The Logitech is positioned over the actual webcam on my MacBook Pro (not because I’m paranoid, that’s just the best spot for it) and usually gets plugged directly into the MacBook Pro when I’m using it, because I assume it benefits from a direct connection as well. I am still annoyed that Logitech wants you to use the webcam in ‘portrait’ mode, so the ‘Logi’ branding is 90º when used in the proper landscape orientation. It’s nothing special, especially given how expensive it was. I am using a Logitech StreamCam Webcam Graphite. We are all now aware of how terrible laptop webcams are, but I was one of the lucky ones who was able to buy an external webcam back in March before they all went out of stock. Now, this is pretty funny considering that I used the one-port 12" MacBook for 3 years before getting the Air, but, again, a lot has changed since then. You know what else is a huge difference? Having four USB-C ports instead of two. Even then, what took the Air nearly 90 minutes to do in Handbrake, the Pro can do in 11 minutes. The CPU on the Pro never even blinks unless it is doing a Handbrake encode. The CPU on the Air seemed to be always struggling to keep up with something I was doing. The speed difference between the two machines is enormous. I’m not sure why it was having such a hard time, but it was, and it was causing me daily problems. However, it was not holding up to what I needed it to do, in terms of not only Zoom calls, but recording the sermon, encoding video, etc. It was a 2018 MacBook Air (1.6 GHz Dual-Core Intel Core i5 / 16 GB RAM / 500 GB SSD). What really made that purchase “sting” is that my previous Mac was not that old. To be honest, I really wanted 32GB of RAM but couldn’t get it from Amazon in that configuration and also get the 1TB SSD. The primary item you are looking at is the most expensive Mac that I have ever owned: a Space Gray 16" MacBook Pro with 16GB RAM, 1TB SSD, 2.3GHz Intel Core i9.
Let’s start at the “top” of the picture above, and go around clockwise. I now preach and record my podcast standing up, which makes them both sound and feel better.
It also came with a mat to stand on, which is essential if you have a standing desk. I generally switch standing and sitting several times a day. Sure enough, this has been one of the best purchases that I’ve made in the past 5+ years, and I look forward to using it for many years to come. I really hedged about spending $600+ on a desk, but I talked to several people, including Jason Snell and Michael Tsai and everyone seemed to love theirs. It’s so much nicer to find “the right height” for sitting and standing once and then just be able to push a button, rather than having to manually select it each time. If you’re going to get one of these desks, don’t skip this feature. Pretty much the only “bonus” item was the Advanced Keypad which lets me store 4 preset height settings.
I looked at a variety of standing desks, and finally settled on an Uplift V2 Standing Desk (black, 48"x30"). I was no longer getting up to go to meetings, etc., because everything was happening on Zoom. But I also found that I really did not like sitting all day. No more rolling off the edge of the floor mat!īy the time we got to May, that little desk was really not cutting it. Instead of putting something on the floor, just change the wheels. They’re just wheels that are designed not to ruin the floor. I was going to get a floor mat, but my son found something on Amazon that I had never heard of: Office Chair Caster Wheels. I sat in a lot of chairs, and none of the “normal” office chairs felt “right” to me, so I ended up getting a Bonded Leather Racing Gaming Chair, Black and Blue which is a little silly looking (see link), but feels pretty good to sit on. Fortunately I ordered it on Saturday and it arrived on Tuesday, which wasn’t bad, considering the situation. They had lots of floor models, but almost nothing in-store. I’ve seen simpler desks (just legs and a flat top) but this one is pretty basic.Ī chair was even harder to find. Then again, they call the shelves on the left “Bookcases”. Staples’ website calls it “Gray” but … it isn’t gray at all, as far as I can tell. I found exactly one desk that I could use: an Easy 2 Go Student Desk with Bookcases. I was unfortunate in that I literally did not have anything that I needed for the “office” part.īy the time New York issued our “stay home” order, Amazon had been pretty well picked-over, and even our local Staples didn’t have much, so I didn’t have a lot of options. I was fortunate in that I had a spare bedroom which could be turned into a “home office”.
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