Hey all,
Looking a bit of advice & recommendation about my setup shift. Quite a bit actually
So have now an M1max mbp 16" 64gb with 1tb ssd. This is going to be the single machine basis of the new setup.
Coming from a 2013 iMac and a mbp, which I do really love, but it's time for them to go as getting old.
External screen.
Tempted by the Apple Studio display, with a vesa arm.
Or the LG 5k2k screens which seem to be in rather short supply. The 34" seems good, but is old and has the image retention issues.. The new 40" It's a rather stretched '5k' being so wide, compared the the 27" studio. Anyone got any comment on the horizontal pixel density between the two?
Docking etc.
I need a docking solution, an external high speed ssd, and large storage. I don't actually have a Nas, but do need one for streaming, storage & backup.
Wondering if I can achieve a do all using one of the QNAP Thunderbolt Das Nas's. A new one coming out very soon with Thunderbolt4 connections. 4 bays with 2x m2 slots. Old tb3 model is the TS-453BT3. New model is the TS-464T4. If they have got the tb4 speeds sorted then it seems like a no brainer to me! Anyone used the existing model?
Cable & stand solutions.
Maybe the laptop will go on a stand, or maybe it will go in one of the vertical Brydge dock things. If the later then thats fine, the cables are neat and the tb connections are sorted. Problem is they've not made a 16" m1 version yet
So for the time being the Mbp will have to sit on the desk or on a stand. However am really not a fan of cables sticking out the edge of the laptop. What i'd love to see is some sort of right angled (i.e cable out the rear) magnetic Thunderbolt/usb-c plug or adapter. Can't find anything though apart from the usb-c magnetic things used on phones, which i've no doubt will not work.
Feels just so un-apple to me to have cables sticking out everywhere. Why on earth is Apple not making a magsafe type dock solution connector cable!
thanks all
Looking a bit of advice & recommendation about my setup shift. Quite a bit actually
So have now an M1max mbp 16" 64gb with 1tb ssd. This is going to be the single machine basis of the new setup.
Coming from a 2013 iMac and a mbp, which I do really love, but it's time for them to go as getting old.
External screen.
Tempted by the Apple Studio display, with a vesa arm.
Or the LG 5k2k screens which seem to be in rather short supply. The 34" seems good, but is old and has the image retention issues.. The new 40" It's a rather stretched '5k' being so wide, compared the the 27" studio. Anyone got any comment on the horizontal pixel density between the two?
Docking etc.
I need a docking solution, an external high speed ssd, and large storage. I don't actually have a Nas, but do need one for streaming, storage & backup.
Wondering if I can achieve a do all using one of the QNAP Thunderbolt Das Nas's. A new one coming out very soon with Thunderbolt4 connections. 4 bays with 2x m2 slots. Old tb3 model is the TS-453BT3. New model is the TS-464T4. If they have got the tb4 speeds sorted then it seems like a no brainer to me! Anyone used the existing model?
Cable & stand solutions.
Maybe the laptop will go on a stand, or maybe it will go in one of the vertical Brydge dock things. If the later then thats fine, the cables are neat and the tb connections are sorted. Problem is they've not made a 16" m1 version yet
So for the time being the Mbp will have to sit on the desk or on a stand. However am really not a fan of cables sticking out the edge of the laptop. What i'd love to see is some sort of right angled (i.e cable out the rear) magnetic Thunderbolt/usb-c plug or adapter. Can't find anything though apart from the usb-c magnetic things used on phones, which i've no doubt will not work.
Feels just so un-apple to me to have cables sticking out everywhere. Why on earth is Apple not making a magsafe type dock solution connector cable!
thanks all