This is pretty awesome especially when mixing down songs. I can see 15 tracks plus the mixing console, including expanded panels, and even one or two effects plugins at the same time.

Check out this Audio DAW setup (using the now free Cakewalk on Windows by BandLab in this case): Especially in these days of using Live Reload having browser, debug tools as well as a development environment with your server side code open and being able to see it all on a single screen is awesome.Īnother awesome use of a 4K screen at 100% is using audio recording software as I often do. For software development having a large screen is a life saver regardless of Web or Desktop requires running so many different applications at the same time. Being able to run 4K at 100% resolution was a game changer in terms of screen real estate for so many things. I have had a Philips 40' 4k Screen since 2015 and it has been one of the best tech investments in terms of utility. And the Linux NUC of course doesn't have a screen at all so in the past I had to swap cables which is a pain in the ass. While the Mac certainly has a decent laptop screen, switching from my Windows 40' 4K display to a MacBook screen is quite a shock. It all works well, but in the past the switch between these different environments has been pretty jarring.Ī few weeks ago I decided that between all of these machines that I have and use it's probably a good idea to have a second monitor for these other non-primary devices. NET development as well, just to do something a little different. And more recently I've decided to just use the Mac for regular. I also use the Mac for any mobile development that involves iOS, since it's simply easier to do that natively on the Mac than using some sort of Windows to Mac or iOS bridge. I use the Mac Mini for a few things on a regular basis: I record music frequently so I often use Logic Pro X on the Mac. There's another low end Windows Laptop and a Dell NUC device I run a dedicated Linux instance on.

I have several machines that I use including my main Dell XPS Laptop and a Mac Mini (Intel) and also an older 2015 MacBook Pro. So I decided to write a quick review of my setup here to give a few more details that are hard to give in a Twitter conversation. I'm also using a single Logitech Mouse and Keyboard combination to control both machines and quite a few people were asking about how this works. A little while back I posted a couple of pictures of my new desk setup using both a Windows Laptop (a 2019 Dell XPS) and a Mac Mini (2020) along with two 4k displays.

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