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Re: Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

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Post by pedrocr »

buro9 wrote: post #32
pedrocr wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You need a NAS when you have 18TB in your main machine? How big is the NAS?

Corrected, the NAS is 18TB, in the workstation the disks are RAID0 for fast scratch (creating and destroying virtual machines).

Cool. How do you get to 18TB RAID6? 8 3TB drives? 11 2TB? What hardware/OS are you using for that?

Re: Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

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Post by rdl »

I have a pretty horrible office room (1BR condo with the living room/kitchen combination turned into basically an office with a couple desks), but what I do like is my desk itself -- it's one of the IKEA glass-top galants, and I have 2 dual-monitor ergotron arms with 3 x 24" U2410 dell monitors and a laptop stand for a mac. I have a PC (win7 or ubuntu, dual boot) with lots of RAM, SSD, etc.) connected to all 3 monitors, but one of the monitors switches with the macbook pro 17" left on the desk, and another is used for any "guest" system I'm working on via vga, dp, or hdmi. I have 2 keyboards always on the desk and sometimes a third.

When I move, I might switch to retina displays on arms for my primary systems, but 32 is more tempting than 24. Standard-definition displays still work great as big consoles, too.

Re: Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

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Post by w1ntermute »

swah wrote: post #51
Void_ wrote: post #38

For inspiration: http://www.reddit.com/r/battlestations http://www.reddit.com/r/macsetups

Its a great idea to use an Apple keyboard... for taking a picture of your workspace. Then back to the real keyboard. More seriously, I really wish any USB keyboard could be "converted" into a Apple Bluetooth keyboard (as far as the Mac knows) - they have great connectivity, battery life.

For the ultimate keyboard experience, get a mechanical keyboard.

http://www.reddit.com/r/mechanicalkeyboards

Re: Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

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Post by swah »

w1ntermute wrote: post #63
swah wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Its a great idea to use an Apple keyboard... for taking a picture of your workspace. Then back to the real keyboard. More seriously, I really wish any USB keyboard could be "converted" into a Apple Bluetooth keyboard (as far as the Mac knows) - they have great connectivity, battery life.

For the ultimate keyboard experience, get a mechanical keyboard. http://www.reddit.com/r/mechanicalkeyboards

Yep, that's what I'm talking about. A Filco with the electronics of those apple keyboards.

Re: Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

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Post by mariocesar »

I live in an apartment, first floor. I Work from home full time in Bolivia. I accommodate a room with two desks, most of the time I use both and in occasions I share one.

I don't like to have anything else in the room, when I want to rest I just get out of my desk, for a coffe, a nap or answer my cellphone.

No TV in my apartment.

http://i.imgur.com/O5myrqn.jpg

Re: Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

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Post by bichiliad »

Student here, so I guess my office is less mission-critical than others.

I took an old door, nailed an edge around it, and varnished it. Got two trusses from Ikea for pretty cheap (~$30 each), and two "night stands" that work really well as shelves.

I have an absurd amount of desk space and I find it great for working. My desk is messy, but I'll get a picture up in a sec.

Edit: Heres that photo http://i.imgur.com/eAY7xZC.jpg

Re: Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

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Post by 3solarmasses »

measure2xcut1x wrote: post #53

My wife and I run what I would categorize as a micro-saas business and we both work at home. She works part time at a standup desk that I made from furniture parts, and she also uses a drafting style chair that I made from parts purchased on the internet. LOL @ her clocks, looks like one needs a battery. To her left is a small white board. My desk is also somewhat home made and doubles as my hobby project studio for…

You guys both work at home and you are still married? Congrats. That usually strains a lot of relationships.

Re: Ask HN: What does your home office look like?

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Post by bane »

Spare bedroom my wife and I both use. We each bought two cheap IKEA desks (they look like Galants, but with T-Legs, very basic) -- one desk for our computers and monitors and such (sooo much space) and another for other sundry. I have a 4 color laser all-in-one and the guts of a MAME machine I'm working on on my second disk, my wife has mostly paperwork spread out. A pair of comfortable, relatively cheap ($200) chairs from Costco. That's about it, when it's organized better than it is right now, it's semi-minimal with tons of surface space to work off of. Right now I have too many old computers in there I need to dispose of or do something with and lots of other junk I need to organize. I keep my photography equipment in there as well and we're preparing for an overseas trip so all that junk is in there as well.

I try not to keep lots of books or anything in there. I have a separate library room for books and various curio (the actual home office designed for the home, but is just a hair too small for my current setup plus my wife's plus my books).

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