Share your HOME WORKING workstation environment - pics

[dxg]

Origin Unknown said:

As an contractor IT Consultant, at his desk he does the one thing contractors are good at.

Extending their contracts

Joking

He can extend it vertically! And then de-extend it.

[QuartzDad]

p1stonhead said:

The new Mac Pro can be had with 1.5 terabytes of ram!

Twenty. Five. Grand.

Just for the RAM.

Plus another Twelve. Grand. for the rest of the Mac.

Wow.

[PixelpeepS3]

QuartzDad said:

p1stonhead said:

The new Mac Pro can be had with 1.5 terabytes of ram!

Twenty. Five. Grand.

Just for the RAM.

Plus another Twelve. Grand. for the rest of the Mac.

Wow.

thats fking nothing.

wanna pay £700 for a set of casters ?

https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MX572ZM/A/ap...

[p1stonhead]

PixelpeepS3 said:

QuartzDad said:

p1stonhead said:

The new Mac Pro can be had with 1.5 terabytes of ram!

Twenty. Five. Grand.

Just for the RAM.

Plus another Twelve. Grand. for the rest of the Mac.

Wow.

thats fking nothing.

wanna pay £700 for a set of casters ?

https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MX572ZM/A/ap...

Perfect for someone spending £50k on a Mac Pro. It’s not that weird to me. It’s for people who don’t even think about it. They aren’t meant for normal people. It’s like when they did the £10k gold Apple Watch that was obsolete in a year.

[Carbon Sasquatch]

PixelpeepS3 said:

thats fking nothing.

wanna pay £700 for a set of casters ?

https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MX572ZM/A/ap...

Quite reasonable compared to the £949 stand

https://www.apple.com/uk/shop/product/MWUG2Z/A/pro...

[Sy1441]

First pic is for working, the rest is to add some balance.

[TameRacingDriver]

deckster said:

theboss said:

Look into using an external antenna.

I get 70-80Mbps down / 40Mbps using an eternally mounted directional antenna facing a mast with line of sight. An iphone inside my house gets about 25Mbps.

Definitely this. Totally not defending the incompetence of the provider, but an external antenna and a 4G router at a total cost under £100 would have seen a good solid internet connection throughout the house with minimal effort.

The thing is, I didn’t want to spend any money on something that should have been a temporary solution. I would have done that had it been permanent. Luckily its back on now, and I’d be worried about some lunatic burning down my local mast!

Like this one on the other side of town

[theboss]

TameRacingDriver said:

The thing is, I didn’t want to spend any money on something that should have been a temporary solution. I would have done that had it been permanent. Luckily its back on now, and I’d be worried about some lunatic burning down my local mast!

Like this one on the other side of town

You might find it becomes a permanent solution.

I put mine in place as a backup - now the 'primary' service is a backup to the 4G

[theboss]

p1stonhead said:

webstercivet said:

What do you do at the desk that requires c£13k inc VAT of kit?

He mentioned photography so I’m guessing to do with that/video.

Some video editing suites absolutely eat ram and graphics cards when rendering and the like especially when working with 8k video.

The new Mac Pro can be had with 1.5 terabytes of ram!

Nothing to do with rendering / graphics and far more want than need.

As an IT consultant I'm more of a glorified task worker doing 12 hour shifts every day and wanting something supremely reliable and ergonomic. I consider lots of screen space to be the latter - easier on my eyes and easier on my brain when multi-tasking, and benefitting from a machine that doesn't stutter under intensive use whilst running 24/7 with dozens of apps / browser tabs / remote desktop sessions.

It's overkill but it makes for more comfortable working.

Plus I'm a geek at heart.

[fastraxx]

Sy1441 said:

First pic is for working, the rest is to add some balance.

Very nice sir - what is the monitor and desk? Love that minimalist but modern set up.

[p1stonhead]

fastraxx said:

Sy1441 said:

First pic is for working, the rest is to add some balance.

Very nice sir - what is the monitor and desk? Love that minimalist but modern set up.

Looks like one of the 49 inch ultrawides. There are a few about.

Samsung LC49HG90DMUXEN 49" Curved Ultra Wide LED Monitor - 3840 x 1080, 144Hz, 1ms, Quantum Dot, Freesync, 2 x HDMI, Displayport, USB https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B073RJQXB1/ref=cm_sw_r...

[TameRacingDriver]

theboss said:

You might find it becomes a permanent solution.

I put mine in place as a backup - now the 'primary' service is a backup to the 4G

Fair point, one for the future. I did try one of those 3 internet packages with unlimited data and a router but it was rubbish. At the best I could get 15 Mbps from my hotspot. To be fair it actually didn’t do as badly as I thought.

[fastraxx]

TameRacingDriver said:

Fair point, one for the future. I did try one of those 3 internet packages with unlimited data and a router but it was rubbish. At the best I could get 15 Mbps from my hotspot. To be fair it actually didn’t do as badly as I thought.

What was rubbish about it? Surely that's plenty for streaming and most other things?

[TameRacingDriver]

fastraxx said:

What was rubbish about it? Surely that's plenty for streaming and most other things?

Couldn’t get a good signal and kept stalling, videos would buffer randomly and web pages stop working. This is likely in part to my ruralish location. Average speeds were around 2-3 Mbps and not stable. £30 a month wasn’t that cheap for that level of service, and when I looked into it, the issues seemed surprisingly common, along with reports of throttling etc. with no real resolution, also had problems connecting to some gaming services, so I sent it back.

[768]

theboss said:

I have a Voda unlimited data SIM which costs £25/month

Have shoved 500+ GB monthly across it for the best part of a year and never noticed it being throttled or been asked to slow down

Just need them to upgrade the cell to 5G, but rural Shropshire probably isn't very high up their list

Thanks, that's pretty reasonable.

[Carbon Sasquatch]

Sy1441 said:

First pic is for working, the rest is to add some balance.

Looks like a good space - I knew my office was missing something - I need some alcohol shelving

[techguyone]

Sy1441 said:

First pic is for working, the rest is to add some balance.

Maybe I'm just not seeing it, but is there a desktop PC somewhere - or is that all being powered from the laptop?

[mikeiow]

Sy1441 said:

First pic is for working, the rest is to add some balance.

I'd have the deck round the other way so you can have snooker/news/whatever on in the background WHILE you work - that is proper "work-life balance"
Seriously though....I do prefer facing the room....but mine is 6m square, with screen on far wall. & I have a dining table for a desk, so quite big....(what happens when you are banished to the study over the garage!)

This looks smart.

[wiggy001]

Sy1441 said:

First pic is for working, the rest is to add some balance.

Very nice setup. If you wouldn't mind, could you let us know what desk and drawer unit you have?

Work are supplying a new 27" monitor and laptop to sit alongside my current 24" and personal laptop, so I need some more space. Currently using a cheap Ikea desk but am limited for space, and cannot find a drawer unit in the right dimensions for love nor money.

TIA

[Glade]

This thread is annoying. I have a 23" 1080p monitor, and brought a 1440p similar size monitor home from work.

I noticed it to start with.... but forgot until the pixel count discussion on this thread.

Now i can't unsee the difference!!