Similar to a recent Ask HN about software tools you use [1], but I'm interested in hearing what your physical setups are like. Desks/chairs, monitors, peripherals, computers, etc.<p>[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6153721
MBP Retina 15" maxed out, sits on mStand<p>27" Thunderbolt monitor<p>Bose QC 15 headphones<p>Magic Mouse, wired Apple keyboard<p>cheap WalMart office chair - was given as a gift when I was coming back from being down and out, so it's sentimental, but needs replacing<p>2 4'X5' whiteboards<p>4 drawer file cabinet<p>large old desk that my wife got for $25 when she was working at JC Penney (they were getting rid of it) - not fancy, but about 6'x6' L shape with about 3' deep of desktop space in each direction
When I'm not out at a coffee shop or working from the waterfront, my setup consists of:<p>Ikea Linnmon/Alex[1] desk setup<p>30" high drafting stool<p>Monoprice monitor arm[2]<p>11" MacBook Air i5<p>27" IPS display[3]<p>USB hub to "dock" the Air with a USB sound card & two hard drives (one for Time Machine)<p>Magic Trackpad & generic Apple BT keyboard clone I don't mind beating the crap out of when I type.<p>Crappy Altec Lansing desktop speakers<p>iPad for podcasts & testing<p>Two cat beds for my "co-workers"<p>[1]: <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S09932691/" rel="nofollow">http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S09932691/</a><p>[2]: <a href="http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=109&cp_id=10828&cs_id=1082808&p_id=5401&seq=1&format=2" rel="nofollow">http://www.monoprice.com/products/product.asp?c_id=109&cp_id...</a><p>[3]: <a href="http://www.microcenter.com/product/384780/EQ276W_27-Inch_IPS_LED_Monitor,_WQHD_2560x1440,_HDMI,_DVI-D,_DisplayPort,_USB" rel="nofollow">http://www.microcenter.com/product/384780/EQ276W_27-Inch_IPS...</a>
I have an old spartan desk/chair from the 1960's with a 20" LCD monitor, keyboard, mouse, table lamp, speakers, BlackBerry & coffee that fit on it, but that's about it. The desk set is all wood, & was a gift to graduate students from Syracuse University in the 60's to my late father, who I inherited it from.<p>Then I have 2x 2 drawer high file cabinets next to each other to my right which makes a small table where I have my small form factor PC, with a laptop on top of it on one. On the other is a wire inbox for paperwork, & 2x external hard drives for backups.<p>I use the PC for an rdp terminal to rdp into the laptop where I do all my real work, so I can take it with me on the train/plane if I travel & nothing's unavailable on the PC.<p>Then next to the file cabinets at a 90 degree angle against the wall is a small table with the IP phone, printer/scanner, router, modem, on top & a shredder / trash / power strips below it. It's got 2 drawers to hold things like tape, label maker, printer ink, etc.
Steelcase leap chair, corner desk with about 20 feet of organizational desk wrapping around room, a few bookshelves of books, reference level cans, topped out Mac Mini with two 27 inch thunderbolt displays, topped out MacBook Air for going portable, and a 42u rack of servers for processing for those times when a guy needs several hundred gigs of ram/ECUs worth of proc power.<p>A Mac Mini and MacBook Air combo gives you MBP specs on the mini with more portability via the Air for less than a higher end MBP. Also, get a good rep on your Amazon seller account and you can have the latest and greatest for a few hundred per refresh. Apple gear one generation behind holds value well.
Well I work from home (a single room) so nothing fancy like others but this is how it looks <a href="http://i.imgur.com/Aop0Xit.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/Aop0Xit.jpg</a> and <a href="http://i.imgur.com/rCQdzfe.jpg" rel="nofollow">http://i.imgur.com/rCQdzfe.jpg</a>. Couple of tables and a chair. for some reason, I like to keep things simple and seems comfortable working on a single laptop and doing all work from it. The third table I uses for reading books.<p>The laptops I uses are Sony vaio and Dell XPS which I bought in 2009, still going strong but I think I should retire it now and invest on better hardware.
This is how the cheap guys do it:<p>Dell Vostro 3750 (Laptop) + Samsung SyncMaster P2770<p>Dell Dimension E510 (Desktop) + Dell 22" Monitor<p>Tie the 2 computers together w/ Mouse Without Borders for 3 Monitor Setup<p>Logitech Wireless Mouse<p>Logitech Keyboard<p>Sony MDR-V6 Studio Headphones<p>Seagate 4TB External Drive<p>Seagate 1TB External Drive<p>Ikea Office Table (like a Galant w/ wood top)<p>ITALMODERN Bradley High Back Bungie Office Chair (highly recommended)<p>Old Table found on the street to my left
Work issued Dell laptop. Dont have one of my own.<p>A simple wall mounted desk and a chair.<p>For the little bit of freelancing that I'm starting to do, and the paltry pennies I make from content writing, yeah, this works!<p>I dont have a machine of my own and hope that pretty soon, someone will ask me to write a lot and let me earn enough to buy myself a macbook air.
At Home (Work is same, just aesthetically different)<p><pre><code> Black ikea desk, finely tuned height, otherwise plain
Steelcase think chair
Two 21.5" Dell Monitors, 1920x1080 IPS panels, usually in vertical position
Kinesis Advantage Keyboard
Logitech M570 Trackball
Alienware M14xR2 running Arch Linux</code></pre>
1x Herman Miller Aeron. I couldn't recommend this enough.(I have another one I take from job to job)<p>1x MBP Retina<p>2x 27" Apple Displays<p>1x Wired Keyboard (for number pad)<p>1x Magic Mouse (great for work, terrible for play)<p>2x Ikea Gallant Desks (white finish)
toshiba laptop, big ass samsung monitor, logitech wave mouse and keyboard... I need a new chair, monitor swingarm, headphones but really what matters is the mouse and keyboard, I really love this keyboard it's the first keyboard since my old clacker that I really "clicked" with