Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present (Part 16)

jm1.jonas said:

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My new PowerMac G4 Cube, i needed a computer for my mom so i finaly had an excuse to buy a Cube, always wanted one. Paid 120€ for the Cube, keyboard and 17" Studio Display (complete with box!) and picked it up in person a few hours ago.

I'm Loving it, now i just need an Apple Pro Mouse and the Harmon Cardon USB Speakers to complete the set.

PS: this set up is temporary, this is my college dorm set up the cube is going to my home office.

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What monitor is that?

PMAvi8er said:

Just a quick setup from Pilot Mission HQ, nothing special as we just moved the other week. website will be up soon! For our fellow aviators out there, check out Pilot Mission and like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter for more updates!

Blue skies

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Greetings captain! Nice posters - is that a BE58/BE60 yoke on your wall?

This is just a temp setup, I'm home from college for break, and my room's a bit of a disaster since I've barely touched it after ripping it apart to get the stuff I needed for school

Anyhow, the setup:
15" late 2006 MacBook Pro, 23" ACD (bought for $35), Logitech diNovo keyboard, Logitech MX Revolution, iPad 1 16GB Wifi + 3G

Pics were taken with an iPod Touch, so excuse the crap quality






And an International Harvester Scout SSII as the background!

lifeinhd said:

This is just a temp setup, I'm home from college for break, and my room's a bit of a disaster since I've barely touched it after ripping it apart to get the stuff I needed for school

Anyhow, the setup:
15" late 2006 MacBook Pro, 23" ACD (bought for $35), Logitech diNovo keyboard, Logitech MX Revolution, iPad 1 16GB Wifi + 3G

Pics were taken with an iPod Touch, so excuse the crap quality

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And an International Harvester Scout SSII as the background!

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Where did you get the ACD for $35? I would love to come across that steal.

Me too. That's an awesome deal for $35

He probably got really lucky on craigslist or knew someone

JoeG4 said:

He probably got really lucky on craigslist or knew someone

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Yea, I was thinking Craigslist but I've never seen an ACD under $200-250. Even the older white ACD's with the two pegs on the front go for over $150 where I'm at.

I'm just wondering if it was broken and he fixed it or something. That is the only reason, that I can see, it would be so cheap.

tktaylor1 said:

Where did you get the ACD for $35? I would love to come across that steal.

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RayK said:

Me too. That's an awesome deal for $35

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JoeG4 said:

He probably got really lucky on craigslist or knew someone

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It was on Craigslist, it was advertised as being for parts/repair. I know a secret that allows me to repair these things for next to nothing. This is my second one, first cost me $100

lifeinhd said:

It was on Craigslist, it was advertised as being for parts/repair. I know a secret that allows me to repair these things for next to nothing. This is my second one, first cost me $100

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what was your secret?

mac26 said:

what was your secret?

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If he told you it wouldnt be a secret anymore.

ranviper said:

If he told you it wouldnt be a secret anymore.

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Precisely. I plan to do this again sometime, and I don't need everybody buying up my stock

He probably replaces capacitors or something... My brother did that to his iMac G5 that he got for free and it works now!

lifeinhd said:

Precisely. I plan to do this again sometime, and I don't need everybody buying up my stock

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I really wish you would tell us, it's not like we live near you.

crappy shot of my desk setup:



speakers above have been replaced with mackie mr5 studio monitors.
25" + 19" dual screen (will most likely be replaced by 27" ACD)

hackintosh:
sandy bridge i5-2500k.
128gb SSD drive + 1 TB caviar black x 2 drives.
8gb of g.skill rip jaws ram.
MSI GTX460 HAWK OC 1gb ram graphics card
ASUS P8P67 Evo Motherboard with USB3.0 support etc



housed in a fractal r3 case:


the hackintosh cost me about $800 last year (it would have cost me probably around 2000-3000 for a legitimate mac pro)

i also have a late 2008 aluminum macbook.

stevelam said:

crappy shot of my desk setup:

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speakers above have been replaced with mackie mr5 studio monitors.
25" + 19" dual screen (will most likely be replaced by 27" ACD)

hackintosh:
sandy bridge i5-2500k.
128gb SSD drive + 1 TB caviar black x 2 drives.
8gb of g.skill rip jaws ram.
MSI GTX460 HAWK OC 1gb ram graphics card
ASUS P8P67 Evo Motherboard with USB3.0 support etc

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housed in a fractal r3 case:
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the hackintosh cost me about $800 last year (it would have cost me probably around 2000-3000 for a legitimate mac pro)

i also have a late 2008 aluminum macbook.

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Wow love the shelves... and the small ship model in the corner there lol. Are those from Ikea?

asec92 said:

Wow love the shelves... and the small ship model in the corner there lol. Are those from Ikea?

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thanks.

the black shelf legs are from ikea yes. i think they were like $1.50 a piece or something.

the boards i just got from home depot and had them cut there to specific length/width. then i stained them and voila. super cheap shelving and easy installation.

my one regret is now i wish my main desk board had more depth to it but that can be easily replaced with another cheap board.

as for the ship, my parents got it for me ages ago from some remote island or something...

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Where did you get that from?

stevelam said:

thanks.

the black shelf legs are from ikea yes. i think they were like $1.50 a piece or something.

the boards i just got from home depot and had them cut there to specific length/width. then i stained them and voila. super cheap shelving and easy installation.

my one regret is now i wish my main desk board had more depth to it but that can be easily replaced with another cheap board.

as for the ship, my parents got it for me ages ago from some remote island or something...

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Yeah I was just about to say, your setup would be my ideal setup if the desk had a bit more depth for my boxier speakers.

My setup is kind of messy theres lots of wires and I really need to get a wireless keyboard (maybe tomorrow).

asec92 said:

What monitor is that?

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Its a Samsung BX2250 bought it two months ago for 160€.

my setup

Here is my setup, enjoy =)

Parts:

- Macbook air 13" mid 2011
- Ipad I 3G 16GB
- Dell U2412M Display (silver)
- Creative Speakers
- Ipod Nano 2. Gen
- Blackberry Bold
- Superdrive
- Trekstor DataStation
- Belkin USB-HUB
- Brother printer
- Bluetooth-Keyboard + Trackpad (with magic wand)
- Dennerle Nano Cube Aquarium
- Nespresso Citiz
- IKEA Galant desk

techguy20 said:

Greetings captain! Nice posters - is that a BE58/BE60 yoke on your wall?

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Yes sir! Its a BE58 training aid, nice spotting my friend, do you fly?

asec92 said:

Yeah I was just about to say, your setup would be my ideal setup if the desk had a bit more depth for my boxier speakers.

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yah thats exactly why i want more depth now too. i replaced those tiny speakers in the original photo with mackie studio monitors which are obviously way bigger and boxier.

Just some quick pics of mine:







IKEA desk, lamp, chair.
MacBook Pro (Early 2011)
Thunderbolt Display
Apple Wireless Keyboard/Magic Mouse
Photobox.com custom mousepad (Andromeda Galaxy)

cambookpro said:

Just some quick pics of mine:

IKEA desk, lamp, chair.
MacBook Pro (Early 2011)
Thunderbolt Display
Apple Wireless Keyboard/Magic Mouse

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Nice set-up. I'm going to post a photo of my Mac setup on here Saturday.

I like that everyones setps are unique and different ^_^