Mac Setups: The Desk of a Startup Lead
Sep 22, 2012 - 17 Comments
Alex L. manages a startup in Brazil that builds web apps with Ruby on Rails, and, no surprise, he uses a bunch of great Apple gear to get the job done. Being a startup also means juggling a lot of hats, so beyond development the workstation gets used for design and film production. Hardware shown includes:
- MacBook Pro Retina 15″ – 2.6GHz Core i7, 16GB RAM, 512GB SSD, OS X 10.8.1
- Apple Cinema Display 27″
- iPhone 4S – 16GB, iOS 6
- iPad 3rd gen – 32GB, iOS 6
- Logitech K750 Wireless Solar Keyboard
- Apple Magic Trackpad
- Wacom Bamboo Pen and Touch tablet
- iPod Nano 16GB in a watch band
- IoGear USB 2.0 Hub
- Just Mobile MTable monitor stand
Maybe it’s confirmation bias because we’re an Apple-centric site and almost everyone we know uses Macs, but it seems just about every startup these days uses Macs and Apple gear. Who can blame them?
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Cool setup, thank you
Awesome setup! I’m hoping my next setup will be similar with a MBP/Air and ATBD to go along!!
Great Thread and very cool share!!
Apple Rocks!!
There is a reason a lot of start-ups fail, they waste money on the wrong things. (Im making a supposition that the products in this picture were mostly purchase by the startup)
Psh. Please… why assume what you don’t know
I have the 750 as well. Great keyboard.
> What is the Macbook Pro sitting on?
That looks like a LapTuk or Laptuk Pro:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0047MFXL8/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B0047MFXL8&linkCode=as2&tag=oxd-20
http://www.macessitywebstore.com/SearchResults.asp?Cat=1
I use one as well. They are excellent.
Are you sure that is what the Macbook Pro is sitting on? Not the Thunderbolt Display?
Looks like a Logitech Alto Express. Pretty expensive for the purpose.
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Alto-Express-Notebook-Stand/dp/B000RZNI48/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1348969381&sr=8-1&keywords=alto+express
Nice wallpaper. Could you please give it away?
Yeah. I’m interested, too! :-)
What is the Macbook Pro sitting on?
I’m interested too
Me too!
I always wonder how people can use other screen (yep, including the beautiful ATD) when they have got a Retina MacBook Pro :) Anyway, pretty cool and simple setup ;)
The resolutions are close aren’t they?
MBP Retina = 2880 x 1800
ATBD = 2560 x 1440
Yea, the MBP Retina is sweet, but I’ll take a 27″ iMac or ATBD along with it any day… ;-P
16Go ram what a waste of money ^^
Matt,
How do you know it’s a waste of money? For video editing it sounds like a really good idea to me…
Kevin B.