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What is your Mac Pro sitting on?

reel2reel said:
Hope he doesn't pee on the UPS! :eek:
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Same here! He's a cute little guy but we never had him as a puppy, and the humane society guesses he was a stray since birth so he is quite the challenge to house train. Three years later he is still going in the house : / I've had dogs all my life and this is the first one I can't get house trained : /

He peed on the cat once while the cat was sleeping...that went over exactly how you think it went over lol!
 
My Mac Pro is sitting on the bottom shelf of a $20 Target kitchen rack that I converted into a lightweight 19" data equipment rack. (Influenced by this poorly thought-out Engadget how-to.)

The wheels of the G5 Skateboard I've got attached to the bottom of the MP sit perfectly between the wire rack bars.
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A Frankensteined Gateway turned NAS sits immediately next to the MP. With a gigabit HP switch, my DVI KVM and a VPN router in the rack, my MacMini server and its drives in the sliding shelf and a laser printer up top.

Maybe I'll take a picture this evening.
 
Sean Dempsey said:
Not alot of physics majors here I take it.... but a Mac Pro hanging from hooks as wide as the handles is no more pressure/risk than the bottom handles bending/breaking when sitting on a flat surface.


Would you worry that a bridge you could stand on would be to weak to hang from?
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Errrrr.... you sure about that?
 
Sean Dempsey said:
Not alot of physics majors here I take it.... but a Mac Pro hanging from hooks as wide as the handles is no more pressure/risk than the bottom handles bending/breaking when sitting on a flat surface.


Would you worry that a bridge you could stand on would be to weak to hang from?
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Re-reading this I think I got the wrong end of the stick. You were talking about stresses on the Mac Pro enclosure maybe. In which case I agree the difference is negligible. The aluminium is in tension rather than compression, but that will make little difference I think. It was designed to be lifted/held by the handles.
 
mustang_dvs said:
The wheels of the G5 Skateboard I've got attached to the bottom of the MP sit perfectly between the wire rack bars.
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unfortunately the skateboard is no longer made, but to my eye is the most attractive wheel solution. Some aluminum wheels right into the base of the case would be nice, but difficult to install. All desktop towers should come with wheels. I don't get why they don't at least have the option.
 
Mine hovers from the ground on a high strength electromagnetic levitation board I made.

On another note. I'm having trouble saving my files. Everytime I save something to my hard drive it's always gone next time I come back to it. :confused:
 
VirtualRain said:
LOL! Took three pages for someone to ask/suggest this?! :D

BTW, mine sits on the floor, and I haven't witnessed any ill effects from it ;)
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My place is dusty *and* I have pets, so hair tends to travel like tumbleweeds. That's the only reason I want it off the floor. I found a wood stand finally that's the perfect size and keeps it about two feet off the floor, clear of the tumbleweeds.
 
glassbathroom said:
This is a Sonnet Maccuff I think. I always fancied one of these since my original G5, but never got round to buying one. Has anyone used one? How is it?

They are a bit pricy. I thought by now there would be similar cheaper options.
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I own one and they work great. Very sturdy. The trick is making sure it's attached to the bottom of the desk well. I used screws and a lot of wood glue.
 
Sean Dempsey said:
Not alot of physics majors here I take it.... but a Mac Pro hanging from hooks as wide as the handles is no more pressure/risk than the bottom handles bending/breaking when sitting on a flat surface.
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Not necessarily:
a) The door could tight fit close the C shape the case forms seen from the front, when the weight is pressing top down on the handles - but not when the weight is pulling on the handles.
b) We don't know how the handles are attached at the door side - it is at least possible that there's screws that are attached at a place that can withstand more pushing force than pulling force. Or vice versa.
c) We don't know if the bottom and top handles are attached in the exact same manner.
d) Every time you touch the desk there's vibrations that are transmitted to the mac when it's hanging. That could increase the effective force on the handles. It could also loosen the screws that possibly attach the handles to the rest of the case.

Sorry for the nitpicking... It's probably save to hang it, nevertheless. :)
 
you39 said:
Not necessarily:
a) The door could tight fit close the C shape the case forms seen from the front, when the weight is pressing top down on the handles - but not when the weight is pulling on the handles.
b) We don't know how the handles are attached at the door side - it is at least possible that there's screws that are attached at a place that can withstand more pushing force than pulling force. Or vice versa.
c) We don't know if the bottom and top handles are attached in the exact same manner.
d) Every time you touch the desk there's vibrations that are transmitted to the mac when it's hanging. That could increase the effective force on the handles. It could also loosen the screws that possibly attach the handles to the rest of the case.

Sorry for the nitpicking... It's probably save to hang it, nevertheless. :)
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Worse case scenario… your computer falls like 4 inches? :p
 
glassbathroom said:
I have now ordered one of these in silver. They were willing to ship to the UK (for free) if I ordered a Cable Manager as well. Total cost - $85 (£55). I will let you know how it works out.
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I know this is an old thread, but I promised a report back, so here goes. I bought one of these from:-

http://www.kaecorp.com/store.html

I have now had time to install it and I have attached some photos. It works great. The desk is a really cheap low quality number from Ikea. I was really worried it would not take the weight because it is hollow and the underside is only a bit of hardboard. The screw fixings went in very easily and I was not convinced they engaged properly with the desk surface. Fortunately I used "No Nails" glue and I think it is this that is mainly holding it in place. I kept a few books under the legs (with a small gap) for a few days, just in case it decided to give way. All good so far.

I really love it. I think it was really worth the money and effort.:)
 

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