Everyone has their own illusion of their dream Macintosh setup. A 3.00Ghz Mac Pro powering 2 30″ Cinema displays, maxed out with 16GB of RAM and a MacBook Pro for the road. But realistically, less than one percent of people who want this setup, actually get it. Whats your dream setup which is actually affordable?
Here’s my current setup (picture above):
- iMac 17″ Core Duo 1.83Ghz, 1.5GB RAM, 160GB HDD
- MacBook 13″ Core Duo 1.83Ghz, 512MB RAM, 60GB HDD
- iPod 5G 60GB, iPod Dock
I host all my files, applications, and media on the iMac which is the machine I use 75% of the time. The MacBook only stores application on it, and accesses the infomation on the iMac over my wireless network.
If I’m heading away for the day and need files, I move them to the MacBook before I leave, then drag and drop them back to the iMac upon getting home. Therfore leaving the MacBook totally free of clutter, and with a nice free hard-drive.
My dream setup:
- iMac 20″ Core 2 Duo 2.16Ghz, 2GB RAM, 500GB HDD
- MacBook 13″ Core Duo 1.83Ghz, 2GB RAM, 60GB HDD
Doesn’t take much to please me huh? I’d just max out the RAM on the MacBook, and replace the 17″ iMac with the 20. It’s something I do see myself doing after the iMac receives a radical re-design sometime in the future, as I’d love the extra screen resolution for Aperture/Final Cut Express and running all my apps in a “can see” enviroment.
What’s your current Mac setup, and what is a realistic setup you could see yourself upgrading to in the foreseeable future?