Filed under: Desktops, Hardware, PowerBook, Rig of the Week
Rig of the Day: That's some office
The more, the better, right? This office consists of dual 2.0Ghz G5 (probably replaced by now with a Mac Pro), a 15 inch PowerBook, a 1.0 Ghz G4, and three Cinema displays. That's a lot of computing power for one office.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
John Russell said 1:02AM on 9-20-2006
Still rocking PowerPC.
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Bryan William Jones said 12:36AM on 9-20-2006
Ah, yes indeed. The dual G5 has been replaced by a new 3.0Ghz MacPro with the ATI X1900 card.
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wackybit said 1:22AM on 9-20-2006
Look at his chair, it's the really expensive chair that has really good ergonomics (I forgot the name)
And is that an Apple trackball attached to the G4?
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Barkin said 12:56AM on 9-20-2006
rig of the day has become "lets line up all my macs on a desk and take a picture."
lame.
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Nabster said 1:36AM on 9-20-2006
Also dont forget the Harman Kardon Soundsticks. I cant tell if they are version I or II. I can see the Sub on top, and one of the satellites next to the smaller ACD.
I just got the Soundsticks II, and couldnt be happier. Also if the guy who's rig is featured is reading this, I suggest putting the Sub on the floor. Unless for some reason u cant. (I work with audio.)
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jo jo the dancer said 1:53AM on 9-20-2006
lame ... i'm one of those "poor" mac users that everyone sh!ts on.
gee golly, wish i had 5K for multiple computers but i have to buy a used mac mini and slap a compaq CRT on it to play along.
maybe show a rig of the day for those mac users who make less than 25K a year, like me :(
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Peter said 4:16AM on 9-20-2006
@wackybit -- is it an Aeron (?) chair, yes sadly that's what I noticed first too.
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Kinnie Duval said 4:32AM on 9-20-2006
Agreed, the chair is tops, but there's a much cheaper comfortable solution that I use here http://www.sanwa.co.jp/product/syohin.asp?code=SNC-NET6A&mode=main
Kinnie
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Lewis Cooper said 5:41AM on 9-20-2006
Kinnie,
That site is japanese, did you buy it from here or can you give me an english link?
I've just been diagnosed with RSI :( soI need the right chair.
Thanks in advance.
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Nathan said 6:18PM on 9-23-2006
Please bring it back, I get a kick out of these insane rigs!
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DrWho said 7:26AM on 9-20-2006
Less is more
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saamvisual said 7:46AM on 9-20-2006
What does he actually do with that overbloated set up?
I agree with the comment above: how about a variety of situations not 'look at what I can afford'. I am a teacher and use mine in a pc-dominated school. I am imagining a shot of a classroom with desks and genuinely useful/used apple kit.
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BWJones said 8:25AM on 9-20-2006
To answer your questions, the kind of work that goes on in this office is vision research into normal circuitry of the retina, abnormal changes in retinal disease and possible interventions using vision rescue strategies. It's quite computationally intensive with lots of image analysis work, software development, data analysis, manuscript preparation, grant writing, preparation of seminars and such things related to vision research. The (now) MacPro is my primary workstation, the Powerbook is my daily portable system that I use to take work back and forth from home, the dual G4 is my server that hosts our lab website, a couple of data repositories and my blog.
http://prometheus.med.utah.edu/~bwjones/
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Damon Noisette said 8:45AM on 9-20-2006
The chair is a Steelcase Think chair, not a bad chair but certainly inferior to the Steelcase Leap chair -- the Mercedes-Benz of office chairs.
After using the Herman Miller Aeron, Steelcase Leap, Steelcase Think, and numerous other chairs at my jobs I prefer the Leap.
On topic: I hate the fluorescent lights and the desk. The machines are cool, but I prefer more style in these Rig of the Day contests.
I have to ask: Who wants to see what amounts to a home cubicle after spending all day in one?
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BWJones said 8:59AM on 9-20-2006
Damon,
Just to clarify, this office is *not* in my home. It's in our research building.
http://prometheus.med.utah.edu/~bwjones/C1516441744/E20060815141213/index.html
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Angel said 10:34AM on 9-20-2006
I think that we would rather see normal setups, not someone's office at their job. Plus, I'd rather see stylish setups, not a bunch of Macs with cables and mess everywhere.
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andrewodom said 11:22AM on 9-20-2006
i hear you jojo. i make a little more than $25k/year, have a two year old PowerBook, a Fuji external monitor, a lovely iPod altec lansing speaker system, and some other little toys. total cost? i don't know. i am still paying the credit card interest on it. hahahahaha!
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Kinnie said 11:36AM on 9-20-2006
Lewis,
As I live in Japan it was easy for me to get one of these excellent Sanwa Supply SNC-NET6A chairs. As for sources where you are I can't help, except to suggest you try Amazon.co.jp, enter SNC-NET6A, click GO then click on where they ask if you'd like the page in English (on theright)and try and order. Maybe they'll export.
Good luck!
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Kinnie said 3:26AM on 9-26-2006
Lewis,
Oops, sorry. I just read down the Amazon page and found they only deliver within Japan.
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Lewis Cooper said 7:48PM on 9-20-2006
Thanks Kinnie,
Appreciate you trying and no luck of finding that chair elsewhere unfortunately.
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