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Post Your Mac Setup: Past & Present (Part 20)
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On the left there is a a streamdeck xl attached through a 3d-printed bracket … The Mac Studio is attached to the desk with the humancentric under desk mount:
Mac Studio Under Desk Mount
Mount your Apple Mac Studio and save desk space with an under desk or wall mount designed for the Apple Mac Studio. Access critical ports and orient the Mac Studio case to fit your workspace needs. Open on two sides for easy port access and airflow. Improve cable management and decrease your...
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Absolutely love this to the point where I might just steal the style.
And love this setup too. Minimalist. But seriously, how do you get any work done with that view?
Sort of a big update for my setup - in the quest to set up a central digital art setup for my drawing, I purchased a Wacom Cintiq 16. It doubles nicely as a 2nd monitor so even when I'm not drawing it still gets use.
I bought an ergonomic laptop stand which has tilt swivel and height adjustments. Not perfect but it's much better than the foldable feet the tablet comes with.
I bought an ergonomic laptop stand which has tilt swivel and height adjustments. Not perfect but it's much better than the foldable feet the tablet comes with.
Nice setup. I'm curious, given the cost, what made you go for the Studio display? I'd love to splurge but I'm not sure my view of Excel justifies it!
I Only bought it because it was on sale at Sam’s Club. I saw it for $1199 and that’s what made me pull the trigger. I’ve been eyeballing it since it came out but couldn’t justify it before.
Here's my updated desk setup:
M1 Max 16" MacBook Pro
Apple Studio Display
Apple Mighty Mouse
iPod 5.5 30 GB with iPod HiFi Speaker
AirPods Max
Ikea Gronos Table Lamp and Ikea Modermoln Task Lamp
Ikea Siggfinn Monitor Riser
M1 Max 16" MacBook Pro
Apple Studio Display
Apple Mighty Mouse
iPod 5.5 30 GB with iPod HiFi Speaker
AirPods Max
Ikea Gronos Table Lamp and Ikea Modermoln Task Lamp
Ikea Siggfinn Monitor Riser
A nice setup rounded off with a beautiful picture on the right wall.
The comparison of modern tech with the simple life of a great man.
I don't have a fancy setup like you guys...
Mac Mini stock
Samsung G8
Some keyboard from Amazon
Razer Deathadder V3
7800x3d + 9070XT + 32GB + 2TB
Both computers are bother hardwired via Ethernet and shares a NAS.
Seriously……your setup is pretty slick….
I like the wall mounts, they look really useful…👍
YEA YOU DO!
My PC also has a 7800x3d and 9070xt, I do have a couple SSDs and 64gb ram though.Also you've got a steam deck and idk miniature gundams and a bunch of cool car figures. I love your setup!
It's been forever since I posted a setup picture anywhere but I do have a recent mac in mine now!
What all do I have going on in there? A lot. On the left I have my mac studio, it's connected to the 25" screen at all times and KVM'd onto my 57" screen when I want to use it there.
On the right I have my gaming PC (as mentioned, it has a 7080x3d processor and a 9070xt gpu) - it mostly runs Fedora linux and plays all the games I enjoy playing. The 57" is also KVM'd onto my work laptop, a 2018 i9 macbook pro that I will probably use until it stops working LOL.
Between my pc and the grandfather clock is a trashcan mac pro, I used to use it on my left side. The lack of MacOS updates and I wanted a more powerful machine for whatever it is I use that for.
Also my beloved guitar, an orange crush amp, a tiny spark go amp. Stuff.
Keyboards are a corsair k65+ in translucent blue with gateron silver switches and peanuts keycaps from 'thekapco'. And a dygma raise. As comfortable as the dygma raise is, they cost too much and I'm not a fan of their lax attitude towards fixing firmware bugs. I use a g pro wireless on the left and a g502x on the right. There's an apple trackpad too, using it in the middle of a split keyboard is SUPER COMFY.
It's a very comfortable place to work and play.
I have the matching wrist wrest and deskmat for the peanuts keyboard too, but don't really want to use them in the current setup heheh. They're so cute too!
What all do I have going on in there? A lot. On the left I have my mac studio, it's connected to the 25" screen at all times and KVM'd onto my 57" screen when I want to use it there.
On the right I have my gaming PC (as mentioned, it has a 7080x3d processor and a 9070xt gpu) - it mostly runs Fedora linux and plays all the games I enjoy playing. The 57" is also KVM'd onto my work laptop, a 2018 i9 macbook pro that I will probably use until it stops working LOL.
Between my pc and the grandfather clock is a trashcan mac pro, I used to use it on my left side. The lack of MacOS updates and I wanted a more powerful machine for whatever it is I use that for.
Also my beloved guitar, an orange crush amp, a tiny spark go amp. Stuff.
Keyboards are a corsair k65+ in translucent blue with gateron silver switches and peanuts keycaps from 'thekapco'. And a dygma raise. As comfortable as the dygma raise is, they cost too much and I'm not a fan of their lax attitude towards fixing firmware bugs. I use a g pro wireless on the left and a g502x on the right. There's an apple trackpad too, using it in the middle of a split keyboard is SUPER COMFY.
It's a very comfortable place to work and play.
I have the matching wrist wrest and deskmat for the peanuts keyboard too, but don't really want to use them in the current setup heheh. They're so cute too!
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Love the Peanuts stuff. I'm always so happy to see my Snoopy screensaver kick in when my Apple TV is idle.
I am totally smitten by the snoopy apple watch face stuff. The idle/always on one has him sleeping on top of his doghouse in random poses. And every month or so they seem to add another random skit to the animations. It's the best thing ever.
2018 Mac Mini running OS Sequoia, 2014 Mac mini running OS El Capitan, 1TB Time Capsule , 2TB Time Capsule, 2TB vertical Time Capsule. 2018 Macbook Pro running OS Ventura. There is also an Intel NUC hiding under the printer which I need occasionally for Windows stuff - Windows 11 ( urgh ! )
2014
2017
2018 right after move.
2019 once everything settled.
2019 garage bench.
2022 garage bench.
Office as of this morning 2025. I’ll do a panorama later - suffice to say it is blown up!!
Another shot of my desk setup, when my Mac isn’t in use.
Thank you for reminding me of the Snoopy Apple Watch face! I use Modular for all my fitness stuff so I generally don't use fun faces.
No VM? Just too hard to set up or parallels too expensive?
Yes, there is a Virtual Box Windows 11 VM running in the 2018 Mini, but I much prefer separate devices.
Got it!
For me, it’s VMware Fusion on my M4 Pro MacBook Pro 💻. I use it to run my work software and Altium PCB design.
I’m one of the lucky few who made the switch from underpowered and underrated Chromebooks to a MacBook Pro 💻.
I used to rent Windows laptops in school before I got my own MBP, and I also had Chromebooks from school and a personal one, but they just weren’t cutting it for me.
Who else transitioned from Chromebook to Mac? Windows to Mac? Lmk.
At this point it's all slight changes…
And yes, that is one 2009 MacPro (under the center of the desk (actually two kitchen tables side by side)) driving 10 displays.
And yes, that is one 2009 MacPro (under the center of the desk (actually two kitchen tables side by side)) driving 10 displays.
How do keep track of your mouse pointer……. 😁