My Desk 2015

[UPDATED 2018 photo here]

[UPDATED 2016 photo here]

Another year, another desk shot. A fair number of changes since my last year's photo.

The Mac Pro is still there, hanging under the desk. Biggest change is that all my displays are now Dells. I got irritated at the low PPI of my old 24" displays so replaced the main Apple cinema display with the 4K 27" Dell P2715q. Now I don't have to grimace every time I view a photo on the computer when compared to a Retina Display iPad.

Left display usage remains the same. Three column social media/messaging/iTunes.

Right display usage now primarily just Mail for the time being. My social media/news aggregation browser windows I've moved back to the main center display.

Center display is now where I spend most of my time. I have the 4K running at scaled 2560x1440 at high PPI and its damn gorgeous. MacOS does scaling phenomenally well. More so than Windows 7 at least. Native resolution is 3840x2160 but the system is pretty much impossible to use at native res with a 27" screen. Everything is just way too small. Seriously miniscule. Unless you enjoy working on your computer while wearing magnifying glasses, there's no reason to have it that high.

Since the Dell doesn't have the built-in webcam like the Apple Cinema display, perched a Logitech C920 on top of the P2715q for the occasions where I need to Skype/Facetime.

Picked up the Logitech trackball to use as my main nav device cause playing Diablo 3 on the Magic Trackpad was just killing my thumb and wrist. But couldn't get rid of the trackpad entirely cause I had no idea how to swap Spaces without it. =) Then discovered that I can actually use the trackpad left-handed pretty much as well as I had been using it right-handed. I actually prefer using the trackpad left-handed when doing more precision pointing.

And speaking of killing my wrist, that's what that lil' grey bag thing is right below the trackball. Unfortunately my years of computer use has finally allowed carpal tunnel to catch up to me so the lil' beaded cushion helps w/that.

Work PC laptop I now have docked all the way to the right. And the dock has its own connection to the 4K display as well. So when I work I just switch the input on the display to Mini DisplayPort and I'm good to go. Started using SynergyKM again so I can share keyboard/trackball/trackpad across to the laptop.

In case anyone was curious about the portable devices, iPhone 6 on the right switched to The Lightning Dock from the old Twelve South Hi-Rise. The Hi-Rise worked fine, just found it too tall. Work Samsung S6 on the left on a wireless charging stand. Wireless charging really is dope. Apple should get that onto their phones asap.

And finally, down to 2 headphones from 3 and there's also one new Nendoroid. =)

[UPDATE]: In case any other old (2009/2010) Mac Pro owners out there are interested, I wrote up a somewhat lengthy piece on the issues I ran into while trying to incorporate the Dell P2715q with my system. May be worth a look if you're considering adding a 4K display as well.

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