Rig of the Day: Zen and the art of a neat desk

The Zen system of beliefs values balance and symmetry. The speakers are off-center relative to the user. OH SNAP!

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P.S. I love the Dell, I prefer apple's design, but for less cash I can get more monitor and more inputs from dell which I need to hook up my imac, macbook, 360 and gamecube.

P.S. Bluettoth MM and Keyboard where en route during this photo session

Ditto on the Dell monitor. Having a built-in media card reader is NICE! (Are you listening, Apple? Particularly on the iMac...Nice clean all-in-one with a nice 20" monitor...and an UGLY external media card reader plugged in.)

yuck, play xbox 360 with component, or buy a component video switcher, i have one hooked up on my hdtv, to have additional support for all game systems. xbox 360 without hd isnt so nice. with HD it is soo nice. they have a VGA adaptor for xbox 360, atleast get that.

The Dell monitors are way better than the apples, IMHO. In terms of price, that is. The Apple monitors still beat in image quality, but only slightly, and not enough to warrent an extra $400. As I understand it, the LCD is the same (same manufacturer) and the innards are proprietary.

The Dell 20" widescreen monitor I bought does not have a card reader, but does have 4 inputs (DVI, VGA, s-video, composite video) which can be used with anything that uses those types of interfaces. I have my mac on the DVI, an old PC on the VGA (for web dev backup, complimenting Parallels on my mac), the TiVo on the composite vid and a soon-to-be new xbox 360 on either the s-vid, comp or VGA depending on which provides the best image quality and gameplay. I suspect I'll be removing the PC from the VGA and putting the 360 on that.

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Hmm cool. I like the vertical monitor arrangement. I'm gonna try this when I get home as I have both a black macbook and the 2405fpw :)

I don't wanna sound like some kinda hater, but come on, how about investing in an external keyboard? That setup would be very distracting to be at.

of course with that said, I cant wait to go with apple displays, it was just impossible in the past (running a custom built pc, and g5, and laptop) i had to buy the dell 2405fpw a long time ago. and could not upgrade to any other size or model--and relagate one machine to using VGA usually my mac)

now that im going to buy a mac pro (when the x1900 ships) i can finally go dual monitor. Ill probly go dual 23's, but I wouldnt mind dual 30's! =)

the Dell monitor has VGA and component inputs that the Xbox 360 can use. Apple's displays only have DVI input, so I don't think you can use one with a Xbox 360

no its not possible.

dell 2405fpw is lightyears ahead of the apple in terms of add-ons such as you can have a vga, dvi, and componenet video hookup on your same monitor at the same time, and have picture and picture / and picture in picture.

and it has a built in card reader, correct me if im wrong (which i really hope i am, but doubt) but the apple doesnt offer such switching