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TailsToo
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Oct 27, 2005, 10:08 PM
 
Originally Posted by Goldfinger
TailsToo why the heck do you keep the PowerBook on a stand there? It's like you can use it like that. Or was that just for showing ?
That's just to charge it... i usually use it somewhere else in the house or take it with me when I'm out of town...
     
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Nov 3, 2005, 11:57 AM
 
Originally Posted by mousehouse


Never in my life have I ever seen a computer setup in a closet before. Very interesting! Don't you feel like a hermit being secluded in there?
     
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no not at all! as a matter of fact it is quite comfortable. i raised the floor to the same level as in the living room. most of my chair is in the living room when i work, and the closet shields impressions from the room for me. it's almost like a cubicle ;-) to the right i have about 1m (3ft) extra desk space that holds supplies, papers, phones and other junk.
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I guess I'll turn my walk in closet into a home office now. Interesting idea you have there.
     
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cool
     
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PowerMac Dual 2.0 (Early 2005)
alice in wonderland
     
Cloud
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Nov 5, 2005, 01:28 PM
 
Yo dide what kinda monitor is that?

BTW I love your hangers in your closet.... I think that's a closet
     
Cloud
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Nov 5, 2005, 01:28 PM
 
Yo dide what kinda monitor is that?

BTW I love your hangers in your closet.... I think that's a closet
     
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Nov 5, 2005, 03:40 PM
 
Looks like a Viewsonic VP211B Pro 21.3"
     
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The monitor is EIZO, FlexScan s1910.
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Originally Posted by wtmcgee
Nothing special, but here's mine:



got the dual 1.8 g5, a dell 20.1 widescreen monitor, apple bluetooth keyboard, and the logitech mx1000 mouse.
I'm from Orlando as well!! Out of curiosity how is the reponse of your mouse? Any lag? I have a kensington wireless set up and my keyboars works perfectly fine, but the mouse lags way too quickly. I think it has to do with the laser going to sleep too quickly. I'm looking into getting a different mouse since the lag is way to annoying to get used (I've been using it for about two months).
     
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Nov 10, 2005, 03:34 AM
 


See if you can identify everything.

G5 1.8 Original
     
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LOG3452 logitech laser mouse?

Also i see an ipod and maybee a maxtor one-touch II external hard-disk.

Samsung monitor?

A bigger picture would help.
     
the macimum
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Nov 13, 2005, 09:14 PM
 
Looks more like an Acer.

I used to have that surge protector for my Macintosh Plus, lol. From then on I have been using UPS's though. They really do a fine job, and are worth steal--er, every penny.

Looks like an EPSON Stylus Color 800, somewhere in that area. And you are definatley in a dorm, what university, Major: , Minor:
( Last edited by Lateralus; Nov 13, 2005 at 09:47 PM. Reason: No reason you needed to make three posts within five minutes.)
     
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Nov 14, 2005, 06:42 PM
 
http://static.flickr.com/24/61811225_a332326c87_b.jpg

there's a link to a bigger pic.
It's a stylus 740 lol. from my imac g3 400 ....
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HeHe... you must be in a dorm room Dex13! Great idea with the bubble wrap to protect your head!
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Got a new G5... another dual 2.0Ghz w/ 1GB. Will use it for rendering with Shake.
( Last edited by trancepriest; Nov 21, 2005 at 10:40 AM. )
     
the macimum
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Nov 21, 2005, 12:44 PM
 
Dex13, you never said what kind of monitor that was...I stole 3 of my mousepads from my high school..they were nice. Apple designs with like a glossy finish.
     
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trancepriest, thats a cosy looking setup. Those are dual 23" aye?
     
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Nov 21, 2005, 08:26 PM
 
Originally Posted by voo
trancepriest, thats a cosy looking setup. Those are dual 23" aye?
Thanks for the compliment. The screens are all 23's.
     
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Hey trancepriest what did you do with the cube and the PowerBook?
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Nov 22, 2005, 12:38 AM
 
Originally Posted by G5man
Hey trancepriest what did you do with the cube and the PowerBook?
My Cube is in another room and the Powerbook I sent to DT&T Services to get repaired (looks like logic board failure).
     
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Nov 24, 2005, 07:19 AM
 
Originally Posted by trancepriest


Got a new G5... another dual 2.0Ghz w/ 1GB. Will use it for rendering with Shake.
Sweet set up man, are those dual screens 20 or 23 inchers? Cheers mate. (only reason i ask is because im planning on buying a powermac either dual 1.8 or 2.0 gig, and i dont currencly have the money to buy a 23" screen, well not a apple screen anyway, so i planned on buying the 20" screen and then guy another 20" screen down the track.

Any information would be appreciated.

Jason.
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Nov 24, 2005, 07:24 AM
 
Originally Posted by trancepriest


Got a new G5... another dual 2.0Ghz w/ 1GB. Will use it for rendering with Shake.
Great setup man! im loving the dual 23 inchers I'm personally going to be getting either a dual 1.8 or 2.0 gig powermac and i think im going to have to settle for a 20" screen for the moment! (due to money issues!) although down the track i will buy another 20" screen which should make the experience much better, and it should be decent for me beause i mainly use photoshop so the dual screens are a great option. Top system mate!
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Nov 24, 2005, 08:56 AM
 
Originally Posted by Jason
Great setup man! im loving the dual 23 inchers I'm personally going to be getting either a dual 1.8 or 2.0 gig powermac and i think im going to have to settle for a 20" screen for the moment! (due to money issues!) although down the track i will buy another 20" screen which should make the experience much better, and it should be decent for me beause i mainly use photoshop so the dual screens are a great option. Top system mate!
Thanks alot! I appreciate your kind comments. My first Mac setup was a dual 2GHz with a 20" screen back in Oct. of 03... the only problem I would have with recommending that setup now is that HD video will be very prevalent in the coming years and you may feel a little left out. If you have to... get the Dell HD display... the quality rivals Apples and I've seen the price directly from Dell as low as $800 with discounts. Stay tuned to the deals section on digg.com they usually have some good alerts to discounts. I wish you luck in getting the system that you want.
     
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Nov 24, 2005, 06:45 PM
 
I allways like your setup trancepriest enjoy your other powermac
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Nov 24, 2005, 11:13 PM
 
Originally Posted by G5man
I allways like your setup trancepriest enjoy your other powermac
Thank you! I'm hoping to build a big cluster for rendering with Qmaster... I'll post some pics of my progress.
     
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Cluster of PowerMac? or Xserve?
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Originally Posted by G5man
Cluster of PowerMac? or Xserve?
XServe Cluster Nodes... hoping to get the 25u cabinet before the end of this month.
     
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Nov 25, 2005, 07:52 PM
 
Here's my temporary setup during thanksgiving break:
     
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Unpacking the beauty:

The massive radiator:

More pics from the whole setup later...
     
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Originally Posted by MDD867
Unpacking the beauty:
(snip)
More pics from the whole setup later...
Quad or single processor dual core?
     
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Nov 26, 2005, 05:46 PM
 
Whats with the grey glossy panel, is that to protect the radiator?
     
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It's a Quad. In single processor models there's just a heatsink. The grey glossy panel is the fan assembly that connects to the connnector in front of the radiator. The fan assembly is a lot bigger than in previous G5's

The Quad must be the quietest Powermac ever... It's as quiet right out the box as my modded MDD867 that has all its fans changed to quieter and slower ones.
     
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Was it customized? Just curious what graphics card you got.
     
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Originally Posted by voo
Was it customized? Just curious what graphics card you got.
Standard configuration, stock 6600 card. I use the coputer for 2D design so there's no benefit of amore expensive card.

Ordered the next day it was announced.

I added 4 GB of Crucial RAM which seems to work just fine.
     
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Awesome! Make sure you post pics with your display. By the way what display do you have MDD867?
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Originally Posted by G5man
Awesome! Make sure you post pics with your display. By the way what display do you have MDD867?
I'll post pics when my 30" arrives later this week...
     
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Originally Posted by MDD867
I'll post pics when my 30" arrives later this week...
What? Only ONE 30" display? Now you're just showing off
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You people are lucky.
     
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Dual Core 2.3Ghz replacing trusty G4 500Mhz Dual Gigabit...
Ironically I had to relocate the G4 to the other end of the house to a free ethernet on the LAN to move files across.

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Originally Posted by monyx
Ironically I had to relocate the G4 to the other end of the house to a free ethernet on the LAN to move files across.
Why not use FireWire target disk mode?
     
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if they've both got gigabit ethernet, then it would be much faster than FW. 1000mb/s to 400mb/s
     
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Originally Posted by lothar56
if they've both got gigabit ethernet, then it would be much faster than FW. 1000mb/s to 400mb/s
He said it's a G4/500 so it's the AGP model, that had only 100BaseT. Gigabit Ethernet wasn't introduced till the digital audio series (one series later IIRC). He might have a Gigabit PCI card however, but I can't see that from this angle...
     
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Originally Posted by Simon
He said it's a G4/500 so it's the AGP model, that had only 100BaseT. Gigabit Ethernet wasn't introduced till the digital audio series (one series later IIRC). He might have a Gigabit PCI card however, but I can't see that from this angle...
Actually the 500DP is designated the 'Gigabit AGP' model and has from the specs sheet:

"Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet networking"

I did actually do a direct connection after reading that a cross-over cable is not necessary as the ports automatically configure for straight ethernet connection between two machines.
(only have 6-4 pin firewire cables for my cameras)

Venerable G4 are bit slow today but it has served well cutting wedding videos for five years. I paid a princely sum (785!) for an early Pioneer DVR-103 SD for it years ago, added 2x120Gb scratch drives - smooth sailing ever since despite performance hit with SystemHD on ATA33 (in place of ZIP)

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It's kinda weird, from this angle, the g5 looks like it has a glossy finish, call me crazy, but the way the G4 casts a shadow on it.....
     
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Originally Posted by the macimum
It's kinda weird, from this angle, the g5 looks like it has a glossy finish, call me crazy, but the way the G4 casts a shadow on it.....
Agree. It looks plasticy almost. I noticed that too. Kinda cool. kinda weird.

When you pick one up though, to put it on your table you sure do know it ain't no plastic
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Originally Posted by monyx
Actually the 500DP is designated the 'Gigabit AGP' model and has from the specs sheet:
"Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T Ethernet networking"
You're right. The dual G4/500 does have Gigabit Ethernet. I thought it was a single G4.
     
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My office:

New Quad G5 with 4.5GB RAM, 30" Cinema, 15" PB 1.5GHz and also my old MDD 867 waiting for files to be transferred...

On the table, Behringrer active studio monitors and under the desk there's also a Behringer subwooofer that weighs over 60lbs and keeps my neighbors below happy ;D

Photo was taken with SE W800i in low light, sorry for the quality
     
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wow...love the equipment you have...notice i didnt say set up....mainly because your set up is quite messy...
i wish i were you...15 inch powerbook...is it the new high res version?
4.5 gigs of ram...
G5 quad.....
you are crazy rich.!
and w800....SHEESH! share the weath brotha! lol...
you should go for the quad display set up your quad system is capable of...
quad core
quad ram +.5 hehe
finish it up with quad display and quad terabytes of storage...lol
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