like a big boy toy:D

That would be amazing. A design classic and a speedy computer :rolleyes:
I remember seeing a thread around here or another forum about putting the internals from a Mac mini into a G4 shell, don't know whether it worked or not though :cool:

Your family has taste ;)

I'd like to see a 24" imac g4, it would be funny for the monitor to unbalance the actual dome :p

[inkspirational]

Here's my new set up. With the addition of a keyboard (easier typing now haha) and wacom tablet.

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[bluedoggiant]

Here's my new set up. With the addition of a keyboard (easier typing now haha) and wacom tablet.

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thats nice, i have a psp, now no offense, but that ipod is just pure FAT lol. wacom tablet? never heard of those, nice mbp, whats that thing on the keyboard?

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Wacom tablet? never heard of those

Graphics tablet for digital art and Photshopping etc etc

[ryannel2003]

That would be amazing. A design classic and a speedy computer :rolleyes:
I remember seeing a thread around here or another forum about putting the internals from a Mac mini into a G4 shell, don't know whether it worked or not though :cool:

Your family has taste ;)

Yeah I don't think the person every tried it. Maybe for the iMac's 10th Anniversary next year they will re-introduce the iMac G4 with a 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo Extreme and 4GB of RAM? :rolleyes:

Haha, thanks! My mom likes the new Alu iMac even more. :D

[inkspirational]

thats nice, i have a psp, now no offense, but that ipod is just pure FAT lol. wacom tablet? never heard of those, nice mbp, whats that thing on the keyboard?

That fat thing is a 2nd gen iPod, they didn't have slim ones then haha. Am thinking of starting a collection of iPod. Will be getting a 3rd gen and 4th gen soon.

Oh that thing on the keyboard is a piece of cloth to prevent transfer of dirt/oil/whatever to the screen. Saved me from cleaning the screen a lot of times.

[eyemacg5]

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2.2 GHz MacBook
8GB iPod touch (week 46)
JBL on stage speakers (for the iPod)
320 GB Time Machine HD, Western Digital MyBook
HP Photosmart 7960 on floor (not shown)

To answer the question that is going to be asked.
Screensaver = Fliqlo (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/24859)

Nice set up btw

[inkspirational]

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2.2 GHz MacBook
8GB iPod touch (week 46)
JBL on stage speakers (for the iPod)
320 GB Time Machine HD, Western Digital MyBook
HP Photosmart 7960 on floor (not shown)

Wow,I like your super minimalist set up.

My desk is way too cluttered.

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Yeah I don't think the person every tried it. Maybe for the iMac's 10th Anniversary next year they will re-introduce the iMac G4 with a 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo Extreme and 4GB of RAM? :rolleyes:

Haha, thanks! My mom likes the new Alu iMac even more. :D

now that, i like to hear lol

an imac g4 coming back in 2.8 would be amazin, they should also make a 24" model:D so then the screen will out weigh the dome, resulting in the imac toppling over:p

[MicBook]

To answer the question that is going to be asked.
Screensaver = Fliqlo (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/24859)

Nice set up btw

Hey waht is the name of that screensaver by the way ;)

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Yeah I don't think the person every tried it. Maybe for the iMac's 10th Anniversary next year they will re-introduce the iMac G4 with a 2.8GHz Core 2 Duo Extreme and 4GB of RAM? :rolleyes:

Haha, thanks! My mom likes the new Alu iMac even more. :D

It would have been here then :)
That C2D G4 would be lush

[bluedoggiant]

It would have been here then :)
That C2D G4 would be lush

its an intel imac, g4 imacs had a totally different design

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its an intel imac, g4 imacs had a totally different design

That comment was in to response to the suggestion of putting a C2D into the iMac case, Im not a total idiot ;)

[bluedoggiant]

That comment was in to response to the suggestion of putting a C2D into the iMac case, Im not a total idiot ;)

ok, you never know, you could have become stupified while you were writing the post:rolleyes:

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ok, you never know, you could have become stupified while you were writing the post:rolleyes:

Well you never know do you ;)

[bluedoggiant]

Well you never know do you ;)

yes actually when typing very lengthy posts, i tend to repeat my point more than 50 times, speaking of stupifying, do you know the song stupify?

[eyemacg5]

Hey waht is the name of that screensaver by the way ;)

FLIQLO

[bluedoggiant]

FLIQLO

im putting that in my sig to stop people from asking!!!!

Haha, i just found out you did that to :p

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yes actually when typing very lengthy posts, i tend to repeat my point more than 50 times, speaking of stupifying, do you know the song stupify?

Same as, I tend to go round in circles
And I don't know the song, sorry. Also you should put a link to where you can d/l Fliqlo In your sig ;)

[bluedoggiant]

Same as, I tend to go round in circles
And I don't know the song, sorry. Also you should put a link to where you can d/l Fliqlo In your sig ;)

nah, people can search it:rolleyes:

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nah, people can search it:rolleyes:

Well judging peoples phobia of search in these forums I wouldn't be so sure ;)

[eyemacg5]

CLOCK SCREENSAVER
FLIQLO
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/24859

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CLOCK SCREENSAVER
FLIQLO
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/24859

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/7955/26122007112ix0.jpg

I think that should do it ;)

[eyemacg5]

We should have a bot that posts it here every X amount of posts in post your set up.

[leftfoot]

Bought my bluetooth Mighty Mouse and Keyboard today!

No more wires! =D

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Bought my bluetooth Mighty Mouse and Keyboard today!

No more wires! =D

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Ah, wireless goodness :rolleyes:
Remember, TIMG tags next time ;)

[leftfoot]

Ah, wireless goodness :rolleyes:
Remember, TIMG tags next time ;)

Hehe, sorry about that.

Fixed my previous post. :D

[Slip]

Hehe, sorry about that.

Fixed my previous post. :D

Good to see :)
Nice setup btw

[Daveway]

CLOCK SCREENSAVER
FLIQLO
http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/24859



Jesus H. Marketer, I hope you're getting paid for a post like that. Annoying none the less.

[Big-TDI-Guy]

Jesus H. Marketer, I hope you're getting paid for a post like that. Annoying none the less.

No more annoying than the 3947354 times somebody asks "what screen saver is that".

You need to fight fire, with fire. Ya didn't get that memo? ;)

[Daveway]

No more annoying than the 3947354 times somebody asks "what screen saver is that".

You need to fight fire, with fire. Ya didn't get that memo? ;)

But its been around FOREVER.

[dL.]

Don't really wanna start a new thread but can anyone tell me the link where you can mod your Mail so you view the messages sideways instead of up and down conventionally? I forgot where I got it.

dL

[BigJohno]

My set up right now. 23" ACD with 2.33 mbp. Installing leopard on my dads old powerbook.

[themacguy12]

Less talking, more pics!

alright, that was fun. ok... so here's my new Apple Keyboard and wireless Mighty Mouse. I plan to get a lcd monitor soon (anyone know any good prices?)

[ddollar]

nice images there, please use [TIMG] tags

is that mb new? looks new, i dont see any wear on it, you've got a lot of apple goodies there, ipod mini, white ipod video, iphone...and a razr, im guessing thats for txting

EDIT: yup, new, i can tell by the command key :)

srry new to the fourm and yeah macbook is new got it for christmas my first mac loving it expect for the problem im having connecting it through my wireless

[thebassoonist]

I got the iLap and the Shuffle!

[David G.]

At thebassoonist, is your wall painted blue or is it painted green?

[Markleshark]

Hey, thats a cool Clock Screensaver, where can I get it?

[/Sarcasm]

[David G.]

Hey, thats a cool Clock Screensaver, where can I get it?

The real question is whether or not there is a Windows XP version? And yes that is a real question, as I don't have a Mac yet.

[ktbubster]

eyemacg5 is now convulsing on the floor in rage right about now because of the last two posts i think....

[David G.]

Hey, what's wrong with mine? I had a REAL question.

[eyemacg5]

Hey, thats a cool Clock Screensaver, where can I get it?

[/Sarcasm]

Not even going to answer that.

Don't you all love winding people up =]

Hey, what's wrong with mine? I had a REAL question.

Yes

http://www.9031.com/downloads/screensavers.html

300th post =]

[David G.]

Yes

http://www.9031.com/downloads/screensavers.html

Thank you. I had been to that exact web page and failed to see the tiny little windows print until you redirected me to there again.
Now, shall we get back to the Mac Setups. Good.

[thebassoonist]

At thebassoonist, is your wall painted blue or is it painted green?

It is blue - but quite an aqua-ish color. Actually, the iPod Shuffle that I got is about the same color - just 1/2 a shade darker.

[Markleshark]

Not even going to answer that.

Why not? Thats not very helpful of you... :p

Yes, yes I do.

[foey]

Heres mine as of today. Its my first Mac so I have no past pictures. Only of my PC. :)

Loving my MacBook. My PC's hardly on now.

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/730/img1012cf6.jpg

EDIT : Sorry for the bad photo. Dam Camera. :apple:

[MrGeePee]

My new setup...

http://i16.tinypic.com/8dyuywo.jpg

http://i16.tinypic.com/6slx6cw.jpg

http://i4.tinypic.com/8719d9f.jpg

[lost eden]

Found this in a skip the other night. No idea whether it works, no power supply to test it with.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/losteden/IMGP0323.jpg

[bluedoggiant]

My set up right now. 23" ACD with 2.33 mbp. Installing leopard on my dads old powerbook.

very nice clean setup, i like

alright, that was fun. ok... so here's my new Apple Keyboard and wireless Mighty Mouse. I plan to get a lcd monitor soon (anyone know any good prices?)

very nice and simple, the mbp's make very good desktop replacements

I got the iLap and the Shuffle!

did you pain your case blue?

Hey, thats a cool Clock Screensaver, where can I get it?

[/Sarcasm]

dont make me slap you, its in my sig, we've had enough of those questions

eyemacg5 is now convulsing on the floor in rage right about now because of the last two posts i think....

i can hear from 2000 miles away...

Not even going to answer that.

Don't you all love winding people up =]

haha lol, everyone should put it in their sig

Heres mine as of today. Its my first Mac so I have no past pictures. Only of my PC. :)

Loving my MacBook. My PC's hardly on now.

http://img293.imageshack.us/img293/730/img1012cf6.jpg

EDIT : Sorry for the bad photo. Dam Camera. :apple:

not so bad picture, did you build that PC yourself?

My new setup...

http://i16.tinypic.com/8dyuywo.jpg

http://i16.tinypic.com/6slx6cw.jpg

http://i4.tinypic.com/8719d9f.jpg

new imac 24"!!! very nice clean setup i just rearranged mine for the first time in ages, i will post pix soon :D

Found this in a skip the other night. No idea whether it works, no power supply to test it with.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/losteden/IMGP0323.jpg

lol, i know people who still use that thing, when at swim practice, one of the mothers were using it, that thing looks like a sandwich when its close:rolleyes:

[Martin C]

My God. Use TIMG tags bluedoggiant; especially when you're quote five pictures like that.

[Vagrant Pistol]

Found this in a skip the other night. No idea whether it works, no power supply to test it with.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/losteden/IMGP0323.jpg

what a throw-back.:D:p

[foey]

not so bad picture, did you build that PC yourself?


Yeh, I'm always upgrading and building. I'm a PC Technician by trade as well. The PC is normally due for its yearly overhaul in Jan :D Although since I've got the MacBook not used it so much.

No matter what I do with this Canon IXUS 40 I can't get decent Photos.

[DigitalAx]

Hey, thats a cool Clock Screensaver, where can I get it?

[/Sarcasm]

Everyone apparently missed the /Sarcasm. ;)

[Slip]

Yeah where can I get that cool clock screensaver, its awesome :rolleyes:

[bluedoggiant]

Yeah where can I get that cool clock screensaver, its awesome :rolleyes:

ok, that jokes old now

[Slip]

ok, that jokes old now

I know :(

[-kritter-]

my setup
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2371/2141292493_ecc504d5d7_o.jpg

[ricgnzlzcr]

Yeh, I'm always upgrading and building. I'm a PC Technician by trade as well. The PC is normally due for its yearly overhaul in Jan :D Although since I've got the MacBook not used it so much.

No matter what I do with this Canon IXUS 40 I can't get decent Photos.

Is the PC working part time as a Hackintosh too or did you just install a dock in Windows?

[chilipie]

Is the PC working part time as a Hackintosh too or did you just install a dock in Windows?

I think he's running the monitor off his MacBook. You can see the Mini-DVI to DVI or VGA adaptor plugged into the side of it.

[mBurns]

Found this in a skip the other night. No idea whether it works, no power supply to test it with.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v51/losteden/IMGP0323.jpg

I loved mine. Nice find! You should pop open the keyboard to see if there is an AirPort card inside. Also, if you're lucky.. it's the Clamshell with 64 Mb of RAM built-in.

[ricgnzlzcr]

I think he's running the monitor off his MacBook. You can see the Mini-DVI to DVI or VGA adaptor plugged into the side of it.

My mistake. I didn't catch that until I saw the picture a second time.

[lost eden]

I loved mine. Nice find! You should pop open the keyboard to see if there is an AirPort card inside. Also, if you're lucky.. it's the Clamshell with 64 Mb of RAM built-in.
Nope, no wireless card. But as I said, without a power supply is just a brick. I don't know why Apple couldn't've used standard barrel plugs like everybody else.

[j3nsen]

Man, I'm pumped. My buddy needs his wall mount back for his TV (I was borrowing it til he moves out) so I decided to hook my TV up as my monitor and just buy a new TV in a month or two.. What a good decision that was, now my 24" LCD TV is my monitor. I got a Mighty Mouse for Christmas and ordered a wireless keyboard last night. I'll post pics once they keyboard comes :)

[leftfoot]

Well, I decided that I wanted to use my 32" lcd as a TV again, so I bought a 22" Westinghouse lcd to replace it.

New speakers too!


http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2079/2141568491_a854744980.jpg?v=0

The tv back in it's territory.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2290/2141568479_0fed80de10.jpg?v=0

What it looked like before.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2209/2138852213_1dfb8fd1d9.jpg?v=0

[foey]

Is the PC working part time as a Hackintosh too or did you just install a dock in Windows?

No, like said, Im using the 22" screen as another monitor. :)

My PC is dual booting with Windows and Vista. Although Vista is the only MS product which has finally turned me off of PCs. I can't stand it.

[Slip]

@ Leftfoot: Very simple setup, love the lack of all frills

[thebassoonist]

did you pain your case blue?

I think you meant "paint" :D but no. That would be awful!

It's the aqua Speck Case. Ha ha, needless to say, I'm sort of into aqua these days.

[leftfoot]

@ Leftfoot: Very simple setup, love the lack of all frills

Hehe, Thanks!

Heres what it used to look like when I had a bunch of crap around it.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2373/1510312000_b980e290d5.jpg?v=0

And heres another one for fun, back in June of 2005. Before I was a mac guy. =P
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2334/2141794609_3cc94074c5.jpg?v=0

[bluedoggiant]

my setup
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2371/2141292493_ecc504d5d7_o.jpg

very nice clean setup, how is the wireless mm working for u?

[baby duck monge]

Well, I decided that I wanted to use my 32" lcd as a TV again, so I bought a 22" Westinghouse lcd to replace it.

New speakers too!

That 32" TV makes the keyboard look tiny! Much better proportions with the 22" monitor. And isn't it nice to have a big TV and a big monitor?

[leftfoot]

That 32" TV makes the keyboard look tiny! Much better proportions with the 22" monitor. And isn't it nice to have a big TV and a big monitor?

Much higher resolution with the monitor as well, enjoying it at 1680x1050!

Could only squeeze 1360x768 out of the tv, anything higher and the refresh rate would go out of whack, causing it to flicker and look like crap.

[silbeej]

I'm betting that the tv is a 1366x768 tv, but for some reason they only like to get 1360x768. Same thing with my tv, you end up with a three pixel wide band on each side that are unused. I just have to find out how to get that resolution over DVI > HDMI for my VGA input on the tv broke.

[jeff3221]

what exactly is a skip? A yard-sale?

[Cassie]

lol, i know people who still use that thing, when at swim practice, one of the mothers were using it, that thing looks like a sandwich when its close:rolleyes:

Yeah, but it sure is purty. :) I have a white iBook G3, only because I needed the speed. If those came in 800 MHz versions, I would've gotten one.

Anywho, my old camera went to my brother for christmas as I got a new camcorder/camera.

Oh, and I took off the duct tape on the monitor. :D

[mdwsta4]

alright, that was fun. ok... so here's my new Apple Keyboard and wireless Mighty Mouse. I plan to get a lcd monitor soon (anyone know any good prices?)
http://att.macrumors.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=95473&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1198728946

what is your laptop sitting on? it doesnt look near as high as the elevator or other stands i've seen.

[ryannel2003]

My new setup...

http://i16.tinypic.com/8dyuywo.jpg

http://i16.tinypic.com/6slx6cw.jpg

http://i4.tinypic.com/8719d9f.jpg

Love it! Extremely clean and sophisticated looking.

[baby duck monge]

Much higher resolution with the monitor as well, enjoying it at 1680x1050!

Could only squeeze 1360x768 out of the tv, anything higher and the refresh rate would go out of whack, causing it to flicker and look like crap.

All this resolution talk almost makes me want to go back to a CRT. I loved getting perfectly usable 1600x1200 resolution on a 21" monitor. Now I have either 1280x854 on my laptop, or 1280x1024 on my 17" LCD, or both of them put together for some bizarre hybrid shape/resolution. I miss the extra real estate, that's for sure!

[leftfoot]

All this resolution talk almost makes me want to go back to a CRT. I loved getting perfectly usable 1600x1200 resolution on a 21" monitor. Now I have either 1280x854 on my laptop, or 1280x1024 on my 17" LCD, or both of them put together for some bizarre hybrid shape/resolution. I miss the extra real estate, that's for sure!

Haha, I don't miss the bulkyness though, and the damage they did to my eyes.

[halocrime]

We finally decided to treat ourselves to new computers. After spending 4.5 years with my 12" PowerBook, this 20" iMac feels huge! After unboxing, I had to get out the ruler to make sure they hadn't sent us 24" ones by mistake!

Photos:

http://www.618lincoln.com/misc/1.jpg
http://www.618lincoln.com/misc/2.jpg
http://www.618lincoln.com/misc/3.jpg

And just because the view from the office area is so cool...

http://www.618lincoln.com/misc/4.jpg

[toxicbomber]

MY EYES!!! IT'S SO BEAUTIFUL!!!

God.... let the words speak for themselves. :eek:

[daneoni]

So everyone is posting and i just felt like posting my setup again. There are a few changes since the last picture (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1342405792&size=o). New PSP and Mouse oh and iPhone

Sorry it's kinda dark but thats from actual low lighting in the room and i didn't feel like using flash. There's also the fact that my camera is REALLY crap eitherway.

[bluedoggiant]

We finally decided to treat ourselves to new computers. After spending 4.5 years with my 12" PowerBook, this 20" iMac feels huge! After unboxing, I had to get out the ruler to make sure they hadn't sent us 24" ones by mistake!

Photos:

http://www.618lincoln.com/misc/1.jpg
http://www.618lincoln.com/misc/2.jpg
http://www.618lincoln.com/misc/3.jpg

And just because the view from the office area is so cool...

http://www.618lincoln.com/misc/4.jpg

VERY NICE!! is this a school? why is everything so clean? is that a house? its BEAUTIFUL!!!!

So everyone is posting and i just felt like posting my setup again. There are a few changes since the last picture (http://www.flickr.com/photo_zoom.gne?id=1342405792&size=o). New PSP and Mouse oh and iPhone

Sorry it's kinda dark but thats from actual low lighting in the room and i didn't feel like using flash. There's also the fact that my camera is REALLY crap eitherway.

I dont like the star wars logo on the back of the white PSP, very annoying in my opinion, but anyways, AWESOME CLEAN SETUP!!! i think imacs look very nice with light wood, mine is a lil dark :(

[Big-TDI-Guy]

"VERY NICE!! is this a school? why is everything so clean? is that a house? its BEAUTIFUL!!!!"

Ditto.

[Aperture]

"VERY NICE!! is this a school? why is everything so clean? is that a house? its BEAUTIFUL!!!!"

Ditto.

Ditto again. Really nice.

[MacBoy108]

wow that does look like a school nice!

[daneoni]

I dont like the star wars logo on the back of the white PSP, very annoying in my opinion, but anyways, AWESOME CLEAN SETUP!!! i think imacs look very nice with light would, mine is a lil dark :(

This is the normal white version not the star wars. I dont think i'd be a fan of the star wars version either.

[FadeToBlack]

Ditto again. Really nice.

Yeah, it's an AMAZING setup. Thats probably one of the nicest setups I've seen.

[j3nsen]

Wow that is REALLY nice. If that's your house, I'm sooo jealous. If you could, some more pictures of the rest of the place would be nice haha. Love the simplicity about it

[MrGeePee]

Love it! Extremely clean and sophisticated looking.Thanks allot :)

[Brianstorm91]

wow that does look like a school nice!

Why did my school not look anywhere near as nice?
:(

[Markleshark]

Why did my school not look anywhere near as nice?
:(

Because your profile says 'England'

Our schools are awful.

[chaosbunny]

These are not all my computers, but it would be nice. :D

Some friends came for a visit and I had to make a quick picture. The 17" pb and mbp are from my friends, the 24" iMac and the 15" pb are mine. And I have this new "Asteroids" artwork on my office wall. It's removable without a trace if necessary.

95586

[koobcamuk]

It's removable without a trace if necessary.


That's pretty neat. How is it done?

[koobcamuk]

http://www.618lincoln.com/misc/1.jpg
http://www.618lincoln.com/misc/2.jpg

Do you live in a shop?

[Prom1]

These are not all my computers, but it would be nice. :D

Some friends came for a visit and I had to make a quick picture. The 17" pb and mbp are from my friends, the 24" iMac and the 15" pb are mine. And I have this new "Asteroids" artwork on my office wall. It's removable without a trace if necessary.

95586

OMG! I feel like I just turned 7 years old again. Thats when I FIRST played video games .... the Arcade style that is. THAT my friend was my very FIRST game! You got it down perfectly, even the broken up asteroid!

[Slip]

Do you live in a shop?

Hahaha, it looks clean and good enough :rolleyes:

what exactly is a skip? A yard-sale?

Well, if you're being serious its a large bin that you hire and then fill it with crap and its then taken away, used if you're having a massive clearout or taking out a kitchen etc

Hehe, Thanks!

Heres what it used to look like when I had a bunch of crap around it.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2373/1510312000_b980e290d5.jpg?v=0

And heres another one for fun, back in June of 2005. Before I was a mac guy. =P
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2334/2141794609_3cc94074c5.jpg?v=0

Oooh, the new setups a massive improvement

[lost eden]

All this resolution talk almost makes me want to go back to a CRT. I loved getting perfectly usable 1600x1200 resolution on a 21" monitor. Now I have either 1280x854 on my laptop, or 1280x1024 on my 17" LCD, or both of them put together for some bizarre hybrid shape/resolution. I miss the extra real estate, that's for sure!
Yes, I love 1600*1200 on my Diamondtron. If only my MacBook had a half-decent VGA output, it would be pin sharp too.

[chaosbunny]

That's pretty neat. How is it done?

It's a special foil that is also used for guides or descriptions on museum walls for example. A friend of mine has a business where he plots all kinds of different foils for cars, walls, shop windows, etc. I just handed him a vector file, he cut it with his plotter and we put the artwork on my wall together.

@Prom1, yeah these arcade style graphics remember me of childhood too, and they look pretty impressive 3,5 x 2,5 meters tall. :)
If one day I'll be tired of "Asteroids" I'll pull it off and make a new "PacMan" or "Pong" or "Space Invaders" themed one.

I'll have to make a better quality picture sometime, like I said this one was taken really fast because I had the chance to have additional 2 17" apple laptops on my desk.:D

[baby duck monge]

I have this new "Asteroids" artwork on my office wall. It's removable without a trace if necessary.

That's very fun. Of course, you seem to have messed up slightly by showing both the ship and a blown up ship. But it's cool enough that I won't hold it against you. ;)

Yes, I love 1600*1200 on my Diamondtron. If only my MacBook had a half-decent VGA output, it would be pin sharp too.
The resolution (and ability to choose between so many resolutions) and clarity of CRTs are something that I definitely miss. It was always fun when I had my old 12" iBook hacked to do spanning rather than mirroring and to have that next to the giant 21". Of course, then I picked up a Quicksilver and things were a much more normal proportion. It was such a shock when I traded that system out. When the Mac Mini was introduced I sold the Quicksilver to a guy on the forums here, gave the CRT to a friend, and got a Mini and a Samsung 172x. My entire computer + monitor setup went from a giant heavy mess to a complete system that was smaller than my tower alone. Those were the days.

[Cassie]

Is it bad that I have 1024 x 768 on my 21" CRT? It seems to be perfect, but I don't know if that's actually what it should be at if I want the best picture..

[bluedoggiant]

This is the normal white version not the star wars. I dont think i'd be a fan of the star wars version either.

oh, i thought all white ones came with the star wars thing, if you were to recommend a PSP color for me now, excluding the white starswars one, which would it be, i have a PSP fat in piano black

These are not all my computers, but it would be nice. :D

Some friends came for a visit and I had to make a quick picture. The 17" pb and mbp are from my friends, the 24" iMac and the 15" pb are mine. And I have this new "Asteroids" artwork on my office wall. It's removable without a trace if necessary.

95586

and whats that other pb or mbp? man, the imac g3, its hard to believe people bought that thing after seeing today's technology and speed:rolleyes:

Do you live in a shop?

there would a whole hell more macs there then ;)

[Kankki]

Is it bad that I have 1024 x 768 on my 21" CRT? It seems to be perfect, but I don't know if that's actually what it should be at if I want the best picture..

No it's not. But if you want more screen space you could bump it up to say 1200x1024.

It's only on LCD screens it's bad to have anything but the native resolution.

[Slip]

and whats that other pb or mbp? man, the imac g3, its hard to believe people bought that thing after seeing today's technology and speed:rolleyes:

Due to the linear nature of time, it's hard to see what will be out in 10 years time...;)

[halocrime]

VERY NICE!! is this a school? why is everything so clean? is that a house? its BEAUTIFUL!!!!

Lol, no, it's just our house (which we converted from an abandoned power plant). The reason it's so clean is that it's on the market and we're trying to keep it ready for a showing on a moment's notice.

Wow that is REALLY nice. If that's your house, I'm sooo jealous. If you could, some more pictures of the rest of the place would be nice haha. Love the simplicity about it

I have a blog at http://www.618lincoln.com/ if you want to see other photos.

[Slip]

Lol, no, it's just our house (which we converted from an abandoned power plant). The reason it's so clean is that it's on the market and we're trying to keep it ready for a showing on a moment's notice.

So why are you selling? I imagine the running costs are quite high :( Or are selling on for a profit ;)
Very nice job though :)

[bluedoggiant]

Lol, no, it's just our house (which we converted from an abandoned power plant). The reason it's so clean is that it's on the market and we're trying to keep it ready for a showing on a moment's notice.



I have a blog at http://www.618lincoln.com/ if you want to see other photos.

i wouldnt want to sell, though i know it took A LOT of work, but, its very nice, i like the modern design

[iPhelim]

My setup, only got one Mac right now, hoping for an iMac in the near future. I've got some LaCie stuff too, all their products go so well with Mac's. Photos of my desk and my....shrine.

White MacBook with Leopard
8GB iPhone
30GB 5th-gen iPod
iPod Shuffle
AirPort Extreme (not in pics)
AirPort Express (again, not in pics)
Multiple iPod docks, remotes, cables and USB/FireWire Chargers

LaCie FireWire Speakers
LaCie Rugged 120GB HD (FW/USB)
LaCie FireWire DVD-RW

[bluedoggiant]

woot woot, im at the apple store, just bought a WD 500gb HD, its the MyBook studio edition, i needed that one for the firewire 800, ill post pix when i get home, i plan to set it up with Time Machine:D

[halocrime]

So why are you selling? I imagine the running costs are quite high :( Or are selling on for a profit ;)
Very nice job though :)

Selling for a profit. :D

[Slip]

Selling for a profit. :D

Ahh, always finance involved ;)
You should make a killing, it's amazing

[silbeej]

These are not all my computers, but it would be nice. :D

Some friends came for a visit and I had to make a quick picture. The 17" pb and mbp are from my friends, the 24" iMac and the 15" pb are mine. And I have this new "Asteroids" artwork on my office wall. It's removable without a trace if necessary.

95586

Ahhahahahahahaa, your wall is great. I remember that game from not too long ago. Thats great.

[Cassie]

Lol, no, it's just our house (which we converted from an abandoned power plant). The reason it's so clean is that it's on the market and we're trying to keep it ready for a showing on a moment's notice.



I have a blog at http://www.618lincoln.com/ if you want to see other photos.

That is one awesome house! I can't even describe how jealous I am of you right now.:p

[toolbox]

Ok here is my new setup, took me most of boxing day to get these all setup, the table had to be re sanded and re surfaced. I also wired up network data points under neath the desk for easy access if a friend brings there machine around etc.

I can't find my camera so i had to take this with my mobile phone hence the poor quality

I am still waiting on my new keyboard (http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/keyboards/keyboard_mice_combos/devices/164&cl=au,en) This is for my windows rig s the macbook has a wireless keyboard anyway. I hate the look of cables on desks.

Screen on the left - Connected to my windows rig, screen on the right is also connected to the windows rig. I do a lot of Remote admin work so i just switch it on to use the dual monitors. At the moment my macbook is connected to it via mini dvi.

I am still waiting also for my cable sleeves to hide those cables coming out from the desk.

[NickD]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2259/2144675485_0cec005246.jpg

[bluedoggiant]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2259/2144675485_0cec005246.jpg

wow how do you make a setup so clean?? is that a 20? intel?

[NickD]

Yep, a 20" Core Duo iMac, as spec-ed in my sig.

[Big-TDI-Guy]

Yep, a 20" Core Duo iMac, as spec-ed in my sig.

Nick, I had that iMac - and its display puts my 24" C2D (also white) to absolute shame. Those had such gorgeous displays. Regret handing it off to my folks - but they NEEDED an iMac. (so sick of fixing their PC every other day)

Anyhow - real purpose of this - who makes that desk? Is it sturdy? I'm looking for a new desk, and I'm torn between a MEGA ULTRA GIGANTIC table / desk - or a smaller one like that. Point is - my desk is old and has a .7 human-leg width, then drawers and a type-writer "tray" - so in spite of being huge, I can't MOVE at all. I want to have some range of movement - you know, so my junk isn't crushed constantly.

Thoughts?

[bluedoggiant]

PAST (not my set-up anymore, set-up pictures in "PRESENT" Section)[OLD SETUP]:

http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/CIMG1256.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/CIMG1257.jpg
3.2Ghz Intel Pentium 4 Processor, 1 gig ram, 230GB HD (Maxtor), Nvidia GEForce, 18inch, the link (http://esupport.sony.com/US/perl/model-home.pl?mdl=VGCRA716G) to the page----it was great, i have to say... but lets get REAL (below)!!!

PRESENT:

I am a student, my desk is clean so that i can welcome my imac (got it late november), i garuntee you that it will be messy by the end of december, bose companion 2's are awesome, 2.1, built in subwoofer, magnetic shields so that they dont mess up the HD, canon pixma mp470, awesome, speedy, highly recommend, bose and canon cost $100, imac spec is in signature, but ill restate:

imac 24 inch
2.8Ghz core 2 extreme processor
2 gigs ram
500GB Seagate Barracuda 7200.10
ATI Radeon HD 2600 Pro

my setup:


http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/CIMG2295.jpg http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/CIMG2296.jpg


new macbook:
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/CIMG2309.jpg http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/CIMG0068.jpg

new camera, upgrade from Casio Exilim EX-Z1000 to Casio Exilim EX-Z1080, more colors, much prettier, if you look closely you can see the drivers in the speakers, i had to resize the image :*(, if i didnt, the drivers would have been easier to see:
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/CIMG0034.jpg

yup, thats everything, from my imac, bose companion 2's, canon mp470 printer, mb, mbp, imac, keyboards, and mice:
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/CIMG0073.jpg

close up on the keyboards/mice, the mighty mouse one on the right is the old one, the one on the left is the new one (you can tell by the color of the side buttons), left old keyboard-wired-french, right old keyboard-wireless-english, upper right new keyboard, obviously wireless:
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/CIMG0074.jpg

ipod, se w580i (at&t), cut of new wired keyboard, new wired mighty mouse hidden:
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/CIMG0076.jpg


UPDATE--NEW PIX!!

NEW WD 500GB!!! its a studio edition, hooked up by FW800, its hiding behind the mac, dont notice it at all, its there, but you cant see it:p:
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/CIMG0116.jpg

new setup:
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/CIMG0117.jpg


my little non-digital dashboard of gadgets:rolleyes::
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/CIMG0118.jpg http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/CIMG0119.jpg


http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/CIMG0120.jpg
back, wires, belkin usb hub, WD Ex HD:
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/CIMG0121.jpg

from my bed, great for movies:
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/CIMG0123.jpg http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/CIMG0124.jpg
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/CIMG0128.jpg

from eye view, normal distance from eyes when using the computer normally:
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/CIMG0129.jpg

very cool looking:
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/CIMG0085.jpg

artistic, my avatar too (yes i took that picture, no photoshop, real), also setting as my desktop picture, i have a 4 megabyte version for my 24 inch screen, its very detailed and sharp on it, its very beautiful, you can see the little details of the aluminum, its really something, if you want it, look at the link below :):
http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/CIMG0086.jpg

apple symbol of imac (high res): http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa70/bluedoggiant/CIMG0086-2.jpg - but heres the down side of it, photobucket was gay enough to bum its res down a bit, so its not as crystal clear, so if you have a 24 inch imac, this may not look as beautiful as it does for me, any other screen smaller, like 23 inch, would view it fine, the coolest part about it, only applys to people with glossy screens, since the apple symbol is black, you cant see your self in the screen, but you can see yourself in the apple symbol :D, so its like your in the apple, only, move out, you wont see yourself on the Alu :D, its pretty cool, taken with my Casio Exilim EX-Z1080

tell me what you think!!!

[Cassie]

You're a student? How the f@#$ do you afford all that stuff?!

[bluedoggiant]

You're a student? How the f@#$ do you afford all that stuff?!

haha trust me, my dads not gonna get me anything after that 2.8 imac, everythings coming from my wallet, i got that 500gb WD outta my pocket, literally, now i have $110...so much for saving up on a classic:mad:, the mb and mbp isnt mine, the mbp is my dads, the mb is my grandma's

[NickD]

Anyhow - real purpose of this - who makes that desk? Is it sturdy? I'm looking for a new desk, and I'm torn between a MEGA ULTRA GIGANTIC table / desk - or a smaller one like that. Point is - my desk is old and has a .7 human-leg width, then drawers and a type-writer "tray" - so in spite of being huge, I can't MOVE at all. I want to have some range of movement - you know, so my junk isn't crushed constantly.

It's actually an old IKEA Jerker that is now out of production. You can still find them used occasionally though. It's sturdy as a rock, and even though it isn't very wide, it's quite deep (over 3 feet), so there is plenty of space, as well as expandable storage.

If you can find one, I'd definitely go for it, though IKEA does make a model now that is similar, called the Frederik (I think).

[j3nsen]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2259/2144675485_0cec005246.jpg

Very nice setup. How do you like that mouse/keyboard though? I ordered that exact set a few days ago, hopefully it'll be here either tomorrow or Monday. :D

[ee99ee]

I got a new camera today (Canon A570 IS), so I figured I would post some new pictures of what my room is like. Please note I have done no cleaning, this is a "normal" room for me. Maybe I'll clean it up after the new year and post back what it's like when it's all pretty.

All the papers and crap on my desk are the backlog of mail and crap from over the holidays -- I'm way behind at the moment, so pardon the mess. Also, my bed isn't made which isn't rare, but isn't normal. Finally, over in the corner near my guitar all that crap in the floor isn't mine; my roommates sister is storing some stuff in here until she gets a place to live, so I'm helping her out. :)



-Chris

[cup]

It is always a problem to design the home office, so I got few nice ideas on the issue from the photos.



http://www.myinternaldesign.com/

[omfintrepid]

Same as in the 18& under - this is my present setup

This is my home setup but the MBP and wireless keyboard usually come with me to uni
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/bhcop/IMG_0037.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/bhcop/IMG_0038.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/bhcop/IMG_0039.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/bhcop/IMG_0040.jpg

1.66 Mac Mini - 1GB RAM
2.2 MBP - store room spec
JBL Creature 2.1 speakers
23" Apple Cinema Display
Wireless Apple keyboard
Wired Apple keyboard
Mighty Mouse
and an iPhone dock.. pictures taken with said iPhone


This was my old setup about 3/4 a year ago:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v108/bhcop/DSC00041.jpg
no MBP, no JBL speakers, no ACD, old version of wired keyboard, no iPhone

Had some old creative 4.1 speakers, Acer 19" widescreen monitor and cable management issues.

[soemochris]

My set up:
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/soemochris/DSC02371.jpg
iMac (specs in sig)

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/soemochris/DSC02372.jpg
Old 2004 40GB iPod, New iPod Nano 4GB, Old iPod Nano 2GB

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/soemochris/DSC02373.jpg
Old apple keyboard with my panasonic camcorder (3CCD PV-GS180)

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o8/soemochris/DSC02374.jpg
iMac, and £20 logitech speakers, there amazing.

Thats all.

[Mac-Addict]

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2137/2145515575_a059c22f23.jpg
Click here (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2137/2145515575_a059c22f23_b.jpg) for a larger image
Macbook Pro 2.33ghz
HP Printer
Airport Extreme
MX Revolution
D-Link 7 Port USB Hub
iPod Touch
iPod Nano 2nd gen
iPod Shuffle 2nd gen
Samsung 32" HDTV LE32R87BD
Wii
Normal Sky box
Nikon D40 (Taking the photo)

And I should be getting a Western digital 500gb hard drive soon, stupid Amazon slow delivery!

Oh and the lowest spec aluminum iMac downstairs for family use xD

[neiltc13]

That TV is wasted without any HD sources to connect to it.

[taylorwilsdon]

That TV is wasted without any HD sources to connect to it.

Except the computer?

[bluedoggiant]

I got a new camera today (Canon A570 IS), so I figured I would post some new pictures of what my room is like. Please note I have done no cleaning, this is a "normal" room for me. Maybe I'll clean it up after the new year and post back what it's like when it's all pretty.

All the papers and crap on my desk are the backlog of mail and crap from over the holidays -- I'm way behind at the moment, so pardon the mess. Also, my bed isn't made which isn't rare, but isn't normal. Finally, over in the corner near my guitar all that crap in the floor isn't mine; my roommates sister is storing some stuff in here until she gets a place to live, so I'm helping her out. :)



-Chris

and how old are you to have a mac pro???? plus a macbook and a PC laptop???? did you buy this yourself?? man, wow, thats some stuff you got there, i can see my own setup on your screen, how you like? im thinking about buying a desk from IKEA!!!!:D

[ginger.al@gmail]

My new setup, also rearranged my desk. Got the Samsung 226bw for Christmas, it's gorgeous.

[iCreate]

and how old are you to have a mac pro???? plus a macbook and a PC laptop???? did you buy this yourself?? man, wow, thats some stuff you got there, i can see my own setup on your screen, how you like? im thinking about buying a desk from IKEA!!!!:D

Looks like a G5 to me. Still, lots of good stuff.

[Eclipse278]

Just moved to the Dallas area for work and got my ideal setup.
Desk is the Mikael from ikea with "lack" printer table and shelves.
http://merkur.aphelionsites.net/images/txdesk/desk3.jpg

The drawers can be pulled out to make more desk space if I need it:
http://merkur.aphelionsites.net/images/txdesk/desk4.jpg

The little LACK table keeps the printer and internet setup mostly out of view but easy to reach. I like the usb port on the airport extreme (N wireless) so any computer in the apartment can print at any time.
http://merkur.aphelionsites.net/images/txdesk/desk5.jpg

I wanted some way to hold my DVDs without a large bookcase taking up too much of the small room. Winning design by my gf was two LACK shelves from ikea on the wall and it looks really cool.
http://merkur.aphelionsites.net/images/txdesk/desk7.jpg

My computers are a Athlon XP 3500+, Geforce 6800 gaming PC connected to a 23" Apple Cinema Display that badly needs updated. I love my Flight Sim 2004 and FSX and other PC games so it's hard to give up my Windows XP setup. Also starring my 2.0Ghz CD Macbook Pro that does internet work at home, but runs everything (games) when I am on the go.
http://merkur.aphelionsites.net/images/txdesk/desk8.jpg

[The3nd]

http://img184.imageshack.us/img184/5025/picture1kq6.png

i will clean.... sum day

[bluedoggiant]

Man, we've got some pretty nice setups here, I'm trying to convince my dad to get me a desk from Ikea, my desk is nice and everything, it has a cockboard built right in, a door in it, 6 mini shelves that are hidden, 2 speaker cubby wholes 3 cubby holes for files and stuff, a drawer, a file drawer, and a PC box holder, useless now for my imac, apart from that, the actual desk real-estate that i have is VERY little:mad:. So my imac's monstrous, sexy body, is taking over the desk with its to sidekicks, the 2 bose companion 2's, and my WD 500gb studio edition external, which right now im trying to hide behind my imac to save desk space, you can see my setup in the link in my sig. or just go up a couple posts :). I have a sauder, does anyone recommend to me a Beech Vineer color desk from Ikea that is no more that $450? I also need desk space for my school work, and just life, if you see my pix, desk a while back with my PC was crowded and junky with magazines, why? i had room, now, look at the new pix, hard to believe i dont even have room to make a mess:eek::eek:

[Cassie]

My set up:

iMac, and £20 logitech speakers, there amazing.

Thats all.

I totally love that first picture. :)

[bluedoggiant]

Same as in the 18& under - this is my present setup

This is my home setup but the MBP and wireless keyboard usually come with me to uni

1.66 Mac Mini - 1GB RAM
2.2 MBP - store room spec
JBL Creature 2.1 speakers
23" Apple Cinema Display
Wireless Apple keyboard
Wired Apple keyboard
Mighty Mouse
and an iPhone dock.. pictures taken with said iPhone


This was my old setup about 3/4 a year ago:

no MBP, no JBL speakers, no ACD, old version of wired keyboard, no iPhone

Had some old creative 4.1 speakers, Acer 19" widescreen monitor and cable management issues.

My set up:

iMac (specs in sig)


Old 2004 40GB iPod, New iPod Nano 4GB, Old iPod Nano 2GB


Old apple keyboard with my panasonic camcorder (3CCD PV-GS180)

iMac, and £20 logitech speakers, there amazing.

Thats all.


Click here (http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2137/2145515575_a059c22f23_b.jpg) for a larger image
Macbook Pro 2.33ghz
HP Printer
Airport Extreme
MX Revolution
D-Link 7 Port USB Hub
iPod Touch
iPod Nano 2nd gen
iPod Shuffle 2nd gen
Samsung 32" HDTV LE32R87BD
Wii
Normal Sky box
Nikon D40 (Taking the photo)

And I should be getting a Western digital 500gb hard drive soon, stupid Amazon slow delivery!

Oh and the lowest spec aluminum iMac downstairs for family use xD



i will clean.... sum day

As much as I love ALL of these setups*, [TIMG] tags would be appreciated

*that ikea doesnt look so nice for some reason:(, im looking forward to buying an Ikea desk, but I'm not sure about that design




I totally love that first picture. :)

you beat me to the 1,000 post :(, but congrats ne ways