Post Pictures of you Mac setup.

[[XC] mysticmerlin]

Maybe try again later.

It is later, I finaly got me a new digicam so I hope to add to what I started and even got stickied!

[i found nemo]

? who steals a cam?

[[XC] mysticmerlin]

Sadly my crack ho step daughter who was visiting her 3 kids my wife and I are raising. Got a digital and my new zx85 video camera both. Didn't realize they were gone till I put up this post 2 days later and no cameras.
Waiting on Ins. to pay but $500 deductible will only get one of them.

[FragTek]

? who steals a cam?
A thief?

[littleowl]

that sucks I would kick her butt!! sorry to here about it man!

[antipop]

Since mysticmerlin has some problem starting, i'm going first

The machine is a PB 15", you might not see it here but my friends say that my room looks like an apple showroom :)
I'm planning to change the screen to a dell 20" and add a mini as a server for my music and video.

edit : smaller and better quality pic

[afireinside]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v448/zero-IGN/commandcenter.jpg

Old but you get the point. 12" ibook G4 1.2ghz 1.25gb 60gb

[antipop]

Is that a 20" widescreen Dell? Are you happy with the screen?

[[XC] mysticmerlin]

Looks good guys. I am still waiting on ins.

[Paul Stamatiou]

at home
http://static.flickr.com/40/79880851_6a33586a4b.jpg
the computer on the left is my BattleField 2 rig, a Shuttle SN85G4v2 with A64 3400+@3700+ w/ X800Pro with a 17" Samsung 172x 12ms LCD

at school
http://static.flickr.com/24/89886903_6a2ca5f754.jpg
20" ACD

http://static.flickr.com/37/100640895_f2146f5d5c.jpg
the laptop is an inspiron 300m only used for C coding for the GameBoy Advance as required by my Media Device Architectures class.

[PyroTeknik]

This is my little set up

http://lukezeller.com/27.jpg (can't be bothered to resize and its a tad large to just be posting...

Basically
15" PB (1.67 G4)
20" Display
Apple BT Keyboard
Logitech Mx900 (One button mice are retarded)
Fatal1ty pad, Fatal1ty branded stuff does get a lot of crap and I agree with most of it but this really is a godly mousepad for fps's. I dont have as much use for it anymore since I rarely play fps's on my mac but its still pretty hot.
20 gig iPod photo (This is the only thing thats really changed I got a 30gig black video).

Thats my desk. Only difference really is that it is on a different desk in california now cause I go to school out here. I want one of the new PB's so bad....

[Fixxxer]

Here comes mine:

It's a small iBook G4 1.33Ghz, 1gig, 40 gigs HDD and a 12 inch display.

http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/8574/lilg47ex.th.jpg (http://img93.imageshack.us/my.php?image=lilg47ex.jpg)

Trips with me everywhere. :p:

[mshauri]

here is my little setup.My iPod video, A 2Ghz G5 iMac, A 2Ghz Dual intel MacBook Pro, with my Logitech Z5500 THX system/1000 watt (sub woofer, and rear speakers are there as well, just not seen in the picture)
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=45343&d=1143674914
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=45344&d=1143674914

[Doombringer]

Very nice setup mshauri. :)

[Platform]

Here is mine....iMac G5 20" 2.1Ghz G5, 1.5GB RAM, .5TB HDD's, ATI X600XT

[sauria]

http://members.cox.net/
sauria/QuadG5AJL.jpg (http://members.cox.net/sauria/QuadG5AJL.jpg)
http://members.cox.net/sauria/Macminicoreduo.jpg

[antipop]

Here I go again, now that I got my mini and the 20" dell

[Rutz]

http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/9396/153su.th.jpg (http://img201.imageshack.us/my.php?image=153su.jpg)

My iBook G3 12"/900MHz/640mb/40gb/Combo

[FragTek]

Here's my quaint little setup:

17" Glossy MBP w/ 30" Dell 3007WFP

[thorgal]

Sweet FragTek :D

I'm typing this on my Alubook 1.25Ghz. Waiting for Merom here :)

[FragTek]

Sweet FragTek :D

I'm typing this on my Alubook 1.25Ghz. Waiting for Merom here :)
Did a pretty sweet mod 3 days ago on my MBP... Check it out :)

http://www.fragtek.com/pix/classicapplembp1.jpg
http://www.fragtek.com/pix/classicapplembp2.jpg

:woot:

[[XC] mysticmerlin]

WoW Frag that is very nice. I'll trade you a Bronze power book for it! hehe

[FragTek]

WoW Frag that is very nice. I'll trade you a Bronze power book for it! hehe

Thanks for the offer but I think I'll pass this time around ;) hehe

[[XC] mysticmerlin]

Did a pretty sweet mod 3 days ago on my MBP... Check it out :)


:woot:

and you did a howto when you were doing it right? Would it work on said Bronze powerbook?

[FragTek]

and you did a howto when you were doing it right? Would it work on said Bronze powerbook?
No how-to but VERY easy to explain. And of course it would work on a bronze PB.

On a PB it may even be easier to do than on my MBP. U just need to take out the bottom two screws on the display housing and then start popping the clips around the edges that hold the display in to the housing. Pop off the housing and put in your new color sheet (best if purchased from icolours.ca :)) and reassemble. Voila, custom colored Apple logo!

[[XC] mysticmerlin]

Excellent. I am a DJ on the side and have gel sheets for my Par cans so I can stripe the color easy enough. Just think that is one of the best mac mods I have seen and yet so understated.

[FragTek]

Excellent. I am a DJ on the side and have gel sheets for my Par cans so I can stripe the color easy enough. Just think that is one of the best mac mods I have seen and yet so understated.
Word! Such a simple mod, but so awesome at the same time. I absolutely love it :)

I wish there were a way to step in to a room full of 100 people using Apple laptops and then fire mine up in the dark corner with my illuminated classic Apple logo beaming out of the corner. I'd probably draw a crowd of people asking me what kind of laptop I had.. "Is that new or something dude??" lol

[thorgal]

Word! Such a simple mod, but so awesome at the same time. I absolutely love it :)

I wish there were a way to step in to a room full of 100 people using Apple laptops and then fire mine up in the dark corner with my illuminated classic Apple logo beaming out of the corner. I'd probably draw a crowd of people asking me what kind of laptop I had.. "Is that new or something dude??" lol

I guess I'm not the only one that thought the demise of the coloured logo was a mistake ;)

Other than that : it's totally cool :toast:

[FragTek]

I guess I'm not the only one that thought the demise of the coloured logo was a mistake ;)

Other than that : it's totally cool :toast:
Huge mistake IMO :) I love the classic apple logo, it's so nostalgic!

[w00t!w00t!]

while that is a cool mod I prefer it without it

[FragTek]

while that is a cool mod I prefer it without it
Tiz all good, different strokes for different folks.

[l1qu1d]

Did a pretty sweet mod 3 days ago on my MBP... Check it out :)
Wicked and easy to recreate. Thx for the link to iColours.ca - hope I'll find a shop nearby my location :shrug:

[Pressure]

http://home20.inet.tele.dk/pressure/AppleSetup.jpg

MacBook Pro with 23" Apple Cinema Display :D

Sorry for the crappy image but only got my phone camera.

[perry_78]

I love the highend gear and then those speakers :p: My cousin has exactly the same ones, about 10 years old by now :p

[maniawire]

http://maniawire.org/files/pictures/comp_setup.jpg
MBP, Dell 24inch, Mac Mini with modded internal harddrive to external..
on the bottom is AMD opteron 165 gaming machine... which I don't use.
I basically turn it on once a day to play CS for an hour.
It's going up on the ebay soon.....

[sauria]

Nice cool setup! Is the mini faster with the external HD?

[flavoraid]

wouldn't it matter what speed the hdd is? ;)

some people run them with raptor x o.O

[maniawire]

it's running at 7200rpm, and yes, they are faster than internal harddrive.
And the speed difference is noticeable.

[sauria]

Thanks

[flavoraid]

any point in raptor x over the 150gb raptor?

other than the uber cool window?

[maniawire]

I am planning on upgrading hard drive to raptor, and CPU with Merom this winter. I hate to see it becoming faster than my macbook pro. But I think it will be worth the upgrade...

[Nosfer@tu]

Nice setup there.

[NajZ]

@maniawire

how does your Mini handle the 24inch dell. Are the graphics in the mini capable of handling the 1920x1200 res well. Im planning on getting one for my dell 24" but im worried if its up to it. I'll be using it mainly for graphics work.

[FlimFlam00]

Here's my little setup:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/kenergy/misc%20images%20for%20hosting/DSCN0851.jpg

Teh Macbook on the left:

1.83 Merom
2 gb
160 gb hd

Mac Mini (under the dualies)
-monitor on left-

1.83 Merom
2 gb Kingston
60 gb hd (I'm upgrading)
Lacie 250 gb external

Egads, teh PC running the dualies

e6600 @ 3.4
2gb Corsair pc8500
Evga 8800 GTX
Netcell raid card
Dvico HD TV tuner

lol at this (yeah, my room gets hot as sh1t):

150 gb Raptor x (Vista)
200 Maxtor (Mandriva)
250 WD Caviar (XP/Ubuntu)
400 gb WD Caviar (Data)
500 gb Seagate (Media)
3 x 74 gb raptors in RAID (Netcell)

The high maintenance cat on top of my PC is my friend's ex-wife's cat who he got from the divorce. Chip is my little black dude on the right.

Not a bad setup. Wish I had dual 30" Apple Cinemas and a Mac Pro to boot as well. Next raise I guess...;-)

Here is Chip crashed on teh Mini - he digs it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/kenergy/DSCN2073.jpg

[nn_step]

my classics
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v643/nn_step2/533.jpg

[sky]

powerbook g4, 512m ram, mobility r9700...
to be replaced as soon as apple gets the new mbp"s out the door, which is hopefully the day after tomorrow, read the 5th of june..

[Thegreenman]

Its not mine but would you give your right arm for it !!!!!!!!!

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v673/psychoalchemy/desktop2.jpg

[dippyskoodlez]

http://www.techpowerup.com/gallery/846/__5.jpg

Until late august when i leave for school. :cool:

[messerchmidt]

I have a sudden urge to put OSx86 on my PC and/or acer laptop and put some pictures here! LOL

[dippyskoodlez]

I have a sudden urge to put OSx86 on my PC and/or acer laptop and put some pictures here! LOL

http://img.techpowerup.org/060204/P2040002.jpg
http://img.techpowerup.org/060201/P2010001.jpg

Like that?

$400 walmart laptop. :ROTF:

[sauria]

Time to go to Walmart dippyskoodlez!

[dippyskoodlez]

Time to go to Walmart dippyskoodlez!

That one was mine :up:

[Daveb2012]

The new iBooks are so nice I'm going to get one, I have been a PC guy only for the last 10 years, but macs are finally too tempting.

[Daveb2012]

DIppy whats in those amps on the keyboard??

[dippyskoodlez]

DIppy whats in those amps on the keyboard??

ammonium sulfide.

Stinky shiz. :rofl:

[icon57]

Here's my little setup:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/kenergy/misc%20images%20for%20hosting/DSCN0851.jpg

Teh Macbook on the left:

1.83 Merom
2 gb
160 gb hd

Mac Mini (under the dualies)
-monitor on left-

1.83 Merom
2 gb Kingston
60 gb hd (I'm upgrading)
Lacie 250 gb external

Egads, teh PC running the dualies

e6600 @ 3.4
2gb Corsair pc8500
Evga 8800 GTX
Netcell raid card
Dvico HD TV tuner

lol at this (yeah, my room gets hot as sh1t):

150 gb Raptor x (Vista)
200 Maxtor (Mandriva)
250 WD Caviar (XP/Ubuntu)
400 gb WD Caviar (Data)
500 gb Seagate (Media)
3 x 74 gb raptors in RAID (Netcell)

The high maintenance cat on top of my PC is my friend's ex-wife's cat who he got from the divorce. Chip is my little black dude on the right.

Not a bad setup. Wish I had dual 30" Apple Cinemas and a Mac Pro to boot as well. Next raise I guess...;-)

Here is Chip crashed on teh Mini - he digs it.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v486/kenergy/DSCN2073.jpg

sweet set up...nice cat too :p:

[apt403]

Here's my setup.

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa251/Apt403/DSCN4693.png

Macbook, iMac, selfbuilt, eMac, Powerbook G3, and there's a G4 tower just behind the Powerbook.

[sauria]

Nice, apt403. Is that self-built Hackintosh?

[apt403]

Someday, maybe. After I get my next PC built in Jan/Feb, I might throw OS X on the one in the pic for :banana::banana::banana::banana:s and giggles.

[Xcel]

aww cute cats FlimFlam00! Mine don't even want to come close to my comps

[Newblar]

Here's my setup.

http://i199.photobucket.com/albums/aa251/Apt403/DSCN4693.png

Macbook, iMac, selfbuilt, eMac, Powerbook G3, and there's a G4 tower just behind the Powerbook.

hahaha nice snapple bottles
got all the facts yet?

[Paladin]

What the heck? :confused:

dippyskoodlez has Prozium (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0238380/) or morphine doses (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075925/) front & center.
http://www.equilibriumfans.com/EQTop-l.jpghttp://www.berkley-u.edu/flu-prevention/images/ampules.jpg

apt403 has packing tape & rubbing alcohol front & center.

This is either a David Lynch (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000186/) movie or there's something about Mac users... :nuts:

[Cupcake]

I Just bought a 12" G4 Powerbook with a 1.5Ghz CPU and a gig and a quarter of ram :) Im pretty excited as its my first mac since the OS8 days :)

[FlimFlam00]

aww cute cats FlimFlam00! Mine don't even want to come close to my comps

Thanks xcel.:)

[lowfat]

my new macbook pro

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b110/tulcakelume/IMG_0516.jpg

[nugs]

Looks like a bunch of users have mini-macs..lol
http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x128/s2pluto/100_0763.jpg

[Steffen]

MacBook Pro
2,5Ghz Core2Duo
4GB Corsair CL4 RAM
250GB HDD
512MB Geforce 8600M GT

http://s5.directupload.net/images/080620/pa36njf3.jpg

[lowfat]

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b110/tulcakelume/IMG_1351.jpg

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b110/tulcakelume/IMG_1357.jpg

[sauria]

Great setup lowfat -- did you build a "clone?"

[lowfat]

Great setup lowfat -- did you build a "clone?"

clone? a Hackintosh? My MacBook Pro is sitting on my desk in the picture :shrug:

[sauria]

Okay, I was looking at the tower case

[S1mon-]

Just got a MacBook for University :) Still need to understand how it works lol pretty darn different than a PC...

[ZeroCool1616]

Hi

This is my setup. Newest iMac with PS3, Teufel Motive2 Speakers and Samsung Laserprinter :clap: and of course a white iPhone :eek:

http://img.skitch.com/20090104-mbud1jcnktwx1bynh1h332p16b.preview.jpg (http://skitch.com/zerocool1616/byryb/home)
Click for full size (http://skitch.com/zerocool1616/byryb/home) - Uploaded with plasq (http://plasq.com)'s Skitch (http://skitch.com)

[lowfat]

I got the same printer. it is so sexy.

[shazza]

I don't believe I've posted these pics before:


My G5 and 23" Apple Cinema Display
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/shazzasmd/applesetup.jpg



An off topic shot of the view while we were living in Australia:
http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y124/shazzasmd/kookabura.jpg



Unfortunately, the G5 and Cinema Display have gone to a new home. I still have the 12" Powerbook, but currently using a new 15" MacBook Pro for my notebook. Apple would still have me as a desktop customer if they'd ever worked out the video card compatibility issue. Especially now that we can boot Windows easily.

[ZeroCool1616]

Hi

New desk and a more cleaner look ...

http://img.skitch.com/20090705-qxrp51ke25pbsbj83jd4qkasg4.preview.jpg (http://skitch.com/zerocool1616/bsund/home-new)

Click for full size !!! (http://skitch.com/zerocool1616/bsund/home-new)

Greetz Uwe

[sauria]

Great setup ZeroCool1616

[Quixylvre]

This was a temporary setup I had in my TV room about a week and a half ago while my parents were in Alaska.

Later I'll upload pics of my new workspace once I've completed it. MUCH bigger with more screens.

[May007]

ZeroCool1616, near the iMac, is that an Apple Cinema Display 24? I see there is also a PlayStation 3, I wonder if I can connect it to my iMac or to an Apple Cinema Display, through an adaptor. Thanks!

[ZeroCool1616]

ZeroCool1616, near the iMac, is that an Apple Cinema Display 24? I see there is also a PlayStation 3, I wonder if I can connect it to my iMac or to an Apple Cinema Display, through an adaptor. Thanks!

Hi

Its an Hp 26" with 2 hdmi and a dvi ... iMac an PS3 are connected via hdmi.

Edit: bevor i had the hp i connected the ps3 via eye tv hybrid with the imac... s-video -> usb via the tv card it works great but only 420p !!!

greetz

[railmeat]

Hi

New desk and a more cleaner look ...

http://img.skitch.com/20090705-qxrp51ke25pbsbj83jd4qkasg4.preview.jpg (http://skitch.com/zerocool1616/bsund/home-new)

Click for full size !!! (http://skitch.com/zerocool1616/bsund/home-new)

Greetz Uwe

watch u dont put your foot right threw that sub... :o turn it sideways atleast or pop a grill on it.clean setup i must admit

[TheScavenger]

After the internal ODD went out in my Indigo iMac I had to get creative in order to install Puma. The system didn't want to boot from an external ODD so I had to connect one to the IDE cable where the internal HDD normally goes. I then connected the HDD via a USB.

http://i196.photobucket.com/albums/aa131/joshuaLX/iMacInstall.jpg

[lowfat]

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b110/tulcakelume/IMG_2455.jpg

[Mabyboi]

http://i352.photobucket.com/albums/r348/mabyboi/6e31180d.jpg?t=1268444186

My 2008 Macbook Air and my magic mouse, soon to be replaced with a 2010 version..

Also building a mac pro (pc) build in the summer, will post that when its done too.

[lowfat]

http://i352.photobucket.com/albums/r348/mabyboi/6e31180d.jpg?t=1268444186

My 2008 Macbook Air and my magic mouse, soon to be replaced with a 2010 version..

Also building a mac pro (pc) build in the summer, will post that when its done too.

You like the Magic Mouse? I personally think is is very unergonomic. You have an SSD in that Air yet? I just threw one in my iMac today and it shines now. :cool:

[Mabyboi]

You like the Magic Mouse? I personally think is is very unergonomic. You have an SSD in that Air yet? I just threw one in my iMac today and it shines now. :cool:

the magic mouse can be fun to use, i dont use it quite often, i do agree that it isnt very ergonomic..

And no, this is the old 80gb spinning disk version.. plus the hard drives are 1.8" Pata drives... nearly impossible for SSD, no performance gain either.. cant wait for the 2010 model so i can get a nice SSD and 4gb of ram going! which reminds me... this mac air is for sale. :D

[lowfat]

the magic mouse can be fun to use, i dont use it quite often, i do agree that it isnt very ergonomic..

And no, this is the old 80gb spinning disk version.. plus the hard drives are 1.8" Pata drives... nearly impossible for SSD, no performance gain either.. cant wait for the 2010 model so i can get a nice SSD and 4gb of ram going! which reminds me... this mac air is for sale. :D

You have the non-Nvidia version? I think the Nvidia ones came w/ SATA IIRC.

[Mabyboi]

You have the non-Nvidia version? I think the Nvidia ones came w/ SATA IIRC.

yup, your right. the one i have is the very first to come out. 1.6Ghz, 2gb ddr2, 80gb 1.8" Pata... still a beautiful 13" screen and 6 hours of battery life with normal use.. and it weighs less than a glass of water!

(seriously though, its for sale, BestBuy warranty till 2012, will be putting up a For Sale soon)

[Angmaar]

the magic mouse can be fun to use, i dont use it quite often, i do agree that it isnt very ergonomic..

And no, this is the old 80gb spinning disk version.. plus the hard drives are 1.8" Pata drives... nearly impossible for SSD, no performance gain either.. cant wait for the 2010 model so i can get a nice SSD and 4gb of ram going! which reminds me... this mac air is for sale. :D

There are 1.8" SSD drives like this (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167026&cm_re=x18-_-20-167-026-_-Product) Intel drive.

[lowfat]

There are 1.8" SSD drives like this (http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820167026&cm_re=x18-_-20-167-026-_-Product) Intel drive.

That is still SATA. The model he has only has IDE.

[Angmaar]

That is still SATA. The model he has only has IDE.

Oh, kk.

[Mabyboi]

Oh, kk.

yeah i would have grabbed that if it werent for the fact that its IDE.... *sigh*

[CAUTION]

Hey guys I need some help and was wondering if I could get some assistance? I am looking to get a macbook pro 13" from my local microcenter. They have it on sell for $1067. But I was online looking up promo codes and I saw that back in Feb10, they had it where it was $800 with promo code. My question is do any of you have a microcenter promo code for the macbook pro?

Please let me know, thanks.

[TheScavenger]

I think the sale you are thinking of was a white macbook for $800 not a 13" MBP.

[CAUTION]

I think the sale you are thinking of was a white macbook for $800 not a 13" MBP.

You maybe right, but I thought it was for the macbook pro. Also with microcenter saleing the macbook pro 13" I wonder if I could use my college ID so that I can get the $100 discount for being a college student or is that only when purchasing the laptop through Apple? Also if you do come across any promo codes for microcenter on macbook pros in the next few days let me know.

Thanks.

[hewi]

Quick snap of my unfinished room housing my gaming machine and a macbook pro which serves as a backup and travel machine etc.

http://a.imageshack.us/img217/2810/img2305r.jpg (http://img217.imageshack.us/i/img2305r.jpg/)

Uploaded with ImageShack.us (http://imageshack.us)

Still need curtains, carpet and few acoustic panels on the walls to kill of some echoes. :)

[lowfat]

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b110/tulcakelume/IMG_2508.jpg

[guilleguillaume]

Lowfat i really love your Workstation. I think i have a lot of pics from it on my computer.

[ugp]

http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b110/tulcakelume/IMG_2508.jpg

Looks like an IKEA Workstation. Is it?

I love their Glass WorkStations. All my desks are from IKEA. I couldn't be more happy with them.

Anyways here is my 27" iMac Setup. Desk is always a mess.

[lowfat]

Looks like an IKEA Workstation. Is it?

I love their Glass WorkStations. All my desks are from IKEA. I couldn't be more happy with them.

Anyways here is my 27" iMac Setup. Desk is always a mess.

Yes it is from Ikea. I love the look of it. But the table legs are horrible unstable. I originally had the bigger wooden ones but thought they were ugly so I went w/ these ones instead. :down:

Next time I go to Ikea I'll likely grab a set of the wooden ones again.

[CESAJANS]

http://img831.imageshack.us/img831/1020/dscn3221copy800x600.jpg
http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/9386/snowleopardss.jpg

[fatherTime27]

My PC is down awaiting its rma'd gpu so this is my setup for the week

http://i.imgur.com/WtW4V.jpg

[UltraNEO*]

Kewl... For all whoms interested, here my little setup...

http://static.ultraneo.com/pub/_MG_9129-3-20110509-092302.jpg
http://static.ultraneo.com/pub/_MG_9112-1-20110509-092229.jpg
http://static.ultraneo.com/pub/scrnTrip-20110509-092334.jpg

[miahallen]

Why do all the computers in this thread look the same :confused:







.....oh crap, I think I got lost again :brick:

:sofa:

[davidkozat]

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/5927/img0429bj.jpg

My Hackintosh!!



Size: 297Kb
Resolution: 1024 x 768
Camera used: Apple iPhone 3GS
Orientation: Horizontal (normal)
Focal length: 3.9 mm
Aperture: f/2.8
Date/Time: 2010-11-20 04:54:16
Exposure time: 1/15
Lens F-Number: f/2.8
ISO: 400
Whitebalance: Auto
Metering mode: Average
Exposure: Program AE
Jpeg Quality: JPEG (old-style)

[sanctified]

UltraNEO, nice Axiom :) I've got one of those babies sitting in front of me too.

[Cpl Ledanek]

curious if anyone mods iPad cases around here.

I recently got a "hand-me-down" an iPad2 and I remember seeing the Otterbox Defender for iPad1 @ Target for $24 Clearance price (Retails around . So most of outside features for iPad2 is not readily accessible for the OTDef iPad1 case understandably, but with a little drilling and filing this could be resolved. Plus according to most reviews on Amazon of the OTDef iPad2 case, doesn't have the same ruggedness and heavy plastic coverage as of the iPad1 case.

It fits snuggly inside the iPad1 case. And it does gives you the feel that this case can take the beating.

Just curious if anyone else have modded their iPad cases around here.

http://img846.imageshack.us/img846/3780/119pi.th.jpg (http://img846.imageshack.us/i/119pi.jpg/) earphone jack is not lined up
http://img804.imageshack.us/img804/4387/111ku.th.jpg (http://img804.imageshack.us/i/111ku.jpg/) need to create more holes for the speaker
http://img521.imageshack.us/img521/2767/112yg.th.jpg (http://img521.imageshack.us/i/112yg.jpg/) rubber handles for grip
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/3325/113cah.th.jpg (http://img405.imageshack.us/i/113cah.jpg/)
http://img834.imageshack.us/img834/986/114pw.th.jpg (http://img834.imageshack.us/i/114pw.jpg/) some accent around the logo
http://img6.imageshack.us/img6/5906/115bv.th.jpg (http://img6.imageshack.us/i/115bv.jpg/) going to drill a bigger hole, so far the bottom edge is blocking
http://img840.imageshack.us/img840/8305/116ws.th.jpg (http://img840.imageshack.us/i/116ws.jpg/)
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/6817/117in.th.jpg (http://img88.imageshack.us/i/117in.jpg/) volume toggle cannot be reached because of the bevel, so making the hole bigger wider, a finger should fit --- gonna be trial and error here
http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/1808/118ed.th.jpg (http://img210.imageshack.us/i/118ed.jpg/)

[UltraNEO*]

UltraNEO, nice Axiom :) I've got one of those babies sitting in front of me too.

Thanks, it's an awesome keyboard. Keys are just the right weight, my only tiff with it is the crappy drum pads they're not the best for inputing rhythms. I used to have an awesome Alesis SR-16 unfortunately that went the way of the dodo.

[ZOMGVTEK]

I ditched the optical drive in my 17" MBP, and dropped two 120GB Sandisk Ultra II's in.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7016/6680025653_4fbf80414b_b.jpg

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7167/6680025541_e4638ff4c1_z.jpg

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It does fairly well. Speeds might be higher on the compressible benchmarks if it was SATA III, but its an ancient Mid-2010 model.

[davidkozat]

The sandisk is sata2 ssd so a sata3 mobo wont run it any faster and to be honest the Sandisk ultra ssd is rather slow and expesive there are better alternatives...

[ZOMGVTEK]

The drives were purchased knowing they would be used on a SATA II controller, so I didn't swing for SATA III drives. I would have went with another drive if I had SATA III on both slots. These happened to be the lowest cost option, and reportedly reliable with its 32nm NAND flash that is rated for more writes than 25nm counterparts.

I don't really care about synthetic benchmark numbers, and the newer SATA III SSD's aren't much faster at writing uncompressed video. The 'peak' numbers sure are higher, but they don't perform much better at writing uncompressed video.

Reliability, performance, and cost were all concerns. The Sandisk Ultra II's happened to most adequately fit my needs.

What does your system get on the Blackmagic Disk Speed Test?

[ZOMGVTEK]

My RAID0 setup with SATA II Sandisk Ultra II 120GB SSD's on a SATA II controller, is over 200% of what a single Chronos Enhanced 120GB SSD on SATA III will do.

http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7141/6724007329_2d29b7744e.jpg

It's all in the snazzy Sandforce compression.

[davidkozat]

I havent tested my software raid but am using 3 ocz agility 3 of 60 gb each which each hard drive is half the price as the sanddisk and i would say at least twice the speeds I will test them and let ya know...

[ZOMGVTEK]

The Sandisk Ultra II is rated at 30,000 IOPS 4KB random read, which is 50% higher than the Agility 3. The read/write speeds are similar, at 195 MB/s read 130 MB/s write, in AS-SSD. This would indicate a maximum throughput of 390MB/s and 260MB/s respectively on the Agility 3, of which my real life setup achieves around 85% of, on a SATA II controller.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227726

The 120GB version is $30 more than I paid for my drives for identical capacity.

I did a bit of research, and these drives appear to be the best bang for the buck, along with being one of the higher performing SATA II SSD's on the market. I'd love to see what your 3 SSD RAID0 setup will do in Lion on the same benchmark. All the evidence I can find suggests the Sandisk drives are fairly good.

[davidkozat]

Fair enough on the MBP unfortunately my macbook wont run aja benchmark neither does my Hackintosh for some reason and lets not forget we are using Software raid and one of the mean reason I bought it was cos of sata 3 and my motherboard limits the speed of my sata 3 ports so am running it on the sata2.... Ill use Disk speed test and let you know... and in the UK HW seems to be cheaper?... I paid £60 around 100 dollars... the reading on the sata2 raid of 2 ssds is around 450 reading (windows mind you) and the random write @4kbs is 50.000 iops...

[thegt1]

Can anyone show something different, jesus, their like clones.

[davidkozat]

I figured out why I couldnt run the HDD benchmarks, it turns out I got to allow it, by changing the hard drive to full access, anyway I got a nvidia controller on my MacBook so most of the time my Sata 2 controller will run the SSD at 1.5 instead so the benchmarks arent great, till it uses the full 3Gb full speed, by the way the hackintosh flies thanks to my 4 SSDs on raid (still only software raid) cant find a decent raid card for both win and mac.

[Toolius]

Try here for raid cards :)
http://eshop.macsales.com/Search/Search.cfm?Ntk=Primary&Ns=P_Popularity|1&Ne=5000&N=6943&Ntt=Hard+Drive+Controller+Cards
cheers :)

[davidkozat]

OK so finally here are my tests with my MacBook 8.2 with 2 SSDs Agility 3 in RAID 0, I think is good enough for the crappy Nvidia sata2 controller :)

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[tommyxv]

http://img12.imageshack.us/img12/5927/img0429bj.jpg

My Hackintosh!!



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Nice!!! LOL

[davidkozat]

Not the greatest Picture I know....

[Barr3l Rid3r]

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[davidkozat]

^^ Pretty Nice!!

[N19h7m4r3]

This place seems a bit barren, I'll add something.

http://i.minus.com/jh5fDqq9CmInD.jpg (http://minus.com/i/h5fDqq9CmInD)

[TheScavenger]

This place seems a bit barren, I'll add something.

http://i.minus.com/jh5fDqq9CmInD.jpg (http://minus.com/i/h5fDqq9CmInD)

Its hard to tell in the picture. Which monitor is that?

[N19h7m4r3]

It's the bargain bucket AOC i2367FH.

It's 23" IPS display with a matte anti-glare coating.
Cheap and cheerful really.

[endlesszeal]

i think that is the HP 27xi. It is currently on sale at Costco for $220 before tax.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/hp-pavilion-27-ips-led-hd-monitor/7296068.p?id=1218838640692&skuId=7296068&ref=06&loc=01&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=7296068&extensionType=%7Badtype%7D:%7Bnetwork%7D&s_kwcid=PTC!pla!%7Bkeyword%7D!%7Bmatchtype%7D!%7Ba dwords_producttargetid%7D!%7Bnetwork%7D!%7Bifmobil e:M%7D!%7Bcreative%7D&kpid=7296068&k_clickid=2ba83025-e3f1-1949-3ad7-00007bb2a68c

edit: didn't see nightmares response, haha. I'm way off.

[verndewd]

Mid 2-12 macbook pro 2.6ghz, with boost to 3. something or other. 27 inch asus hd monitor (2011) 8gb ram, Set up for recording sound libraries offloaded to a 1tb hd.http://i185.photobucket.com/albums/x56/verndewd/Photo%20on%2010-29-16%20at%206.03%20PM.jpg oxygen 25, mbox 2 and whatever is left from pawning gear to make it through college(less than half my gear)