Technology: My Home Setup (2014)

It’s been a while since I posted a home setup of my computer desk and since I cleaned up last week, everything looks nice and a photo was in order. I’m still on the fence about the Retina iMac although it seems like a very appealing upgrade and the iPad pictured has been replaced by the iPad Air 2 (Gold) so I guess this photo is already out of date? Oh well.

It was back in 2011 that I went from a mobile only setup to an iMac + MacBook and haven’t looked back. iMac + MacBook Air was my setup but then I started editing RAW photos with my Olympus and now editing 4K Video so the MacBook Pro being the only notebook Apple makes with a dedicated GPU, I upgraded. The setup is still pretty simple. 

1. iMac 27” Late 2012 w/ Core i7 Processor and 1 TB Fusion Drive. It also has 24GB of RAM
2. MacBook Pro 15” Late 2013 w/ Core i7 Processor and 512 GB SSD. It has 16GB of RAM and the faster GPU
3. I use the AudioEngine DAC plugged up to the AudioEngine 2.0 system. Sound is crisp and these can get very loud. I was looking for accuracy and not loudness and it’s nice these have both
4. I keep two LaCie D2 Quadra drives (FW800, not Thunderbolt) each with aftermarket WD Green drives both at 3 Terabytes. These are local Time Machine backup + storage of media I’m working with in LightRoom or Final Cut Pro at the time. They stay half-full pretty much at all times.
5. I have the Magic Trackpad but use the Magic Mouse more mostly for Civilization and Sim City game play where a mouse is better. 
6. The Docs for iPhone & iPad are Twelve South and I think the MacBook Doc is Twelve South or Griffin, I got it for free a few years ago at Macworld.
7. Although not a part of the setup, I have a Roomba 770 that cleans the house twice a week at 8AM and serves as my alarm clock on those days