Turning the M3 Pro MacBook Into The ULTIMATE Desktop Desk Setup!

Very clean setup man, just out of curiosity whats that wall shelf thing you have with the legos sitting on it?

Do you have recommendations regarding lighting? In my home office i have a ceiling fan with 3 downward lights. It currently has 3 3000 K bulbs which seem not not interact well with my 24" imac monitor. Someone has suggested I try 4000K or 4500 k bulbs which would be a more "natural" light. I've also considered getting a desk lamp. Do you have any recommendations or thoughts?

Your setup looks really good and functional, congrats!
I would miss the speakers though, I just can't handle using headphones through the entire day. Sometimes I'll put some background music or videos through the speakers.

How do you turn on the macbook ? Taking it out from the stand? Wake up from lan? Or you never turn it off in the first place and just turn the macbook to sleep?

Congrats! Well done...

where is your Studio Display Wallpaper from? Couldn´t find it

Absolutely stunning setup. The ergonomic chair from FlexiSpot blends seamlessly with the entire setup.

Such a sick setup man! I love that you touched on working off of an external drive almost exclusively, as I'm making the switch to do the same myself! I'm sure you're backing up that drive pretty frequently, but do you mind sharing how you do it?

Why don't you plug the MacBook into the dock? Does it not work that way?

Hey Kyle! Loved the setup. I’m wondering if you’ve run into any limitations with the M3 pro when it comes to video editing? Slowness, increased rendering times, etc

I am trying to decide between the M3 max and M3 Pro but want to make sure I’m setting myself up for success. I know there are two media encoding engines on Max instead of 1 on the Pro.
With all that you do, I’d appreciate the insight since you seem to push the limits on capability.

I absolutely LOVE everything about this setup, thanks for sharing Kyle!

Question... Why run a thunderbolt cable to your Display from the Macbook Pro when you can run one cable to the Caldigit dock then to the monitor? The dock will charge your Macbook Pro while simultaneously outputting a display signal via thunderbolt. Im not sure what your limitations are, not sure if i missed something... clean setup regardless.

Awesome looking setup and very clean. Got to go with the laptop in the stand. The open laptop on the side just messes up the whole look of an otherwise beautiful workstation.

I feel that your set up is magnificent especially the way you protect your mac book by using an external drive plus the caldigit hub ts4 which serves you very well , may I ask do you keep your mac book plugged in all the time constantly therefore battery being at full 100 percent which may deplete it . Could you please share with us how you go about this that is how you go about taking care of it that being the battery. Thanks Kyle great video hope to hear from you .

I was wondering, would you be able to plug just one TB cable from the MacBook into the CalDigit dock, and plug the Studio Display into one of the CalDigit's downstream TB ports? Then you only need one single cable going into the MacBook. Or is there not enough bandwidth for that?

I want an Apple "short" SPACE GRAY keyboard to match with my space gray trackpad.

Your set up is top Kyle. Very nice and very functional. Love it.

Wow those are some nice headphones. Whomever helped in recommending them is probably the coolest person you know.

My set up is almost ditto of yours, except the display. I went with the 27” LG UltraFine on sale at Amazon, as opposed to the $1600.00 Studio Display….,

Awesome you set up bro, plus your audio sounds excellent now ❤

I don't use AppleID, but I'm using a Nuphy Air 96 keyboard. Comes with the numb pad and isn't as wide as the full Magiv Keyboard. And the typing experience is phenomenal. I've also got the whiter Logitech MX MAster 3s Mouse and definitely have that yellowing. I've been cleaning the mouse very frequently but that doesn't seem to help. I might be replacing it with a graphite one eventually, I think..

Is the battery always at 100% when you are with de computer connect to the Apple Display ? How do you manage with this trouble 🤔

Looks so awesome! I have noticed that I am going back to 1 monitor as well. I stay productive, and don't get distracted w/ the mac sitting there :D Very inspiring for someone who has been thinking about the Studio Display. Nicely done!

Thank you Kyle - that was a VERY inspiring video! Well done.

Money says speakers will be coming back. The Studio’s speakers are ok, not great.

Great video man!

I HAVE been using my macbook in clamshell /prebuilt pc setup for a couple of months now in clam shell but shutdown, and it gets annoying tot ake it off the stand, are you just putting your mac to sleep and do you think that the caldigit being alwaays plugged in ruins battery deg, that's usally my two internal gripes with this seutp.

I have looked it up on the internet, but I wanna hear your opinion and anyon else's Love the earthy tone aesthetic tho.

Thanks always for the killer content.

Where is that awesome wallpaper from??

I love the new dark look. Nice!

Dear Kyle you always make interesting videos. In this video I have a feeling that the mouse has very little space, on the desk mat (keyboard is right next), to move around especially when doing design work 😊

DAMN

Hey Kyle you seem to be one of the nicest guys out there, wish I knew you personally

i'm on the fence about the RAM in my case... don't sounds like 18gb will keep up the same performance as my 32gb ram windows pc

Is this the base m3 pro? 11 core cpu, 14 gpu and 18gb ram? And is it performing the same level as the mac studio?

Your new setup is amazing, and I especially like the dark esthetic. Now that you've sold your Studio desktop the only item my setup has in common with yours is the Apple Magic keyboard with the keypad 😁.

Logitech, please bring back the mid gray Mx master 🙏

Can you clarify, when you said, "Effydesk was willing to send this out to me" Do you mean they sent it to you for free? Or they were willing to ship it to where you live? EDIT: If they did send it out to you for free was it in exchange for reviewing/featuring them in this video?

Hi Kyle can i ask what are you using as key light??
The setup is amazing!

Your set up looks as great as you do.

Would you suggest investing in an M2 max today or an M1/M2 Pro and getting something in the future as per requirements? I'm still in grade 11 and do quite a lot of programming and video editing for clients. My dad's iMac Pro has held up quite well, but it's time for me to get a new Mac. My current 2017 Air is very crappy for anything as anticipated, so that is ruled out. I currently do medium to nearly pro-level editing, but I plan to scale it up quite substantially in 1 to 2 years into college. I don't make quite a lot of money today, but I can see how my revenue will grow as I work more towards this. I would also do more complex stuff with AI and ML codebases, but definitely nothing close to that intense for at least 2 years. For my requirements today, even the M1 Pro is plenty but considering my future needs, the M1 Pro will not be able to hold up. Assuming I buy the latest max/ultra series chips 2 years later, I'm still paying more than $3500 for an editing rig (laptop or desktop). Trading this M1 Pro would get me peanuts, and keeping the M1 Pro and buying another rig is a distant talk, so that's a point of concern. But at the same time, the M4 max or whatever would put the M2 max to shame in terms of performance. I can get an M1 Pro for $1300 M2 Max for about $2500. Is it worth the price bump?

What do you think is a better buy 15inch macbook Air M2 or Mac mini M2 or M2 pro. BTW love your videos keep growing.

Superb setup brother😍😍

Great video Kyle! What happened with your Mac Studio?