4 ms·

There's nothing better than a huge display with high resolution, keyboard and mouse. The computer might be in a separate chassis or a laptop or whatever but a h

There's nothing better than a huge display with high resolution, keyboard and mouse. The computer might be in a separate chassis or a laptop or whatever but a huge display and a mouse are indispensable.

munk-a 5y ago
Honestly, I personally love the aesthetic of big whirring fans and blinking lights. If you offered me an M1 MacBook Pro but it would be buried in a 7 foot tall cupboard plastered in lights and fans that occasionally, randomly, sounded like a jet engine taking off... I would be in heaven.
- Scramblejams 5y ago
  Some day I hope all of my home compute will be housed in something that looks like WOPR.
- asdff 5y ago
  Stick the macbook in a mini fridge and reap the cooling benefits
  - astrange 5y ago
    Not recommended in a humid environment. Maybe you could use those dry-aging bags.
- zozbot234 5y ago
  > buried in a 7 foot tall cupboard plastered in lights and fans that occasionally, randomly, sounded like a jet engine taking off... There might be a market for rackmountable hardware with the much-needed addition of proper RGB lighting (for improved performance).
  - my_usernam3 5y ago
    .... I'd pay for that if its a good docking station as well!
  - munk-a 5y ago
    Could you bundle in some decals - you know, to make it go faster?
  - yurishimo 5y ago
    Linus Tech Tips has his personal rig in a 3u (?) rack mounted case in his attic. It can and has been done!
duxup 5y ago
Heck in addition to my keyboard I've been thinking of building a board with a bunch of buttons just for firing off random things. API requests when testing and so forth ... for whatever reason a separate set of physical keys makes more sense in my head.
- mishu2 5y ago
  Something like this? https://xkeys.com/xk24black.html https://xkeys.com/xk24black.html I saw it recommended here a while ago, haven't tried it myself.
  - MarcScott 5y ago
    Or the cheaper, cooler and probably more hackable Keybow 2040 https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/keybow-2040?variant=32399559589971 https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/keybow-2040?variant=32399...
  - OJFord 5y ago
    Ouch, why on earth did that cost so much? That's an order of magnitude above what I'd expect. I get the appeal, but I still have unused function keys. (I'm using.. off the top of my head, F1-5.)
- fian 5y ago
  Could you use a USB or wireless numberpad, or do you have particular ergonomics in mind leading you down the "built it" path? You'll get 15-18 buttons you could remap to trigger whatever events you want. On the ergonomics front, I have long wanted to try out foot pedals/buttons for Shift or a few triple key combo shortcuts I regularly use in my IDE.
plazmatic 5y ago
Huge display? What are you, a noob? 29" or bust. Nothing bigger nothing smaller. It's absolute perfection.

munk-a 5y ago

Honestly, I personally love the aesthetic of big whirring fans and blinking lights. If you offered me an M1 MacBook Pro but it would be buried in a 7 foot tall cupboard plastered in lights and fans that occasionally, randomly, sounded like a jet engine taking off... I would be in heaven.

Scramblejams 5y ago
Some day I hope all of my home compute will be housed in something that looks like WOPR.
asdff 5y ago
Stick the macbook in a mini fridge and reap the cooling benefits
- astrange 5y ago
  Not recommended in a humid environment. Maybe you could use those dry-aging bags.
zozbot234 5y ago
> buried in a 7 foot tall cupboard plastered in lights and fans that occasionally, randomly, sounded like a jet engine taking off... There might be a market for rackmountable hardware with the much-needed addition of proper RGB lighting (for improved performance).
- my_usernam3 5y ago
  .... I'd pay for that if its a good docking station as well!
- munk-a 5y ago
  Could you bundle in some decals - you know, to make it go faster?
- yurishimo 5y ago
  Linus Tech Tips has his personal rig in a 3u (?) rack mounted case in his attic. It can and has been done!

duxup 5y ago

Heck in addition to my keyboard I've been thinking of building a board with a bunch of buttons just for firing off random things. API requests when testing and so forth ... for whatever reason a separate set of physical keys makes more sense in my head.

mishu2 5y ago
Something like this? https://xkeys.com/xk24black.html https://xkeys.com/xk24black.html I saw it recommended here a while ago, haven't tried it myself.
- MarcScott 5y ago
  Or the cheaper, cooler and probably more hackable Keybow 2040 https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/keybow-2040?variant=32399559589971 https://shop.pimoroni.com/products/keybow-2040?variant=32399...
- OJFord 5y ago
  Ouch, why on earth did that cost so much? That's an order of magnitude above what I'd expect. I get the appeal, but I still have unused function keys. (I'm using.. off the top of my head, F1-5.)
fian 5y ago
Could you use a USB or wireless numberpad, or do you have particular ergonomics in mind leading you down the "built it" path? You'll get 15-18 buttons you could remap to trigger whatever events you want. On the ergonomics front, I have long wanted to try out foot pedals/buttons for Shift or a few triple key combo shortcuts I regularly use in my IDE.

plazmatic 5y ago

Huge display? What are you, a noob? 29" or bust. Nothing bigger nothing smaller. It's absolute perfection.