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Where does your desktop Mac live?
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Plainview, NY
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mine lives on the floor, but has spent considerable time on top of the desk as well. its most recent banishment came after i realized that installing quieter fans was kind of pointless if the computer wasn't as physically far from my ears as possible.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: State O' Maine
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On the Skate, with the Roof, on the floor... in the Living Room... with the Monitor, BT Mouse and Keyboard, and 15" Aluminum PB on the Coffee Table.
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HWMO: 2.5gHz DP G5, 1.25 gHz 15" AL PB, 1st Gen iPod, Shuffle
SWMBO: 0.8 gHz 15" FP iMac, 0.5 gHz iBook, 3rd Gen iPod, Shuffle
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: The Sar Chasm
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G5s are too big to put on the desk! I needed all my desk space for stuff I need at hand.
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When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. -- Jonathan Swift.
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Forum Regular
Join Date: Jul 2003
Location: East Lansing, MI
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I voted "on the floor" but what I really mean is "under the desk." I keep it elevated a few inches off the floor--as high as it will go while still fitting under the desk.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: May 2001
Location: Cambridge UK
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Big + Noisy -> Goes on floor
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Fresh-Faced Recruit
Join Date: Aug 2001
Location: Oeiras, Portugal
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G5s look nice on a desk... on a print ad. Desk space is precious. I have a large desk but the G5 stays on the floor.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Nov 2001
Location: New York City
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Couldn't bring myself to put it on the floor, not with all the dust and stuff that's likely to get sucked in. So I keep it on my desk, behind my monitors.
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Liberty lover since birth. Mac devotee since 1986.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Dec 1999
Location: Plainview, NY
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are g5s noisy? if so i'd hate to hear what kind of fans they'd need to run if they didn't have the liquid cooling system. my quicksilver 2002 g4 bugs me enough with its noise, and i have two near-silent disks in it and the quietest fans i could purchase... although i love having a bright desktop lcd i miss the near-silence of a laptop.
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Senior User
Join Date: Dec 2004
Location: Earth
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my Quicksilver 2001 lives right next to my 18" Mitsubishi LCD.
it's not the quietest, but I have loud music on so that point is rather moot
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Sep 2000
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The Quicksilver 800 that I use at work sits on a shelf above my desk (which itself is just a large shelf). I use a crummy 15" LCD with it.
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Jan 2003
Location: Teaneck, NJ
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I have one of the loudest macs ever, the dual proc MDD. My first year in college (when I first got it) I put it under my desk. My second year I had it on the left side of my desk facing me. Now, in my third year I have it on my desk at the back facing sideways so that the cables all hang over the side of my desk instead of the back (its in the corner of the room so this works well), the optical drives face my monitor (19" NEC CRT) and are still easy to get to.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: Tronna
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On a side shelf, off the floor.
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Mar 2004
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I live in a triple-occupancy dorm room... it lives on the floor.
Not due to noise, though... my G5 is quieter than either of my roommates' computers.... even the one that is in the living space (mine is in the bedroom).
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Moderator Emeritus  Join Date: Sep 2001
Location: Arizona
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I bounce back and forth between the floor and the desk. Currently my Digital Audio is on the floor, under my desk.
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I like chicken
I like liver
Meow Mix, Meow Mix
Please de-liv-er
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: State O' Maine
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Originally posted by Lateralus:
I bounce back and forth between the floor and the desk. Currently my Digital Audio is on the floor, under my desk.
"Bounce?"
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HWMO: 2.5gHz DP G5, 1.25 gHz 15" AL PB, 1st Gen iPod, Shuffle
SWMBO: 0.8 gHz 15" FP iMac, 0.5 gHz iBook, 3rd Gen iPod, Shuffle
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Grizzled Veteran
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: The O.C.
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i have a huge desk and the G5 is really quiet so it sits up on top of my desk. having a flatscreen helps by not having a big footprint. but i really just want to show it off 
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MacBook 2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo | Clamshell iBook G3 366MHz | 22" Cinema Display | iPod Mini | iPod shuffle | AirPort Express | Mighty Mouse
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Mac Elite
Join Date: May 2004
Location: on 650 cc's
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G5 on desk next to monitor, plenty of space  + a nice view (side panel is off)
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stuffing feathers up your b*tt doesn't make you a chicken.
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Jul 2001
Location: State O' Maine
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Originally posted by awcopus:
Couldn't bring myself to put it on the floor, not with all the dust and stuff that's likely to get sucked in. So I keep it on my desk, behind my monitors.
For my solution to "dust and stuff" getting sucked in, see:
Dusty Mac
Or go directly to the:
Picture
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Last edited by mainemanx; Jan 18, 2005 at 07:57 AM.
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HWMO: 2.5gHz DP G5, 1.25 gHz 15" AL PB, 1st Gen iPod, Shuffle
SWMBO: 0.8 gHz 15" FP iMac, 0.5 gHz iBook, 3rd Gen iPod, Shuffle
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 2001
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Originally posted by chris v:
G5s are too big to put on the desk! I needed all my desk space for stuff I need at hand.
eggs. i put mine on a 2ftx2ft table next to my desk.
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: The Sar Chasm
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Originally posted by ThisGuy:
eggs. i put mine on a 2ftx2ft table next to my desk.
Eggs?
I keep those in the fridge.
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When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. -- Jonathan Swift.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 2001
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short for eggs-act-lee. duh....
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Dec 2000
Location: UK
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I put under the desk, but its at the bottom of a computer cabinet next to the HP 1215. At eye level I have my monitor (duh!), SoundSticks and a mess of USB hubs. On top of the cabinet i have the iSub speaker, PS2 and speakers, camera dock base and some junk like piles of CD's and DVD's.
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It'll be much easier if you just comply.
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Senior User
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Portugal
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my G4 400 lives next to the monitor on top of the desk, I wouldn't like to have it on the foolr, 'eating' the dust
my future G5 DP 2.0 will probably go to the floor, but elevated... because I'll need the desk space for the double monitor setup 
still, I would preffer to have it on top of the desk 
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Forum Regular
Join Date: Apr 2003
Location: Toronto, Canada
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I have my MDD G4 sitting on a little shelf under my desk (about four inches above the floor) to keep the dust bunnies away.
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Jan 2001
Location: The Sar Chasm
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Originally posted by ThisGuy:
short for eggs-act-lee. duh....
I am so totally internet-uncool. 
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When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him. -- Jonathan Swift.
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Mac Elite
Join Date: Oct 2001
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Originally posted by chris v:
I am so totally internet-uncool.
heheh LOL FYI BTW
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: NYC
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My G4 tower lives in the tower compartment of my computer desk (near the floor, but not on the floor.) I'm planning on getting a computer cart/mini workstation desk and that'll be the new home for my tower.
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PowerMacG4 MDD Dual867Mhz, MacOSX 10.5.5 Leopard
2GB Ram, 128mb Radeon 9800 Pro, 80GB HD & 160GB HD
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Professional Poster
Join Date: Feb 2000
Location: Nashville, TN
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Under my bed... I live in a dorm and my bed is 25in off the ground, so it fits under there... and it lives with me big-ass printer...
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Don't try to outweird me, I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal.
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Forum Regular
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Australia
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I have a large table (1900 x 700 or something) and I am getting a large return just a little smaller at (1500 x 700) so keep my G5 on the table at the moment.
Once I get back into semester I suspect things will change.
I'd like to try just the 30" on the table and go for a more minimal look
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Apple Powermac G5: Dual 1.85GHz | 80Gb System | 3Gb Ram | GeForce 6800 Ultra DDL | BT | Airport | Apple 30" Cinema HD Display Apple Powerbook AL G4: 12" | 1.5Ghz | 60b System | 1.25Gb Ram | Airport | BT Other: Airport Express | Airport Extreme | TiG4 PB 800Mhz | 20" iMac G5 w/ built in iSight | Swivel Screen iMac G4 800Mhz | iPod Mini | iPod Nano | Maxtor One Touch 250GB | Sony Ericsson T630
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Dedicated MacNNer
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Super Leeds - U.K.
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Originally posted by d.fine:
G5 on desk next to monitor, plenty of space + a nice view (side panel is off)
same as mine, gotta show it's guts to all and sundry
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