Your Mac Hardware Setup

[bedwasboy2k6]

hey guys

I finally get my first mac and i gotta say it is outta this world :-| ... i was quite literally stunned upon my first hour of using it :D:D. There is nothing wrong with windows it is perfectly fine, but thats exactly what it is just ... well ... fine. but mac os x is soo much better, so much more thought through with every type of user and detail taken into consideration. The only problem I have with apple is that it does not design many products for people with tight budgets in mind (i suppose thats where "you get what you pay for comes in") especially the cinema displays and was wondering if anyone could give me any alternatives as to a display with the same elegance as the apple one but with a 17" - 19" at about ?100-?150 ... maybe ?180 that anyone could recomend even somewhere where they sell the old apple LCD monitors maybe.

Thanx

[Jordan Green]

The dell monitor range goes great with Mac's :)

[bedwasboy2k6]

OOh great i didn't think of dell i'll have a look now :D btw heres my setup

[Alex Suraci]

Got this baby for Christmas. 20", brand new. :D

Next time I'm out somewhere I'm going to cough up some cash for a new keyboard/mouse. The Mighty Mouse just..blows. I've got a temporary replacement up now, a tiny Compaq optical USB mouse.

I'm liking the keyboard though, nice and silent and no useless buttons.

Edited January 11, 2007 by Alex Suraci

[dan]

My iMac

My Home Entertainment Centre

[stadsport]

Picture 1: Here's mine.

Picture 2: bedwasboy2k6, you might already know if it, but if not, do this.

[bedwasboy2k6]

hey guys i'm trying to make a decision on something ... i want to get a compter monitor or a tv for my study, but can't make up my mind on the really nice mac styled white samsung tv (Samsung LE23R71B - LCD TV - 23") or the apple 20/23" display. Ideally i would like to be able to watch tv and play on my nintendo wii in my study and the problem ive hit is wether that i can hook the cinema display to my nintendo wii. could someone give me some advice ??? :D:D the reason i like the samsung monitor is that it would match my macbook and i could do everything that i want on it but i don't know anyone else that has used it ?? OMG im in such a mess could someone just help me lmao:P I CANT decide !!

[divinatum]

The broken iMac. Haven't had a chance to take it to the store yet. :unsure:

Sorry for the bad camera phone picture.

[bedwasboy2k6]

i have hered recently that apple are refreshing the aluminium cinema display product line ... what do you think about this ... is it worth buying a new apple cinema display now or should i wait ???

[Pippin]

where did you hear it

[bedwasboy2k6]

where did you hear it

i've hered it all over the internet just google it and i found that in april 2006 apple applied for a patent showing a display with lots comeras embedded inside the pixels ... i wonder why they have stopped selling the isight cameras maybe this answers it ????

[.Neo]

i've hered it all over the internet just google it and i found that in april 2006 apple applied for a patent showing a display with lots comeras embedded inside the pixels ...

Apple patents stuff all the time, most of it won't make it into real products anytime soon if at all.

It's much more plausible that they'll release a Cinema Display with an iSight imbedded above the screen like the iMac/MacBook (Pro).

i wonder why they have stopped selling the isight cameras maybe this answers it ????

They stopped selling iSight cameras in the EU and other countries because of new environmental laws. That together with the fact that most Macs come with a build-in iSight probably killed the sales of the stand-alone version.

[instant.human]

tell me about the environmental laws that made apple stop selling isight. i dont know anything about it.

please. =)

[bedwasboy2k6]

yeh u have a fair point ... but ... no 1 has answered my question ... is it wroth me getting a cinema display with POSSIBLE evedience to suggest a new one might come out soon ?

[craybox]

not a good quality pic but here it is anyway my imac 20" C2D ....

PS : 10 points to whoever can find out what dvd im ripping, it's there on the desk :)

[Hurmoth]

not a good quality pic but here it is anyway my imac 20" C2D ....

http://www.orangespace.co.uk/xfer/desk.jpg

PS : 10 points to whoever can find out what dvd im ripping, it's there on the desk :)

Don't know what movie, but I am curious to what DVD Ripping software you use?

[RadishTM Veteran]

PS : 10 points to whoever can find out what dvd im ripping, it's there on the desk :)

"Armageddon" ? :unsure:

Radish?

[.Dan]

Don't know what movie, but I am curious to what DVD Ripping software you use?

He is using Handbrake ;)

[.Neo]

tell me about the environmental laws that made apple stop selling isight. i dont know anything about it.

please. =)

The EU, among other countries, are banning (or at least trying to) mercury and intensive usage of lead from customer products. CRT monitors and the iSight apparently have one or more of these materials imbedded in their hardware. That's why Apple discontinued the eMac and iSight. Read it in a Dutch newspaper a while back.

Sorry for the late respons btw.

yeh u have a fair point ... but ... no 1 has answered my question ... is it wroth me getting a cinema display with POSSIBLE evedience to suggest a new one might come out soon ?

We presented you with the facts, now it's time to make up your own mind.

[craybox]

it was 'lady vengeance' and yes handbrake, anyway i accidently deleted by images folder dammit so gotta go get backup......

[Knight']

hello from the grave...

[mrogers]

Several updates here!

1. Most notably, the Dell 700m has been sold off and replaced with a black MacBook! Got a 2.0GHz Core Duo refurb for $999, got a free upgrade to 1GB of RAM (going to 2GB soon), 80GB hard drive, etc. VERY nice machine, flawless, was a great deal?and now I am completely Mac (except for the server of course, that?s Linux).

2. Added gigabit ethernet. MUCH faster than the old 10/100. Also, I moved all the networking stuff (router, switch, etc), my USB hub, and all my charge/sync cables to the keyboard tray that I don?t use; you can see it under where the MacBook is placed on the desk. That cleaned up a lot of cable clutter on the desk.

3. Sold the Logitech S530 set and got an Apple Bluetooth keyboard and Logitech VX Revolution mouse for the iMac

As always, my past workstation shots can be seen at http://rogersmj.com/tech/workstations.

[giga Veteran]

Looks yummy. What's the blue led thingy on the first pic? (towards the left)

[mrogers]

That's a binary clock. They're available from a number of places, I think that one's from thinkgeek.com.

[acies]

That's a brilliant setup, black Macbook looks great!