50 greatest workstation setups

[cb951303]

http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/50-greatest-computer-workstation-pcmac-setups/

[D-EJ915]

most of those were pretty bland

[kishy]

most of those were pretty bland

I attribute it to the excessive Macness except in one.

[Mercen_505]

I find nothing great about those "workstations." I'd rather work somewhere that, while organized, isn't so sterile. Also, lulz at the collection of craptastic mac keyboards

[hyperlinked]

The Macness had nothing to do with it, except that it may indicate that a lot of Mac owner may be more concerned with appearance more than function and I seem to remember that there is some data to support that. None of them were truly "great" workstation setups. They mostly fell in the category of expensive workstation setups, but a lot of them weren't very functional.

Whether you are working on a Mac, a PC, or even both, the way your workstation is setup tells more or less about your attitude and style of working. The workstation could also be your source of inspiration, therefore you might want to put in more thoughts on the place that you’ll spend most of your time at.

Here's what those workstation tell me about the cool kats who work behind them. They're all suffering from neck pain, eye strain, and are losing productivity due to an assortment of chronic orthopedic injuries.

There's one huge thing missing in almost all of the setups: the chair. That's one of the most important pieces of the workstation. Total fail.

[hyperlinked]

I find nothing great about those "workstations." I'd rather work somewhere that, while organized, isn't so sterile. Also, lulz at the collection of craptastic mac keyboards

Oh yeah... chairs and how could I forget keyboards? LOL. Utter total fail.

[Mental Hobbit]

Conclusion #1: Function doesn't matter if the form is right.
Conclusion #2: Burning as much power as you possibly can makes you cool.

[itlnstln]

I like "bland" setups.  Getting rid of the clutter is good for productivity, IMO.  I hate "messy" setups.

[Rajagra]

Great workstation photos. Not necessarily great computing setups. Big difference.

But fair dues to people who plan for neatness. And the one with three vertical displays deserves recognition for actually doing something different.

[kishy]

I think my 'before and after' was fairly dramatic.

Let it be known that it's now much, much worse.

[Mercen_505]

That looks nice n' warm... a bit more cluttered that I like, but to each his own!

[dusanx]

"A clean desk is a sign of a sick mind."

[hyperlinked]

Me too.

Where's Waldo?

[itlnstln]

"A clean desk is a sign of a sick mind."

So that's why people always tell me I'm a "sick bastard."

[dusanx]

So that's why people always tell me I'm a "sick bastard."

Lol. There are exceptions but you either stack and polish the tools all the time or you use them. At least from my point of view, I have never had nicer desk than in times when I could not find enough contracts.

[timw4mail]

Now assuming that ADHD is a real condition... would you assume that I have a clean or messy desk, based on the theory that the organization of your mind is mirrored on your desk?

[ch_123]

My mind is too focused on what Im doing to really care about the mess around me. Takes a while to convince myself to clean stuff up.

[ricercar]

The greatest thing about this thread is the blonde on ripster's desktop.

[In Stereo!]

I think I took a panoramic picture of the workspace just before I lastly cleaned it. T'was all piled up -- junk over junk. :s

But although I mostly work in a rather messy environment, I always like to keep a big empty space between me, my keyboard, mouse and monitor.

[In Stereo!]

OH WOW are they being sarcastic or what?!

http://www.flickr.com/photos/steveembleton/2424235236/ -> this is like a common gay art student's setup.

http://www.tuaw.com/2006/05/31/now-thats-a-mac-mini-pvr/ -> and yeah this is the ideal way to get some REAL work done. :hail:

[Rajagra]

Haha following some of those links...

[Mnemonix]

Hehe, nerdcore. :lol:

[elservo]

Was the "Before" pic before you were into mechanical keyboards, Ripster?  I notice you're using an asstastic Dell in that first pic and I don't see any other keyboards laying around.

[Mercen_505]

Nothing to brag about, by any means, but it's where the development happens. And occasionally, some gaming. Ignoring the camera flash, which has borked the image somewhat... I normally have soft lighting coming from a single lamp off to the left.

[elservo]

Nice copy of Zelda!  

What's your favorite programming language?

[megarat]

The greatest thing about this thread is the blonde on ripster's desktop.

I personally want to see the rest of the poster on the wall above the desk.

[hyperlinked]

Nothing to brag about, by any means, but it's where the development happens. And occasionally, some gaming. Ignoring the camera flash, which has borked the image somewhat... I normally have soft lighting coming from a single lamp off to the left.

Jeebus! Do you have a third arm coming out of your chest? How do you type and use a mouse like that? Having an "Easy" button from Staples Office Supply can't help this challenging situation that much.

[Mercen_505]

What's your favorite programming language?

If I had to say favorite... I guess that would be C. But I could be confusing familiarity with favoritism ASM is fun because you can write stuff that ~95% of programmers won't be able to decipher, but it's not exactly fun to write.

Jeebus! Do you have a third arm coming out of your chest? How do you type and use a mouse like that?

It's a lot easier than it looks. When I'm writing code I can go for a very long stretch without ever using the mouse. I also do a ton of gaming, so as someone who is left handed I've got the mouse to the left and the arrow keys on the right. If I'm just trolling for pr0n, that's largely a mouse-only activity, so again... no problem. For a right hander this setup would be intolerable.

[itlnstln]

I personally want to see the rest of the poster on the wall above the desk.

Seconded.

[itlnstln]

You guys talking about me?
 
That's art, it's only for Webwit because it's ART, not porn.

Yeah, last time webwit dispalyed "art," I was at jury duty.  I couldn't navigate away fast enough.

[itlnstln]

You should have shown it to the judge and asked for an opinion of Porn vs Art. A wise Latina would know.

This is Texas.  Do you really think there are any Latino judges here?  I would have been put in jail for that pic.

[microsoft windows]

I live in CT, where Sotamayor made a controversial ruling where New Haven firefighters, who scored the highest on their promotion exams, were denied promotion because there weren't enough black firefighters scoring high on the exam.

And then, old Barack Obama put her in as a Supreme Court justice! Look where our nation's gone...

[hyperlinked]

And then, old Barack Obama put her in as a Supreme Court justice! Look where our nation's gone...

It is amazing how the world suddenly took a nosedive on January 20th 2009.

[microsoft windows]

All Obama has done is put Sotamayor in as a Supreme Court justice, advocated the quick passage of crooked health-care legislation, passed a budget with a deficit about as large as the deficits in all 8 of Bush's budgets, capaigned for losing candidates for N. J. governer and Massachussets senate, and won the Nobel Peace prize for basically being the first black president and a liberal.

[ricercar]

It is amazing how the world suddenly took a nosedive on January 20th 2009.

Yeah, it's not like there was any national debt, banking problems, or any of us was unemployed before the pres took office.

I made a ton of money in the stock market last year.

Wall street always wins when a democrat is in office. Linky

As of (October 2008), a $10,000 investment in the S.& P. stock market index* would have grown to $11,733 if invested under Republican presidents only, although that would be $51,211 if we exclude Herbert Hoover’s presidency during the Great Depression. Invested under Democratic presidents only, $10,000 would have grown to $300,671 at a compound rate of 8.9 percent over nearly 40 years

Edit: why isn't the [sarcasm] tag working? Goddam right wing BBS software.

[elservo]

Yeah, all our problems as a nation sit on the shoulders of Barack Obama.  We were a wonderful country with great foreign policy before he took over.

[microsoft windows]

Well everyone has to put food on their families.

[ch_123]

Things could have been worse. You could have voted in McCain... You'd have spent a month listening to him rant about "them gooks" before he turned senile, died, and you all ended up with President Soccer Mom.

[microsoft windows]

Hey! You don't live here in the US so butt out of our politics.

McCain would have been a much better president than Obama. He's old and cranky, but he's more honest than Obama and was against the stimulus packages, which put our country over [1,000,000,000,000] more into the red. In addition, he wouldn't have alleged 9/11 conspirators tried on U. S. soil, nor would he have advocated a shady health-care bill that would increase health-insurance costs for the middle class and hurt the best health-care system in the world.

[ch_123]

Hey! You don't live here in the US so butt out of our politics.

Well, ever since your country decided to rule the world, it's everyone's problem really.

hurt the best health-care system in the world.

How exactly has Obama damaged the Swedish health system?

[kishy]

MW, totally out of line, I'm sorry but you are.

The government of the US is everyone's concern. Much like IE6, the very existence of some aspects of the US endangers everything else in the world in one way or another.

One benefit of your up-and-coming much better healthcare system: Americans will stop marrying Canadians to get our tax-funded healthcare.

[msiegel]

over $1,000,000,000,000,000

a thousand trillion?

[hyperlinked]

Ok, I'm not going to debate politics with a 16 year old, but there's one thing I've got to set straight because it drives me nuts everytime I hear someone beat their chest and proclaim that THE UNITED STATES HAS THE BEST HEALTHCARE SYSTEM IN THE WORLD! It sounds nice, but there's a problem with it.

It's misleading. It's easy to believe that we do because people from around the world travel to get medical care in the USA. That must mean we have the best system, right? Not necessarily because while we arguably have the best healthcare technology in the world, the system for delivering it to the people leaves much to be desired. It's possible that the USA has the best healthcare industry in the world, but it's hard to objectively say that it's the best system for keeping its citizens healthy at a reasonable cost.

You see, people from around the world actually did and still do come to the USA to get treated, but they do that because they have the money to afford the kind of extensive care that most Americans can't actually enjoy themselves. These people pay through the nose to try out super cool high tech gizmos and get operated on by neurosurgeons who make more money in one year than you'll probably ever see in your lifetime. Thank goodness for medical tourism too because if it weren't for super rich non-Americans, a lot of our hospitals would have to close down because they wouldn't be able to survive financially.

After I left my career as a Physical Therapist, I accepted a job that allowed me to tour and document some of the most innovative medical centers in the USA and I got a lot of opportunity to interview the brains behind those operations. almost all of them had healthy foreign marketing campaigns to lure international business to come over so they could subsidize their bottom line and stay afloat. The foreign "business" was critical to their survival. They couldn't afford to only treat Americans.

The healthcare system in the US is fantastic... if you're very rich. For everyone else it's a mixed bag... it's not a ****ty system by any means and anyone who tells you that our healthcare is awful is also not telling the whole story, but it's increasingly hard to get really good care unless you have plenty of money.

[microsoft windows]

Well, ever since your country decided to rule the world, it's everyone's problem really.



How exactly has Obama damaged the Swedish health system?

The USA has one of the world's best health-care systems. Here in the US, for over 90% of the population, doctors who perform complex operations and procedures are much more readily available than they are in nations such as Canada with socialized medicine. In the US, we don't have to wait months for surgery. People come here to the US from all around the world to receive the best quality care. Now, that doesn't mean it's perfect as it does have its flaws. Now, I don't know too much about the Swedish health-care system, but I'll do some research and touch bases with you all on that.

About foreigners talking about US politics-I've heard many people who don't live here talking all about how our country should be run based on little information. In other countries, people simply don't receive the same amount of information about what goes on here in the U. S. government as us Americans do. Now there are exceptions where people do extensive research on events in the U. S. political system.

The USA also does not "rule the world". Our military helps out other countries, and we provide by far more charity and aid than any other country on the planet. Who overthrew Saddam Hussein, a ruthless dictator who committed genocide against the Kurds and gave millions a new chance at life in a new, democratized Iraq? Who's in Haiti right now providing more life-saving rations of food to earthquake victims fighting to survive than any other country? It's America.

Now, our military has intervened in some situations which I do not agree with, but we have also helped far more than any other nation.

a thousand trillion?

Sorry. I need to touch up on my place value. Thanks for letting me know about that though!

Now, as we all can see, this thread has clearly derailed. To help get it back on topic, I posted a link to my setup on that page the first post linked to. I bet it's the only one with a good keyboard.

[kishy]

Edit for clarity: recall I am CANADIAN please.

...Here in the US, for over 90% of the population, doctors who perform complex operations and procedures are much more readily available than they are in nations such as Canada with socialized medicine. In the US, we don't have to wait months for surgery...

Only part of this I'll digify with a response, since the truth needs to be known and your biased media refuse to reveal reality.

"WRONG"

There, truth said. From someone who has used the system and knows people who've used every level of it.

But sure, believe what your media tell you...our system sucks, there's nothing good about it, people wait in line for four hours to see a doctor in a walk-in clinic.

That's why I can leave home (on a city bus no less) to a clinic at 1PM and get home at 2PM after having an ingrown toenail cut out (that includes the trip to the pharmacy and obtaining prescriptions).

It's only experience talking here, not like that counts for anything...

This is about as OT as anything has ever gotten around here, so I'll do my part and stop replying on the topic of healthcare.

[ch_123]

Well, if you save all your money for your medical bills and stick with the same computers for 20 years then sure, I'm sure you will get seen right away.

[hyperlinked]

Edit for clarity: recall I am CANADIAN please.

Oh, so that's why you're such a bastard!

I'm just kidding. I'm a huge hockey fan and my wife used to live in Victoria.

[D-EJ915]

the reason why so many doctors are readily available in the US is because nobody can afford the operations lol.  Anybody who thinks what we have now is better than other options is delusional and should be admitted to a mental facility but oh wait they wouldn't be able to afford it haha.

also having to pay out of pocket ( "copay" ) for stuff when you have insurance is just stupid, why the hell have insurance at all.

to stay on topic

[hyperlinked]

And to think this all started with one lame Wise Latina crack.

Yeah, damn that itln- "all things being yellow" -stln

[ch_123]

Who overthrew Saddam Hussein, a ruthless dictator who committed genocide against the Kurds and gave millions a new chance at life in a new, democratized Iraq?

Who's in Haiti right now providing more life-saving rations of food to earthquake victims fighting to survive than any other country? It's America.

Well, if any news report I've read is to believed, it's more like "Who's sitting around in heavily guarded bases with lots of aid, but doing very little?"