I wanted to share some thoughts about creating your home office or studio with computers and devices. I have come to prefer L-shaped desks, like this cherry wood, chrome and glass desk.
I use a MacBook Pro M1 Max 32GB/1TB with a Samsung 34 inch ultrawide display, for office work and video editing with Adobe Premiere. I use the Apple Magic Keyboard and Magic trackpad. I also use the Logitech MX Master 3 mouse. I have an 8TB RAID and other large hard drives attached. I backup using Time Machine to a 1TB NVME drive. This is also the computer that I take with me to work gigs or on trips.
I use a Dell Optiplex 7040 SFF 16GB/1TB Windows 11 Pro computer, with a Samsung 28 inch display on the right for video editing with Davinci Resolve Studio and other tasks. I use a Tecknet wireless keyboard and mouse. I added the Blackmagic Design Speed Editor keyboard, which has the jog shuttle, which is really nice for scrubbing through video. I use a Logitech C933 webcam for Zoom and OBS on this computer. I have a Shure mic and Stream Decks attached to this (it is nice that the PC has so many USB ports). I use Windows Backup to a portable 1TB hard drive.
I picked up the Dell 7040 PC recently, to replace my Dell Inspiron laptop, a Windows 10 Pro computer that has come to End of Life. There are ways to extend the service for a year, but I decided I could easily move on a desktop computer with Windows 11 Pro. I bought mine used at low cost from someone in the local community. I added a 1TB NVME drive, and created a flash drive to reinstall Windows 11 Pro, which went smoothly.
I recently added the Logitech Z533 Speaker system with subwoofer, which I really like using with my two computers. Both computers headphone out ports are connected, and audio can be played from either computer, with a large audio control knob for sound levels, which is really convenient.
