Show us your computer room 2!

Damn, how big is that aquirium? 100 Gal???

 

105g, took 3 guys to get it into my office and replace my 55g lol

 

That is so much water! Is it a pain to clean? We used to own a 50g tank and that wasn't too much fun to clean.

This doesn't truly count as it isn't my personal computer room, but it is my computer room at work

https://www.dropbox.com/s/cja6iwi8fn4phmf/2012-10-13 16.22.42.jpg

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A new addition to my tech shrine, which I consider to be part of my setup.

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My setup:

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low light condition + Edof camera

 

I decided to upgrade my desk
Before

After

 

My new apartment setup, cant complain it gets the job done:



Also my setup at work, thinking about getting a bigger screen soon:

 

^^^ Wow, that's the first time I've seen a computer built into a Coke box.

 

Yeah I was thinking about going pepsi but coke just had a more classic feel.

 

All to get to this:

 

^^^Is that you home office? Nice wally, Salvador Dali, Persistence Of Time. My favorite of his is Face Of War. Had it as a wallpaper once too.
And kudos for that fancy bar sir!

 

That's my custom login screen. Thought a time theme was appropriate.

 

Set up the desktop organizer, and have my Nokia and Sennheisers on display. I need to figure out how to hang those headphones... Don't want to damage it with a Command Hook, and I can't nail anything into the walls

Breadboard on the shelf is a 74193 connected to a 74155, which connects to a 74151, which connects to a seven-segment display.

 

My setup for now

 

Not much to say about the above....except I'm jeolous...can't run anything like that with any of my setups. I guess that's the advantage of having a desktop.

 

There are MANY advantages of using desktops over laptop:

1) Easier to set up multiple monitors;
2) If you put the desktop computer on the floor, it takes up less desktop space than a laptop (we talked about this before in this thread);
3) No annoyingly warm palmrests;
4) More upgradeable than laptops;
5) Better performance than laptops on a per-dollar basis, i.e. you get more bang for your buck;
6) Desktops are less likely to get stolen;
7) On the average, desktops are more reliable, partly because you don't move them around and partly because they tend to be cooled better than laptops;
8) The average desktop keyboard is better than the average laptop keyboard.

Laptops have only two advantages that I can think of:
1) Mobile;
2) Consume less electricity.

 

Even this can fall into the desktop category now. I've got an ivy bridge i3 desktop that uses 20 watts when its idling. Add that to a small LED backlit screen and its as efficient as a notebook.

 

You should really consider the "weight" of each of those because mobility is actually a "limiting" factor of the desktop whereas none of the desktop advantages point to any limitations of the laptop, upgrading excluded but even then we can upgrade a fair amount.

 

Not many people take notice of this but all notebooks natively have a UPS built-in (aka Battery), which can last for hours. Trying to power a desktop setup (tower, monitor, kb+mouse, speakers) during a blackout like during a hurricane would require a UPS that would cost an extra $$$ and wouldnt last as long.

Not losing any work from a power outage or accidental unplugging, and seamlessly being able to continue my work is a big advantage to me.

 

Money wise a desktop will offer the best bang for the buck for performance. I have my M18x which to me is just like a desktop in most circumstances, the only thing that I'm limited to is having two external monitors compared to three and more. Besides that I have no problems having laptops only.

Performance wise I'm running 4.2GHz for daily tasks and may OC to 4.8GHz and up to 5.1GHz for those rare occasions if I needed to...beating most desktops. Plus it's portable, and as Flip has mentioned has built in UPS.

 

Here is my new desktop set up. Running both screens, the receiver amp, subwoofer, and PC I idle around 130 watts. When I turn my volume on my amp to max while playing video on the larger screen, then the entire system only consumes 250 watts. This does include the power that my 8" subwoofer is using.

I tested the 24" screen and the PC alone. It only pulls 44 watts from the wall. The screen backlight is at 30%.





I had to make the screen mount a few inches higher to accommodate the larger 24" screen below. To do this I had to replace the old 2x6's and add longer ones. I've got the 2x6's attached to the desk so I don't have to mount my screen to the walls.

 

Good point. I forgot about this because I haven't been hit by a power outage in ages and also my most critical desktop computers are indeed on UPS.

Keep in mind that I wasn't saying we should use desktops exclusively and stop buying laptops. As you can see in my signature, I have lots of laptops as well as desktops. But because desktops offer a more pleasant user experience, I use desktops most of the time and use laptops only when mobility is needed. I often hear people say desktops are obsolete. I strongly disagree, and think that's even more absurd than claiming that slate tablets can fully replace laptops. The upcoming Microsoft Surface Pro could fully replace laptops, but with the attached keyboard, it's not exactly a slate tablet.

 

Some Updates

Apple Gadgets Desk Tour Winter 2012 - YouTube

 

DUDE! REPLACE YOUR SMOKE DETECTOR'S BATTERY! WE'VE BEEN OVER THIS ALREADY. DO YOU REALLY WANT ALL THOSE FANCY APPLE PRODUCTS TO GO DOWN IN FLAMES?

 

My setup includes:

27inch Asus 1080p display
2011 13inch macbook pro
Vidock (external graphics card) housing my NVidia 560 1gb
Microsoft Sidewinder keyboard
Cyborg RAT 5 mouse
Razer Scarab mousepad
USB hub
Gunnar glasses
Laser Printer (laptop is raised for better cooling and ability to grab papers from printer


Next step, buy some speakers! And more LED lights

 

My newest found favorite thing that a desktop has over a laptop(which didn't use to be so bad). I no longer have all those horrid cables running up my desk and to the SIDE of my notebook. Yay for having ports at the rear of a unit where the belong.

 

Epic, that is a very clean setup.

 

My messy work setup. I didnt include the whole desk as its worse then what you see. Cleaning mode ENGAGED!

You could get a laptop with a dock or get one with everything on the back. Currently I only have my mouse coming out the side btu that will change cause I have to replace naga epic thats broken so wireless mouse here I come.

 

^^^Dat Dell...

 

Work in progress. I'm going to finish it during Thanksgiving weekend.

 

Your kid is adorable!!!

 

How do you get the red stick on there!? This black one pissing me off coming from thinkpad ;p.

 

Here's my temporary setup..

 

^ ^ Awesome background.

 

The monitor isn't.

 

Two subwoofers...me like.

Where's the Alienware at?

 

But the lappy is .
And just noticed, desktop is also by Dell. But who cares when he has a M4600.

 

I'll take a new picture and post it by this weekend.

 

How about you post some pictures here too:
http://forum.notebookreview.com/off-topic/505359-photography-591.html

 

What Alienware? I don't own any Alienware, look in sig

 

just an alien(ware?) mousepad.

 

Of my setup?

 

No, your photography. We don't get a lot of pics posted there nowadays...

 

I've started to again. Main reason I haven't been is I had a son born two months premature and been so worried about his well being...he's still on the hospital and was born Sept 27.

 

man got a point

 

Here is my home setup for now:

My m4600 with 2 extra LCDs and a mimo usb monitor for little things like HWmonitor.



My home server circa 2007ish hardware windows server 2003, but Im going to offload ftp and such. But again not sure as I may just wipe it and throw linux back on.

Yeah I love my m4600. I want the m4700 ATI card though for more monitors then the 3.5 I have at home.

Thanks! He is the best thing that has ever happened to me.

I forget where I got them, but I think it was like $12 to my door for a couple of different colors. If you PM Ill try and remember and track them down for ya. Worked on both my m4400 and my m4600.

Yeah 24in 1920x1200 LCD. I have one at home on my "next thing" home server.

 

I'm a sucker for these types of threads.

 

Enjoy these years. Before you know it he will be grown up, dating and graduating. Then he will get married and have rugrats of his own and you'll be a grandpa.

 

Ditto.

Yeah I know. Feels like yesterday I was at the hospital watching the birth and now my son is saying dada, standing up on his own, cruising(walking with the help of an object) and eating the same food the wife and I eat. Goes WAAAAY too fast.