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Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present (Part 19)
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Wish i could do that with my iMac
I had an iMac before this as well, and I totally prefer this setup*. Sure, only having to need a single cable is extremely sleek but being able to have a nice and large display at home and a portable computer on the go with only one device is just great. You just unplug the laptop and bam, you're good to go.
*ofcourse, I'd prefer an iMac and a MacBook (Air, perhaps) but at the moment, I don't feel like it'd be worth the money. I'm just a poor college student after all, haha
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Looks pretty neat, must be hard to get out of the house
Thanks!
Luckily most of my devices are quite portable, hehe
nice setup. are those external hdds hooked up to the mac ?? dont see any cables
Thanks! They are two OWC QX2 enclosures. I have the wires leading to them bundled together and hidden.
Hey guys!
This is my room ( I share a house with an old school friend near my university ):
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I'm currently studying computer science, so i got a larger monitor ( Dell U2713HM ) which is just perfect for this! The space is amazing and I'm honestly thinking to buy a second one, maybe alongside a VESA wall mount for both of them.
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I've got two whiteboards in my room ( the second is not shown, because there's no Mac and thus no Mac Setup ), one directly above my desk and the other one on the opposite wall at the same height.
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The desk itself is just a kitchen countertop with a length of about 3.70m ( which is really great for team work or playing video games )
The cable management had thus to be made manually, I just used some hooks from a building supplies store.
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There you can see a small shelf which holds my periphery. There's a network switch, my Time Machine hard drive and my Belkin Thunderbolt Express dock, which hooks the backup hard drive, the monitor, my USB 3.0 hub ( additionally to the one my monitor offers ... ). It was relatively expensive, but I think was worth it ! It's so much more comfortable to just plug the power cable and ONE Thunderbolt cable in my machine.
My complete Setup:
I know, it's nothing special compared to some setups I've seen throughout this threads, but I just wanted to show you my space after seeing so much of yours!
( And sorry for any mistakes, I'm not a native speaker of the English language ^^ )
This is my room ( I share a house with an old school friend near my university ):
I'm currently studying computer science, so i got a larger monitor ( Dell U2713HM ) which is just perfect for this! The space is amazing and I'm honestly thinking to buy a second one, maybe alongside a VESA wall mount for both of them.
I've got two whiteboards in my room ( the second is not shown, because there's no Mac and thus no Mac Setup
), one directly above my desk and the other one on the opposite wall at the same height. The desk itself is just a kitchen countertop with a length of about 3.70m ( which is really great for team work or playing video games
)The cable management had thus to be made manually, I just used some hooks from a building supplies store.
There you can see a small shelf which holds my periphery. There's a network switch, my Time Machine hard drive and my Belkin Thunderbolt Express dock, which hooks the backup hard drive, the monitor, my USB 3.0 hub ( additionally to the one my monitor offers ... ). It was relatively expensive, but I think was worth it ! It's so much more comfortable to just plug the power cable and ONE Thunderbolt cable in my machine.
My complete Setup:
- MacBook Pro Early 2011 2.2 GHz, 8GBs of RAM ( i replaced the original 4GBs ), Samsung SSD 830 256GB, WD Black 750GB in an optibay
- Thunderbolt Express Dock
- Dell U2713HM
- TP-link switch
- 1TB external USB 3.0 hard drive for Time Machine ( Manufacturer: Samsung )
I know, it's nothing special compared to some setups I've seen throughout this threads, but I just wanted to show you my space after seeing so much of yours!
( And sorry for any mistakes, I'm not a native speaker of the English language ^^ )
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Just finished painting the home office and moving all the stuff into place, there's still some cable management to be done, but its pretty much the way i want it
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The first photo has a lot of potential. Try shooting this angle
http://soulspacer.tumblr.com/post/60070481137
Is that the Oak colored Expedit desk? I think I saw it the other day when I went there and it really caught my attention (love the oak look).
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Ffxiv: Arr
recently got into this new Final Fantasy MMO so kinda upgraded my rig to a gaming rig lol... even my hardcore PC friends are like, not bad buddy... not bad at all XD
Hi-res: http://www.flickr.com/photos/leekcalvin/9673743273/
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recently got into this new Final Fantasy MMO so kinda upgraded my rig to a gaming rig lol... even my hardcore PC friends are like, not bad buddy... not bad at all XD
Hi-res: http://www.flickr.com/photos/leekcalvin/9673743273/
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