Tag Archive: Setup


Samsung-Galaxy-Grand

For the last two years, Best Buy stores across the country have hosted a mini Apple Store within a store to bring more attention to Apple’s iMacs and MacBooks. As a point of solace from the barrage of tablets, desktop PCs, and laptops in Best Buys busy stores, the little Apple Stores give customers more time and space to play with Apple’s PC products, so Samsung has decided to take a similar  [Read More...]

Mac Setup: The Studio of a Multimedia Producer

Multimedia Producers desk

This weeks great Mac studio setup comes to us from Keith B., a professional visual designer and multimedia producer who uses his hardware to do everything from branding work to graphic design. Hardware shown in the picture includes:

iMac 21.5″ – 3.06GHz Core 2 Duo, 16GB RAM, 2 1TB HDDs, 512MB video card Korg PadKontrol Novation Remote Zero SL 2 M-Audio Axiom MIDI controllers (25 & 49) 1 AKAI  [Read More...]

Mac Setup: The Mac Pro Desk of a President

The Mac Pro setup of a CEO

This weeks awesome Mac setup is truly that, awesome. Coming to us from Ben K., he is the president of a company and uses all the power shown in this triple-screened Mac Pro workstation to get the job done.

We pulled this one from our Facebook page submissions so we didn’t get a traditional hardware list (yet), so we’re going to have to take a  [Read More...]

Mac Setup: A Musician’s Desk

MacBook Pro Retina and iPad desk setup

This weeks Mac setup comes to us from Dean K., a musician who uses his Mac setup for listening to music and editing.

MacBook Pro Retina 15″ 2.3 GHz Intel Core i7 – 16GB RAM – 256GB SSD MacBook Air 1.6GHz Core i5 – 4GB RAM – 128GB SSD iPad 3 – 16GB LTE MacBook Black 13″ 2.4 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo – 4GB  [Read More...]

Mac Setup: Amateur Photographer’s iMac Desk

The iMac desk setup of an amateur photographer

This weeks Apple setup comes to us from Pierre C., who uses his Mac for amateur photography and personal use. Pierre moved back to the Mac platform after a significant hiatus with Windows, and prior to this iMac his last Apple desktop was a Mac SE! As it often goes these days, his transition was initially to an iPad, and the jump to a Mac  [Read More...]

Mac Setup: The Cinematographers Desk

Cinematographer Mac desk setup

This weeks great Mac setup comes to us from Caleb M., the owner of a production company in New Zealand that specializes in cinematography with rapid turnaround. The Apple gear is used to edit, color, process, and deliver materials. Hardware includes:

MacBook Pro 15″ (early 2011) – 2.2 GHz Intel Core i7, 16GB RAM, 240GB SSD iPad 16GB (3rd Generation)  iPhone 5 16GB 27″ Apple Thunderbolt Display Western Digital  [Read More...]

Mac Setup: The Desk of a Digital Media Professional

MacBook Pro desk setup of a digital media designer

This weeks Mac setup comes to us from Michael H., the owner of a digital media company that focuses on web and graphic design. As you might have guessed, the hardware is used for every stage of the design process from the creative aspects to the business side of things. Hardware and accessories shown includes:

MacBook Pro 13″ (early 2009) – 8GB RAM, 500GB  [Read More...]

Mac Setup: Desk of a Masters Student

Mac desk of a Masters Student

This weeks Mac setup comes to us from Mike L., a Masters student in International Relations who uses his Apple gear for coursework, research, photo and video editing, and some fun too. Hardware shown includes:

MacBook Pro 15″ with Retina display – 2.6GHz Core i7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD Iiyama 22″ Full HD LCD Display iPad 2 16GB Apple Wireless Keyboard Apple Wireless Mouse XBox 360 1TB  [Read More...]

iPhone 5 Setup Is Easy Peasy [First Impressions]

I do not think it means what you think it means, Apple.

I had just taped the pre-signed authorization for UPS to the door of my house, when the brown UPS truck pulled up in front. I ran downstairs, signed breathlessly, and took possession of an absurdly small package. Apparently, Apple’s not happy enough with a small phone; they need to make the box it’s shipped in super small as well.

I  [Read More...]

What are your favorite apps?

I’m gonna be honest. I totally forgot that Homescreen.me existed. That’s because the website has been in private beta for two years, and I stopped using it after I initially uploaded my iPhone’s Home screen in 2010. So, I after finding out that Homescreen.me has opened its doors up for everyone today, I logged back into my account. Seeing the main apps I used on my iPhone 3GS  [Read More...]