5 Great Accessories To Compliment Your Mac Setup

We all love a great looking setup, thats one of the reasons why are using the Mac, right? Some of us have even been known to buy accessories for one pathetic reason, “It matches the concept of the Mac so nicely”. I know I’ve done it before, and I will again. Let’s explore the top five accessories to compliment your Mac setup!

JBL Creature 2.1 Speaker System

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Let me guess, the first thing you thought to yourself upon laying your eyes on these speakers were aliens from out of space. Am I correct? Because thats what I thought the first time I saw JBL’s distinctively bold Creature 2.1 speaker system.

This speaker system is unique from all others. It includes a subwoofer and two small sized speakers, and is available in black, white, or silver. White being the obvious choice for the Mac fan’s.

Sound quality is supreme for such a great priced product according to iLounge’s review.

The subwoofer is the most interesting part of the package, it’s very hard to describe in words just what it looks like, so transcribe it yourself below!

Griffin PowerMate


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The PowerMate from Griffin Technology is that glowing blue accessory we see popping up in setups a lot, but no one knows exactly what it is, or what it does. Here’s the answer: the PowerMate can be programmed to do almost anything you want it to do!

It comes with a handy software package which helps you set it up. You can use it to control applications. For example, turning the wheel could scroll up or down in iTunes, clicking the top of it might open a new page in Safari, and you can even use it to scroll quickly through your iPhoto library, clicking the button when you see a photo you want to be opened.

The IconFactory’s application iPulse even allows you to use the PowerMate as a CPU usage indicator, which will blink a bright blue light on the PowerMate at different speeds depending on the CPU usage. Smart? You guessed it.

Griffin iCurve


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Do you have an Apple laptop? Chances are if you do it gets excessively hot while in use, and the laptop is not at a suitable height for your eyes when using it on a desk.

The iCurve is a stand for your Apple notebook made from clear-durable plastic. It will raise the notebook to a suitable height for your eyes and it looks stunning!

This will be popular with people who use a notebook with an external display, or those with an iMac + MacBook who want to use both at once.

LaCie “Brick� External HDD


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Remember when you were young and used to play with Lego bricks for hours on end to keep yourself entertained? LaCie has bought that old day and age back into the 21st century with their latest external HDD range, the “brick�.

The brick HDD looks just like a large Lego brick, except it can hold up to 500GB of your most important data inside. You can even stack these drives on top of each other to hold “stacks� of data across multiple drives.

The product is available in white, black, blue, and red. Storing data and having fun, what more could you ask for from a hard-drive?

Ikea “Skruvsta� Swivel Chair

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This computer chair will go down well with those who like to keep the colour of their setup matched, in the Apple universe, white.

I dont have much to say about this chair, apart from it looks so dang good!

So there you have it, 5 accessories that will look great and integrate seamlessly with your Mac! Do you have any of them or plan on purchasing them? If so, let me know how you enjoy your new accessories!

Comments

  1. #1

    Brian Amerige

    Sweet!

    I’m interested in the iCurve myself…

  2. #2

    Pat

    If I had enough extra cash, I’d splurge for all of them. :D

  3. #3

    Mike Vitoroulis

    Looks like I’m 2/5 the way there. ;P

  4. #4

    Neil Christie

    I’ve got the Skruvsta chair from IKEA in black. I deliberately didn’t buy the white one even though it would match anything else because my old chair was white and made of the same material.

    Unfortunately, (leather or whatever fake it is) this stuff doesn’t work well with jeans. I found that the edge of my old chair would go blue just by sitting on it and I didn’t want to drop £100 on another chair that would do the same thing.

    Glenn, may I suggest that you check out the Miglia TV Mini and the Logitech Cordless Desktop S530 – these would both be top of my list.

  5. Thanks for that Neil! I’ll have to take a look at the Miglia TV Mini, been looking for something like that

  6. My next tech related purchase will be the JBL Encounter speakers, they look really nice.

  7. Wow, first entry. Good job. I have the two Griffin ones, love them both. Although I think a comfy chair might be better then one that looks good w/ a computer next to it.

  8. I like the ikea chair a lot! The griffin elevator’s out now!

  9. I’m getting an iCurve myself. They have the new one now.

  10. Yeah, the Elevator. They look very nice, I’d like one for my MacBook.

  11. i’m going to get a macbook around christmas time i am also going to invest in an ikea ’skruvsta’ chair. and may even get an icurve. i am planing on buying a set of speakers too and the JBL creatures look great. u should also have a look at the JBL ’spot’ and ’spyro’ which are the same sort of setup.
    sam

  12. I’m about to buy the iCurve when i get some money. Then put my laptop next to my screen, then use teleport which i can’t wait to do

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