Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present (Part 3)

siurpeeman · Jan 1, 2008

continuing from the last thread, i felt like we could use a new one to ring in the new year. my current setup is:

• 2.4 ghz macbook pro
• 20" apple cinema display
• apple keyboard
• logitech vx revolution
• jbl creature speakers
• western digital mybook external hard drive

my camera is not available to me right now, but i'll update this post with a pic later tonight.

:edit: the very original thread is here.

Mod note: Please use

bluedoggiant · Jan 1, 2008

Well, number 2 wasn't as long as number 1, but, lets see the setups!!!

valdore · Jan 1, 2008

I'll post this photo here in the new thread too I guess...

Mac Pro - 8 core
8 gig RAM
750 gig HD soon to be accompanied by a 1TB drive, together forming a mirrored RAID.
23" Apple Cinema Display
Mainly used for photography - Aperture, Photoshop CS3, Photomatix Pro, and a bunch of other less consequential stuff.
If I had any sense I would have saved the money and ordered the quad core rather than the 8 core. I don't think the extra cores help all that much for photography post processing.

Unfortunately I configured this machine with a low rent graphics card, and I've been regretting that ever since when trying to run Aperture and so forth, so I'll be getting a better graphics card when I can afford it.

Built in May 2007.

ClassicFan · Jan 1, 2008

Here's my new 20' 2ghz Aluminum iMac!

WillJS · Jan 1, 2008

bluedoggiant · Jan 1, 2008

valdore said:
I'll post this photo here in the new thread too I guess...

[pic here]

Mac Pro - 8 core
8 gig RAM
750 gig HD soon to be accompanied by a 1TB drive, together forming a mirrored RAID.
23" Apple Cinema Display
Mainly used for photography - Aperture, Photoshop CS3, Photomatix Pro, and a bunch of other less consequential stuff.
If I had any sense I would have saved the money and ordered the quad core rather than the 8 core. I don't think the extra cores help all that much for photography post processing.

Unfortunately I configured this machine with a low rent graphics card, and I've been regretting that ever since when trying to run Aperture and so forth, so I'll be getting a better graphics card when I can afford it.

Built in May 2007.

I showed my father your photo blog, he is a photographer, he likes the HDR images.

ClassicFan said:
Here's my new 20' 2ghz Aluminum iMac!
<snip photo>

What is i that i just love aluminum imacs? nice setup btw! :apple:

iMacBook · Jan 1, 2008

valdore said:
Mac Pro - 8 core
8 gig RAM
750 gig HD soon to be accompanied by a 1TB drive, together forming a mirrored RAID.
23" Apple Cinema Display
Mainly used for photography - Aperture, Photoshop CS3, Photomatix Pro, and a bunch of other less consequential stuff.
If I had any sense I would have saved the money and ordered the quad core rather than the 8 core. I don't think the extra cores help all that much for photography post processing.

Built in May 2007.

Holy frick I hate you. Haha. That is awesome!! Very nice.

terriyaki · Jan 1, 2008

My room is very green.

The3nd · Jan 1, 2008

O La Laaa

My Map Pro Setup, 3ghz quad with 16gigs o ram and my two 30's...

Am I the only 30 owner who when at home thinks the 30 is smaller then those at a store?

nickster9224 · Jan 1, 2008

man i just subscribed to the second one. psh. i need to get my camera out and take a picture while my room is clean.

ruutiveijari · Jan 2, 2008

My messy corner about two months ago:

The books are "Finnish law 2007" since one day I'm going to be the number one of enemy of civilization - a lawyer. Table is self made and not totally ready in this picture.

Gordy · Jan 2, 2008

My current setup.

Apple Macbook Pro/ Sony LCD TV/HP All in one/Freecom Hard drives/XBOX 360

My Previous setup.

Mac Mini/Belkin KVM/SFF Computer/Apple Macbook Pro/Dell 2407FPW/LG LCD TV/XBOX 360

M3G4 · Jan 2, 2008

click to enlarge

http://www.flickr.com/photos/m3g4/2131384257/

Out of shot is my Core Duo Macbook (2GHz, 1GB RAM, 120GB HDD)

soemochris · Jan 2, 2008

I get carried away when taking pics

devilot · Jan 2, 2008

Hey all, let's try to keep this thread ON topic, yeah? If there are issues, use the report button, that's why it's there. It looks like so:

And just to reiterate: our preference would be for folks to "Attach" photos on MR (and they should be automatically re-sized). If you insist on hosting a photo elsewhere, and the image is larger, please be courteous to your fellow MRers and use the [/B] tags instead of the standard [img] tags.

Thanks.

cleanup · Jan 2, 2008

Sorry Devilot. I was going to delete my post but you got to it first.

Since I don't have a desk at the moment, here's another one in an odd setup, on my dresser! Which also happens to be the home of my TV and other random gadgets.

I know. It's a bad photo.

bc008 · Jan 2, 2008

ClassicFan said:
Here's my new 20' 2ghz Aluminum iMac!

how are you liking it? sometimes i regret not upgrading to the 2.2, but when i think about it i never really have any type of lag or anything

how much RAM do you have?

SubaruNation555 · Jan 2, 2008

Please forgive the pictures, there isn't a lot of light in my room:

-2.2GHz "Santa Rosa" MacBook Pro
-8GB iPod Nano w/ dock
-Lacie 250GB HD
-JBL Creature II
-HP All-in-one printer

Not Pictured:
-Canon 1D and Panasonic TZ3
-Sony Ericsson W810i
-Airport Express
-SmartDisk FireLite 80GB HD
-Belkin USB hub

devilot · Jan 2, 2008

SubaruNation555 said:
Please forgive the pictures, there isn't a lot of light in my room: <snip>

Oooh, are your walls a goldenrod color? That really strikes my fancy (despite my not usually liking that color).

What's that silvery thingie your pencil holders are sitting on? (BTW, I've got a v similar pencil holder

)

SubaruNation555 · Jan 2, 2008

Haha, the yellow paint is certainly different but looks a million times better then the white that as there before. The silver box is the Lacie hard drive. Got it refurbished for $80 and am looking into another to use with Time Machine.

PS-forgive the rainbow drawing, my girlfriend was bored in AP Bio several years ago.

vicious7 · Jan 2, 2008

Right, so happy new year, everyone.

I've just moved in to my new place so I still have some cleaning up to do. Hopefully, I won't have to move again for a couple of years. Anyway, here is the new set-up at the new place. I hope to improve this as the year progresses.

Mackilroy · Jan 2, 2008

My Mac Pro and MacBook.

neiltc13 · Jan 2, 2008

My latest setup as of two minutes before making this post!

iMac Core 2 Duo 2.4GHz, 2GB, 320GB + crappy ATi graphics
MacBook Core 2 Duo 2.2GHz, 2GB, 160GB
Samsung LE23R71WX
Xbox 360
Nintendo Wii
Alba DVB-T receiver (I got it in Tesco)

The little black thing you can see protruding from the edge of the radiator is actually an aerial (antenna) which sticks on there with a magnet. The whole radiator is therefore turned into a giant aerial which is good enough to get great reception for all of the Freeview channels.

I noticed on Flickr that an old setup of mine has over 10,000 views (don't know why) but here it is, from summer of 2006:

In that photo there was a 1.83GHz iMac Core Duo and 1.83GHz MacBook Core Duo.

eyemacg5 · Jan 2, 2008

On my bed until we move house in ~ 1 month.

Revlefty · Jan 2, 2008

Mine:

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