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I had never read this thread before so ended up on the first page when I viewed it, what a contrast 10 years in technology makes:

2003:

 

desktop from this afternoon

 

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2013:


My new 27-inch iMac with Fusion Drive. Ordered an additional 8 GB of memory from Crucial. The one on the left had a poorly installed LCD panel and suffered from extensive backlight bleeding. Returned it to Apple.
 
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I had never read this thread before so ended up on the first page when I viewed it, what a contrast 10 years in technology makes:

2003:

 

2013:

 

10 more reasons to look forward to the next 10 years! :)

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Ordered my 27inch iMac yesterday....can safely say I'm like a giddy little child!

 

  • NVIDIA GeForce GTX780M 4GB GDDR5
  • 3.5GHz Quad-core Intel Core i7
  • 16GB 1600MHz DDR3 SDRAM-2X8GB
  • 1TB Fusion Drive

 

Two questions..

 

I see so many iMacs on here with external speakers, are the internal speakers not that good?

and would you recommend buying another 16gb from Cruical or would 16gb be good enough for video editing, gaming and graphic design?

My new 27-inch iMac with Fusion Drive. Ordered an additional 8 GB of memory from Crucial. The one on the left had a poorly installed LCD panel and suffered from extensive backlight bleeding. Returned it to Apple.

 

Your room looks similar to my office. Black accent wall with grey walls. I love the overhead LEDs, might have to try to do that. 

 

Strange, as of late I've had issues with Apple quality. I had to return my 13 inch rMBP Haswell because the screen had a cluster of white dead pixels. A Retina iPad Mini had a dark shadow spot as well. They were excellent at exchanges, it just seems odd.

^ That is clean man, what a beautifully modern setup!

 

 

I still have my:

 

13" Macbook Pro (late 2011)

intel core i5 2.3ghz

8GB DDR3-1333

120gb Crucial M4 SSD

750gb WD Caviar Black (in place of optical drive)

OS X 10.9.1

 

Still going strong. I love modding this machine, but I don't know where to go from here after upgrading to an SSD and removing the optical drive for another 750gb of storage.

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I had never read this thread before so ended up on the first page when I viewed it, what a contrast 10 years in technology makes:

2003:

 

2013:

2014  ;)

 

iMac

27-inch, Late 2013

3,5 GHz Intel Core i7

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 4096 MB

1 TB Fusion Drive

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2014  ;)

 

iMac

27-inch, Late 2013

3,5 GHz Intel Core i7

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 4096 MB

1 TB Fusion Drive

 

Not quite the same contrast a year later ;) however if the iMac's are that silm now it makes you wonder what we'll be looking at in 10 years time!

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I just picked up a 2009 Mac Mini for a ridiculously low price. Runs pretty well, only has some issues with smooth Mission Control at my 1920x1200. Going to add an SSD and upgrade to 8GB RAM to have an OS X development machine. Also upgraded from a Magic Mouse to a Magic Trackpad on my iMac at work and I love it! With a ton of extra taps and gestures in BetterTouchTool I'm faster than I've ever been before!

2014  ;)

 

iMac

27-inch, Late 2013

3,5 GHz Intel Core i7

NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M 4096 MB

1 TB Fusion Drive

I have the same speakers, love them BTW!

 

Why is your sub not on the floor though?

 I picked up an 27 iMac i7 16GB Ram 1TB HDD / 256 SSD = $200 :laugh: ... should I feel bad?

 

Also got an Macbook Pro 15 inch Mid 2011 i5 8GB ram for $400 from the same guy before I got the iMac and before I knew he would go lower.

how the hell did you manage to get all that for so cheap?!?  :huh: you lucky bastard  :laugh:

 

It's a guy who I do a monthly remote checkup on his machines, was "Spring Cleaning" and wondered if I wanted it .... OH and the same time I got the iMac from him I also got a 24 inch HP i5 touchsmart 630 for just getting rid of his data. :D = Free. .... I LOVE my job.

 I picked up an 27 iMac i7 16GB Ram 1TB HDD / 256 SSD = $200 :laugh: ... should I feel bad?

 

Also got an Macbook Pro 15 inch Mid 2011 i5 8GB ram for $400 from the same guy before I got the iMac and before I knew he would go lower.

Cool story but where are the pictures?

I'll get a real pic with my camera as soon as I find a place to put all my old books. This was just shot with my Xperia Z1.

 

Sony Vaio Z (2010 model, 13", 1600x900 power beast, HDMI to monitor)

Dell U2412M

Sony Walkman dock (yes, I still use an actual Walkman but the dock is mostly used as a speaker set since it sounds amazing, sub hidden on the floor)

Mac Mini (late 2009, 128GB SSD, 320GB HDD, 8GB RAM)

Sony Xperia Tablet Z (with LTE)

Microsoft Wireless Comfort Desktop 5000 (I have a few of these sets, love them!)

 

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Not sure if it actually qualifies as a "Mac Hardware Setup" with just an old Mac Mini, but hey :P

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