Ali plans an L-shaped standing desk with the iMac on one side and a Windows gaming PC on the other (2021)

promise · status: open (no report in 2021) · last event: promised (2021-05-18) · owner: Ali

date	event	what	video
2021-05-18	promised	Ali is working towards an L-shaped standing desk with the iMac as his productivity setup on one side and a Windows gaming PC on the other, which he calls the absolute dream.	My iMac Productivity Desk Setup 00:06:50

What is said about it

7 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).

2021-05-18 · My iMac Productivity Desk Setup — Ali spends half an hour dismantling his 49-inch ultrawide monitor, retires his Mac mini and sets up the new iMac with a single cable. — 00:00:46
2021-05-18 · My iMac Productivity Desk Setup — Ali's 2021 M1 iMac is for now the base model, with only two Thunderbolt ports, 8 GB of RAM and a 256 GB solid-state drive, which he calls absolutely tiny. — 00:01:16
2021-05-18 · My iMac Productivity Desk Setup — Ali: A fully specced iMac that Ali upgraded to 16 GB of RAM and a 2 TB drive is on its way and should arrive in about six weeks. — 00:01:16
2021-05-18 · My iMac Productivity Desk Setup — recommendation: Ali connects the iMac by a single USB-C cable to the CalDigit TS3 Thunderbolt dock, which he calls absolutely amazing and used before with his M1 Mac mini. — 00:01:46
2021-05-18 · My iMac Productivity Desk Setup — Ali's main iMac accessories are the ones that came with it: the new sky-blue Apple keyboard and Magic Mouse. — 00:01:46
2021-05-18 · My iMac Productivity Desk Setup — Ali: Because the new iMac has a decent webcam and reasonable built-in microphones, Ali thinks he will not need his external camera and mics for most Zoom calls, which makes him more of a minimalist. (hedged) — 00:03:14
2021-05-18 · My iMac Productivity Desk Setup — Ali's Alienware gaming PC under the desk cannot currently be plugged into anything, because the iMac cannot be used as an external display. — 00:06:21