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forgottensoft

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I was curious, what are all of you using for a Mac, and what peripherals to you have hooked to it that you find essential to your own personal Mac experience..

I have an Aluminum iMac 2Ghz, 2GB RAM, 250GB HD, OS 10.5.2
Western Digital MyBook Studio 500GB External Drive (Firewire 800)
Saitek Eclipse II illuminated keyboard
Logitech VX Revolution Wireless Mouse
Apple LaserWriter 16/600 PS via Ethernet
7 port USB Hub
Airport Extreme 802.11n Base Station

I have a fairly large list of things to customize my workplace, but what do you have?
( If you are wondering, I am doing this out of A. Curiosity B. to get ideas about any other peripherals I may want)
 
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2.0 core2 duo MacBook 2gig ram
Western digital passport 250gb
 
I have a ton of stuff on my Mac for photo and video editing, recording my electric guitar (not sure why!) and listening to lossless music through a tube based headphone amplifier. Here goes:

2.66 Ghz Mac Pro with 6 meg of RAM
Inside it I have 1 a TB, 2 - 500 gig, and 1 - 250 gig hard drive
1 - 500 Mb WD External HD
2 - 24" BenQ monitors
Verizon FIOS router hooked up to an Airport Extreme 802.11n Base Station
MS Wireless Comfort keyboard and mouse for Mac
Klipsch iFi speakers
External DAC with a tube headphone amplifier
Sennheiser HD 650 headphones
Brother 5140 laser printer
HP C6180 MFP
DigiTech GNX-3000 (for my electric guitars)
And my new toy, a Canopus ADVC-300 for video capture

About the only thing missing is a TV tuner. This all sits next to my two Windows gaming machines.

Yes it gets freaking hot in my office!
 
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  • MBP15 (Late 2006)/2.33/120GB HD/3GB RAM/Superdrive
  • 23" ACD
  • Plextor PX755-UF via FW400 (it's much faster than the Superdrive)
  • Belkin F5U507 USB/FW Hub - FW to ACD, USB to AEBS via amplified cable
  • Belkin F5L009 Network USB Hub connected via ethernet to Netgear Gigabit switch
  • AEBS 802.11n (100GB switch)
  • Netgear GS605 Gigabit switch to -n AEBS
  • HP DJ6840 (to LAN via 802.11g)
  • 2 x Vantec Nexstar NST-360SU USB/eSATA external drive cases with 300GB Maxtor and 320GB Maxtor drives rescued from my former Windows desktop connected to the Belkin F5U507 via USB (and in turn connected to AEBS as airdisks) or to Sonnet Tempo SATA Expresscard to MBP
  • Epson 1200 flatbed scanner to Belkin F5L009 via USB
  • iPod to Belkin F5L009 via USB
  • JBL Spot speakers (white skins)
  • Apple wireless keyboard and mouse

I have a LaCie 750GB d2 Quadra drive coming that should arrive this Wednesday. It will be partitioned to host bootable clones of the MBP and my MB, and I'll move my photographs over from one of the Vantec drives to it.

I'm still thinking about a 500GB Time Capsule. The disk would serve purely as a target for Time Machine for the two notebook computers and nothing more. I currently have a 3 node WDS with the -n AEBS, a g AEBS, and an Airport Express that is connected to my stereo. If I go with the Time Capsule I'll retire the g AEBS and the Netgear switch, move the -n AEBS to where the g AEBS is, and probably remove the Airport Express from the WDS.

TV is handled by a Slingbox streaming over my LAN.
 
Attached to my iMac:
-Miglia TVMax
-Newer Tech external HD
-iPhone dock
-Harman Kardon Soudstick speakers
-BT mighty mouse
-Wired apple keyboard (so I could have the number pad)
-Konica Minolta Maxxum 5D cord
-An almost new HP printer with new ink which only shoots out nearly plain white printed pages 😡

Guess thats it. My MB has absolutely nothing attached except sometimes a wired mighty mouse.
 
iMac 24" 2.8Ghz, 4GB RAM 500GB HDD
Wall mounted with a Peerless articulating arm
Seagate 500GB FW400 drive with a passthru for my mini-DV Cam
#1 USB - Kensington 7 Port USB HUB
Backside 3
- iPod Universal Dock
- Epson Perfection 3490 Scanner
- Wacom Bamboo Tablet
Frontside 4
- Nothing yet (I did have a bunch before I installed the multi-card reader)
#2 USB - Sony 17 in 1 Multi-Card Reader (velcro'd to the back of the iMac by the DVD Slot)
#3 USB - FREE
Audio Out: JBL Spot 2.1 Speakers (with White helmets)

Oh, and I have everything hooked up to a Tripplite UPS, and the Apple bluetooth keyboard (aluminum) and mouse.

P.S. I do have a Targus USB numeric keypad that I "once in a blue moon" hook up.
 
forgottensoft said:
I was curious, what are all of you using for a Mac, and what peripherals to you have hooked to it that you find essential to your own personal Mac experience..
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At work:
eMac 1.42GHz 512 RAM
Logitech S100 speakers

Jealous?


(Thankfully, at home it gets a lot better...😉)
 
2.2 ghz SR MBP
Dell 2407 WFP
Logitech 5.1 set
Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer
Canon MP530
Xbox 360 plugged into dell & internet sharing with my mac
Shure e2c & Sennheiser HD202
 
Mac Pro
14GB RAM
4 hard drives
2 optical drives

Dell 30" monitor

OWC/Newer MiniStack v2 hard drive

HP Photosmart 2610 All-in-one printer/scanner/copier

Firewire iSight

SoundMatter MAINstage speakers
 
pastrychef said:
Mac Pro
14GB RAM
4 hard drives
2 optical drives

Dell 30" monitor

OWC/Newer MiniStack v2 hard drive

HP Photosmart 2610 All-in-one printer/scanner/copier

Firewire iSight

SoundMatter MAINstage speakers
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14gb ram!? what do you do?? I can never seem to use all my 4gb.
 
mankar4 said:
14gb ram!? what do you do?? I can never seem to use all my 4gb.
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lol

I have a Windows virtual machine running 24/7. Soon, I will have Ubuntu running in another virtual machine. That leaves me with about 10GB for Mac OS X. In Mac OS, I typically have about 5 to 8 different apps running. I just want to prevent paging as much as possible.
 
i wish i had a desk. my bed and sofa are my desk, so a memory foam topper and floral comforter 😛

and a mess of various ipod cables and docks.
 
I have a 24" iMac aluminum, 2.8 Ghz, 4 Gb RAM, 750 Gb HDD. I have a wired keyboard (the one that came with my Mac), a Logitech MX-620 cordless laser mouse (with SteerMouse installed), an Iomega 750 Gb external Firewire 800 HDD for back-up, a LaCie Firewire 400 external DVD writer with Lightscribe, and an HP LaserJet P1505 USB printer. I also have a set of Seinnheiser (sp?) headphones for listening to music. Oh, and a 5-port powered USB hub. I was a PC user for many years and what an improvement the Mac is! 😛

Rich 😎
 
G5 iMac:
4G iPod
500Gb myBook
Arduino (open ATMega Dev board)
BT Logitech mouse
BT Apple keyboard
EyeTV
Card reader
Cable to connect camera

PC:
20in Cinima Display
Fujitsu Siemens Pocket Loox cradle
Logitech MX1000
Apple wired keyboard
RealFlight G3 controller
Logitech Driving Force Pro
DIY gear shift indicator for live for speed

Connected to both:
Vintage 10/100BT Belkin switch


Other than lots of other random junk on my desk, pcmcia cards, Scalextric cars, a 15/16th socket etc. thats about it


Coming soon, a Mac Pro to replace both machines, everything apart from the gear shift indicator (as it's on a parallel port) will be attached 😀 Along with some JBL Creature 2's and for now a 17in Iiyama screen to pair with the 20in Apple
 
Mine's pretty bare bones.

24' iMac
M-Audio AV-40's
Wacom Graphire
Epson Stylus Photo 1280
Belkin USB Hub
AEBS
Lava Lamp
Ott Light
 
24" iMac 2.8ghz 4gb
iPhone Dock/iPhone
Logitech MX Revolution
Tape Dispenser, Pen holder
Apple Pro keyboard (diNovo Edge is getting shipped to me friday)
Ikea fully adjustable lamp
Omega iTower iPhone speakers, audio cable connected to my mac
Motorola Modem
Linksys WRT54GS Router
Epson r280 on it's way to me (should be here tomorrow, the 13th)
EyeTV Hybrid on it's way to me (shipped)
Canon Powershot A240(or somethin)

mounted on under side of desk (close to me)
Griffin Powermate
Flash Card Reader


I have all this hooked into a 2 plug outlet.... (surge protectors in each plug)

All of these wires = shoved into my cable organizer portion of my Ikea Fredrik Desk.
 
I just got a 2.0GHz MacBook

Nothing hooked up, although my apple wireless keyboard just came in and my logitech MX revolution should be comming in tomorrow =]
 
15.4" SR Macbook Pro 2.4GHz 2GB RAM
20" Samsung SyncMaster 2032bw (with two stuck pixels 🙁)
2x 500GB Seagate external hard drives
Acoustic Energy Aego M 2.1 speakers
Wacom Bluetooth A5 tablet
Microsoft Intellimouse Explorer 4.0
CF Card reader
iPod dock

Under desk:
Footrest/Canon Pixma MP500

I used my old HP printer/scanner as a footrest, the Canon one isn't as sturdy. 🙁
 
mashinhead said:
this and that.
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Nice clean layout. I wish mine was so slick.

Mine:
500GB Firewire WD MyBook
320GB USB external (Bought laptop drive and enclosure)
1TB eSATA external (Bought drive and enclosure)
eSATA card if I'm using the eSATA drive
Sennheiser HD555
 
I'll post pics in the other thread later but here ya go:

Mac:
2.4 BlackBook (Penryn)
1TB Time Capsule
30gb 5th gen iPod
26gb iPod Touch
4gb iPhone
(not on desk, 160gb Apple TV take2)

PC:
Custom built gaming rig (Quad Core Q6600, 2gb ram, 8800 Ultra)
Dell XPS M1210
Gateway P6381FX
Dell D620
Dell 2405FPW
Dell 2007WFP
Dell D Dock
Logitech Z5500
Ideazon Merc Stealth
Logitech VX Revolution
WD MyBook Home 1TB
Sony W80
Sony HDR-SR11
Zhaolu 1.5 DAC
Headfive
Beyer DT770 Pro 80ohm
2x 7port usb hub
Dell AIO 966 network printer
 
17" MBP 2.33 GHZ C2D 200GB 2GB
BlackBook
Altec Lansing FX6021
Kilpsch Pro Media Ultra
M-Audio EX66
M-Audio B-10
M-Audio ProjectMix I/O
M-Audio Torq
(2) Shure SE530
Grado RS1
30" Cinema Display
Comcast Router w/ Airport Base Station N
HP Mobile Deskjet 460wbt
HP Laserjet 1020
Samsung SCX-4500
Apple Mightymouse Bluetooth
Appile Wireless Keyboard (White)
iPhone Dock
Rain Design's iLap
A Lamp
A WHOLE BUNCH OF WIRES
 
Mines way minimal comparatively, though at least my gf is impressed by my set up.

On desk:
Dell 22" with built in webcam(works fully)
logitech wireless s530 keyboard and mouse.
Ipod dock
Canon pixma

On a tiny shelf I installed right under my desk to keep a clean workspace:
1.8 c2d mac mini
160 gig external hdd seagate
320 gig external hdd seagate

all hooked up to an older stereo with surround sound, mini-jack out to rca in

unfortunately after a friend just spilled wine all over my ibook, I need a 12" ibook 1.3ghz to replace my fried one on my desk
 
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