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ecking01 · Mar 11, 2007, 05:28 AM

Originally Posted by Sub

How do you stream the HD player into the Mac? I know it's by usb, but what program do you use to play the disc? Is it windows-only?

If you look at the 30" you'll see that he was in bootcamp at the time. To my knowledge there is only a windows hack to use the hd-dvd on a computer.

mutelight · Mar 11, 2007, 05:42 AM

Originally Posted by ecking01

If you look at the 30" you'll see that he was in bootcamp at the time. To my knowledge there is only a windows hack to use the hd-dvd on a computer.

Well as I said in the post just before you it was a video clip, nothing HD. However the HD-DVD addon works without any hack in windows as long as you have a HDCP display. Unfortunately the ACDs are not.

Subaru_Nation555 · Mar 11, 2007, 08:40 PM

My father just upgraded to a MacPro and I was lucky enough to get his old Quicksilver. Here are the specs:

Dual 1.6GHz (up from dual 800MHz)
768 MB memory (needs atleast a gig)
80GB HD
120GB HD
USB 2.0 Card
Airport Card
Superdrive
17" Studio Display
JBL Creatures
Running 10.4.8

Such a great computer, it's six years old and still going strong!

earthlings · Mar 11, 2007, 09:30 PM

Originally Posted by wei

here's an update from me:

Nice setup

ecking01 · Mar 12, 2007, 03:21 AM

Originally Posted by Subaru_Nation555

My father just upgraded to a MacPro and I was lucky enough to get his old Quicksilver. Here are the specs:

Dual 1.6GHz (up from dual 800MHz)
768 MB memory (needs atleast a gig)
80GB HD
120GB HD
USB 2.0 Card
Airport Card
Superdrive
17" Studio Display
JBL Creatures
Running 10.4.8

Such a great computer, it's six years old and still going strong!

I always loved the looked of quicksilvers and MDD but alas I was a win user back then.

davidflas · Mar 12, 2007, 11:28 AM

Here's My setup:

mindwaves · Mar 12, 2007, 01:11 PM

Some of you guys like davidflas, for example, really know how to stylize your setup and your house. Well done. I'm in admiration.

earthlings · Mar 12, 2007, 07:50 PM

I agree with mindwaves.

fluidstream · Mar 13, 2007, 03:13 AM

Updated the desk and picked up a few new things. I really wish I finished my basement, and now I'm way too lazy to do it...

The Boxes:

The Desktop:

Left Corner:

Dual Displays:

More Displays:

Right Corner:

Random Unfinished Ikea Furniture, Again:

The first of 6 ordered Xserves:

I'll post some pics of all the xserves in proper racks next week once they all arrive, oh, and the two Raids too!

brassplayersrock² · Mar 13, 2007, 03:36 AM

why do you need so many xserves?

fluidstream · Mar 13, 2007, 03:48 AM

Web hosting, and I'm an enterprise solutions consultant.

davidflas · Mar 13, 2007, 07:09 PM

Originally Posted by mindwaves

Some of you guys like davidflas, for example, really know how to stylize your setup and your house. Well done. I'm in admiration.

Originally Posted by earthlings

I agree with mindwaves.

Thanks guys, very kind of you to say so...

voth · Mar 13, 2007, 07:25 PM

Originally Posted by fluidstream

The first of 6 ordered Xserves:

I'll post some pics of all the xserves in proper racks next week once they all arrive, oh, and the two Raids too!

Are those intel or powerpc based xserves? How do they sound (i.e. loud fan, constant fan, etc.)?

imitchellg5 · Mar 13, 2007, 07:37 PM

I'm sensing a lot of capital expenditure with the previous setup.

fluidstream · Mar 13, 2007, 11:17 PM

Intel Xserves, the fans run constant, decently loud, probably about 65-75 decibels, give or take. Get 60 or so of them in a rack and it sounds like a jet turbine, or is that the Air Conditioning... either way one is pretty loud, enough that it'll bother you for the first couple days until you get used to sitting behind a few of them.

As for capital expenditure, yeah, quite a bit, but it's a new business venture, so I expected as much.

wei · Mar 13, 2007, 11:45 PM

Originally Posted by earthlings

Nice setup

thanks!

earthlings · Mar 14, 2007, 07:48 PM

Originally Posted by wei

thanks!

LOST is on tonight. Your picture reminded me of it.

highstakes · Mar 14, 2007, 10:14 PM

Originally Posted by diotav

Very nice! I like how the wallpaper "flows" with rest of your room.

earthlings · Mar 15, 2007, 12:46 PM

wallpaper? Isn't it paint?

highstakes · Mar 15, 2007, 01:01 PM

Originally Posted by earthlings

wallpaper? Isn't it paint?

The wallpaper on the screen

earthlings · Mar 15, 2007, 05:16 PM

Originally Posted by highstakes

The wallpaper on the screen

Oh yeah.

D3k61 · Mar 16, 2007, 09:57 PM

Nice setup. How do you like the Matias keyboard? I've read mixed reviews.

D3k61

Originally Posted by blakespot

Updated my setup a little bit and have better wallpaper now, so I took another shot of my 'Pro.

my 3GHz Mac Pro

blakespot

molarszbt18 · Mar 19, 2007, 02:05 AM

Originally Posted by asodamiac

Awesome setup! Would you mind sharing your wallpaper with us? Also, what kind of external HD is that?

Thanks

YEa ditto**

earthlings · Mar 20, 2007, 08:51 PM

Originally Posted by diotav

How big is that tablet?

diotav · Mar 23, 2007, 12:12 PM

The Wacom Intuos3 is a A4 tablet .. works perfect!
My external harddrive is from Iomega and is called the UltraMax with 640 GB.

> Wallpaper can be found here!

fluidstream · Mar 23, 2007, 10:26 PM

Some new additions to the desktop:

The power of 4 displays...

D3k61 · Mar 24, 2007, 10:10 AM

Very nice… where did you get the desk?

Cadaver · Mar 24, 2007, 10:57 AM

What's the purpose of the display up on the shelf, if you don't mind me asking?

Sub · Mar 24, 2007, 11:32 AM

Yeah, I would get serious neck problems from looking up at it like that.

fluidstream · Mar 24, 2007, 02:24 PM

Desk is from Ikea, the display up top displays the status of all my servers, I don't actually look at it during the day or when I'm working, it's more one of those things I just quickly glance at and make sure I see all green.

danbrew · Mar 26, 2007, 12:41 AM

dude! i feel a bit sorry for you... you got all that cool stuff, but you're still using a television TUBE...? Time to upgrade.

snicker.

Originally Posted by mobylover

Pictured:

Mac Pro 2.66 W/ 2 500GB HD, 3GB RAM and 2 NVIDIA GeForce 7300 GT's
Power Mac G5 1.6 W/ 1 80GB and 1 240GB HD and 1.5GB RAM
USB/VGA KVM Switch

Xerox Phaser 8550
HP Scanjet 8250

Logitech Z4 Speakers
Apple Keyboard
Microsoft Trackball Explorer

2 Samsung SyncMaster 914v 19" LCD's
1 Samsung SyncMaster 225bw Widescreen 22" LCD

Taken W/ Cannon EOS Digital Rebel XT

voo · Mar 26, 2007, 08:46 PM

Originally Posted by fluidstream

Some new additions to the desktop:

Where did you get the image of her crouched down, I can't remember where I got the one on the left.

Hows the MX Revolution?

I have a little hiccup with mine from time to time like the cursor stops responding or something.

Sub · Mar 26, 2007, 09:38 PM

I don't find a girl crouching down attractive.

voo · Mar 26, 2007, 09:57 PM

Whats weird is I recognise her face yet I don't know the name. Evangeline Lilly.
I've never heard of her. She makes his displays shine though. :o

It must have been Freddy vs. Jason I seen her.

kc311v2 · Mar 26, 2007, 10:36 PM

Wow, I am blown away by your guys' workspaces. Definitely given me some ideas on some upgrades.

Here's mine just taken tonight!

fluidstream · Apr 2, 2007, 10:03 PM

I really don't remember where I found the image of her crouched, sorry!

I've noticed the same hiccup you mention, it doesn't happen very often, but when it does happen, it drives me mad. Have you installed the logitech drivers for it? I hate how they auto switch the scroll modes depending on the app your in.

EasyMac · Apr 4, 2007, 11:59 PM

Haven't been here in a LONG time. Been hanging out at Mac Forums but this place has more setup threads

. I have sold my PC so I can be 100% mac.

iBook G3, BOSS BR-864 Recorder, Mini Mouse with a retractable cord

Everything else. Sun 17" Flat CRT, Apple Pro KB, Logitech MX310, Logitech QuickCam, barely see my iPaq.

What I sold my PC to get. What a cute little QuickSilver eh?

CANNON! Its a Digi Audio. I painted it white. Inspired by the iMacs.

voo · Apr 5, 2007, 08:08 PM

Originally Posted by fluidstream

I really don't remember where I found the image of her crouched, sorry!

I've noticed the same hiccup you mention, it doesn't happen very often, but when it does happen, it drives me mad. Have you installed the logitech drivers for it? I hate how they auto switch the scroll modes depending on the app your in.

It's cool. I found it a few posts up. Not that I use women as my desktop but shes nice.
However, where is the MX Revolution dongle plugged in? is it quite far away or is it plugged in behind your Apple Displays?

I have found the stutter/freezing of the cursor seems to depend on the distance. I have mine plugged into the Apple wired keyboard. It hardly does it if at all now.

No I don't use the Logitech Control Center. I detest it. I do use USB Overdrive though between the MX 1000 and MX Revolution and because of that I can choose between auto scroll/manual scroll. Not software controlled. The only thing that doesn't work with USB Overdrive is the search button. I was hoping there would be an update to USB Overdrive for it, but its been well over a year since the last release.

wei · Apr 8, 2007, 12:13 AM

another update from me:

larger screen.

highstakes · Apr 13, 2007, 12:17 PM

Originally Posted by mindwaves

Some of you guys like davidflas, for example, really know how to stylize your setup and your house. Well done. I'm in admiration.

Soo true.

voo · Apr 13, 2007, 08:24 PM

Originally Posted by davidflas

Here's My setup:

Is it the way it looks or..., it looks as if your tower is going to be real close when opening the door or someone accidentally kicking it as they come through the door...

Hmm thats an interesting idea, I have a 5 foot (40 gallon) tank I was wanting to put in my room though I really like your style of tank.

Yours is still somewhat big and deep but small.

Only thing that puts me off moving it is the sound of the air pumps, droning through the night.

and no my tank doesn't look manky, its the way the camera and the lighting with the tinted green glass is. Plus the clown loaches destroyed all my plants

I need more, I could never keep them going on plants.

hotdogsoup · 03:13 PM

Here is my set-up

Mac Pro 2.66x2
2GB RAM
250GB Stock HD
500GB Internal Maxtor Maxline HD
200GB External Maxtor HD
LG 22" Wide Screen Model: L226WT
Logitech X-540 Speakers 5.1 Surround-Sound
Linksys WRT54GS Router
XBOX 360 connected to Mac Pro via 360 Connect360 for media sharing
HP Photosmart C5180 connected via network
Grey Tabby Cat Model:Male Name: Simon

davidflas · Apr 14, 2007, 08:37 PM

Originally Posted by voo

Is it the way it looks or..., it looks as if your tower is going to be real close when opening the door or someone accidentally kicking it as they come through the door...

Hmm thats an interesting idea, I have a 5 foot (40 gallon) tank I was wanting to put in my room though I really like your style of tank.

Yours is still somewhat big and deep but small.

Only thing that puts me off moving it is the sound of the air pumps, droning through the night.

and no my tank doesn't look manky, its the way the camera and the lighting with the tinted green glass is. Plus the clown loaches destroyed all my plants

I need more, I could never keep them going on plants.

Thanks for the compliments about my setup. As for the tower being close to the door, it is..but not too close. Happily, that's the door to my closet, so I am the only one who opens it. I enjoy the fish tank being in my room, I don't have an air pump, so its not too loud..

bpd115 · Apr 17, 2007, 01:29 AM

Here she is.
2.66 Quad with 2 maxtor 500 prolines in raid zero to boot, 3 gig of ram, 2 320s and 1 250 HDs internal as well.

Cei · Apr 17, 2007, 11:31 AM

Dual 23" CInemas on my now old PowerMac G5 dual 2.5Ghz. Macbook is out of shot on the sofa!

mkerr64 · Apr 19, 2007, 12:13 AM

Nice clean setup Cei

im liking the 2x mybook

Cei · Apr 19, 2007, 04:16 AM

Much needed pair of 500Gb Pros, the Nikon Coolscan next to them outputs pretty high resolution files, so my drives are stuffed with photographs. The irritating thing is that you can't run two same-model MyBooks on the firewire bus at the same time, as they have the same ID, so you have to run one over USB!

blakespot · Apr 19, 2007, 11:30 PM

Originally Posted by jcee

Originally Posted by blakespot

Updated my setup a little bit and have better wallpaper now, so I took another shot of my 'Pro.

What wallpaper is this?

This wallpaper can be found here:

this NASA wallpaper everyone keeps asking me for

Use the select list (top right) to get to the large, original. I split it up in Photoshop for use on my combined screens. Good luck.

blakespot

blakespot · Apr 19, 2007, 11:34 PM

Originally Posted by Sub

blakespot, what is the model of the Hp monitor, I really like the portrait idea you've got there, I am thinking about doing the same thing. Is there any special software to install to run it in portrait mode like that?

The ATI X1900 XT drivers that come w/ the card/OS X support rotated displays. I understand that certain other ATI cards have similar capabilities under OS X. That's all it took.

Of course, subpixel anti-aliasing under OS X for rotated displays is broken, just like it is for ClearType under XP.

blakespot

Peabo · Apr 20, 2007, 03:32 PM

New Mac Pro 8-core

unboxing pics here:
Mac Pro Unboxing Pics