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Counting your Mac and any connected peripherals, how many cables (power, FireWire, USB, etc.) does your setup require?
1/1: Counting your Mac and any connected peripherals, how many cables (power, FireWire, USB, etc.) does your setup require?
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Move-inspired...
And yes, this poll was inspired by our recent move, as I spent quite a bit of time under the desk, wiring up the various components that are connected to the desktop machine ...
Move-inspired...
So in your case, how many was that? As I look around my home office, I see that I have three separate powerstrips entirely filled -- and my paper shredder and a desk lamp aren't even plugged in for lack of outlet space! Add to that all the other junk on and around my desk, and I don't think I want to count all those cords -- let alone ponder taking them apart and re-assembling elsewhere....
Move-inspired...
It was ... lots ... iSight, iPod dock, Palm dock, FireWire drive, digital camera cable, scanner, two printers, USB gamepad, etc. I actually lost count a couple times as it's all so inter-connected. But I think I can conservatively say there are at least 30 cables...
Well, if I count *everything*...
If I were to count my entire home network with my desktop Mac, my desktop PC (urgh), our iMac DV/400, my old 7200 Linux server (soon to be replaced, hopefuly), and the Airport Extreme Base station with the PBG4 12"... that's waaaay over 45 cables. >:-) Everything's so interconnected I don't know that I could separate out any one computer without still coming out at about 20 cables (well, maybe the imac and the AEBS).
GarageBand
Since I use GB, I included my guitar tuner and cables in my count of approximately 17.
about you low cable guys/gals
can we have some sort of classification of what uses these cables are for? do you have any perhiperals at all? what do you use your mac for?
about you low cable guys/gals
Someone with a laptop could only use one cord, or zero when they're on battery power. But not me:
3 macs and 1 wintel
I have 3 macs and 1 wintel machine on my desk.
3 macs and 1 wintel
I feel everyone's pain and fear. As above, my number of cables= INSANE. I also currently have 3 Macs and 1 home-brew wintel, and peripherals too numerous to mention... and like robg, I am moving my home office too, except that I'm JUST moving it upstairs(!). I'm also going to add a Linux server in the basement and a home theater pc in the living room :) All of this means that I will have to add a bunch more cable through the walls of my house- Oh, Joy! Besides the usual Cat5e (for ethernet) and RG6 (for cable modem/tv), what cables should I install to future-proof my dwelling? Perhaps some fiber? Robg, did you do any cabling in your new house?
3 macs and 1 wintel
I just helped setup my brothers new house. They hadn't finished dry walling yet, so we could get in and run cable where we wanted. Every room has two two Cat5 lines for telephone and network as well as two cable lines for TV and the possible Tivo. Who knows if he will use them, but they are worth the investment.
One Mac and three Suns
I feel for you. I have a G4 tower and three Sun SPARCs (with their external SCSI swap drives). They're also attached to my stereo, and I have a DECT base for cordless phones. I had to move rooms within the same house, and unplugging and then re-connecting all the cables was a nightmare.
PowerBook
I just plugged in the power in to my PowerBook, so that makes 2 cables with the mouse (my batteries are mepty on the bluetooth mouse)
2 computers double cables
well if I count my pb12 just 3 (power, network and mouse) but this is only when i am not at home because if I am at home then I should count: the three before+firewire dvdrw+webcam+2nd monitor+printer+speakers+minidisc (this only in the pb12 but I usually work with my ibook in paralell using pb12 keyboard and mouse via vnc) ok ok I really enjoy watching my pb full of wires like an octopuss
Arrrrgh!!!! the cables are coming to get me!!!
That's it! I'm not moving house, I'm not even going to move my Mac to another room, or even other side of the computer room.
Counting what's connected and what's *essential* to run those...
Counting every thing that's connected to my Mac:
Not that many
Well, not counting my stereo, my mac requires only 7 cables. Two power cords (one for the comp, one for the screen), two USB cables (keyboard and mouse of course), one toslink cable to connect to the reciever, one ethernet cable and the screens video cable. Counting the 5.1 speaker setup and receiver, it makes for 15 cables in total.
7-8 cables for power alone!
The post did say, "my setup", so that implies how many cables do I need to have all of my stuff going and connected. Too many! I only have 1 power outlet in the room of this apartment, so I have 2 UPSes and 5 or 6 extension cords just to get power to the computer equip! :-)
Off the top of my head
Not at my home office now, so this calculation is off the top of my head
With hubs the number goes up fast
I have three hubs connected to my flat-panel iMac:
Too many ...
I voted 18-20, but I'm not sure if that's right. My Powermac alone has the following cables around it: |
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