Famous Mac User Setup: Scott Bourne
“Famous Mac User Setup” is a new weekly feature I plan to run. Each week one famous Mac user in their respective right will be featured in a direct 4 question interview about their Mac setup.
Scott Bourne is widely recognized as a pioneer in the digital audio field. He is known for his work on Netradio, the world’s first internet radio network - O’Reilly Media, writing for their blog Inside Aperture - and Macbreak Weekly, a podcast he logs into on a weekly basis with other big Mac names such as Leo Laporte.
Scott also runs a few other blogs such as Podcasting Tricks, along with running Podango Productions in the commercial district of San Francisco, just off Mission Bay.
Here we take a look at where he gets his work done. The Mac setup of Scott Bourne.
What does your current Mac setup consist of?
My main workstation is a Two 3.0GHz Dual-Core Intel Xeon Mac Pro, with 16GB or RAM, stock 250GB 7200-rpm HDD, ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB video card, One 16x SuperDrive, running Mac OSX 10.4.9 Tiger.
Hooked up to the Mac Pro are Dual-23″ Apple Cinema Displays. I also use two of the G-Tech G-RAID2 1500GB TITANIUM external drives for storage
Why have you chosen this machine?
I use this machine because it’s fast and works well in an audio setup.
What other Apple gear do you own?
I also own two MacBook Pro’s, one iMac 24″, and a Dual-Core Mac Pro.
What is your next planned upgrade to your workstation?
I probably won’t buy any new computers until next year when I’ll probably buy whatever new laptop is out.
What do you think of Scott’s setup?
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#1
Andre → winnopeg.com
“What do you think of Scott’s setup?”
One word: Crazy.
#2
LuisOh god, 16GB of ram… Wow…
#3
Glenn Wolsey → www.glennwolsey.com
Yep, a crazy amount. He also stated “That’s all it’d let me put in..” on the latest Macbreak Weekly when Leo said “What, how much RAM?”
#4
zzap → zzaps.com
16GB is just crazyness — I can only imagine how much he would have put it if it had let him.
#5
Chris ‘MyAppleStuff’ Marshall → www.myapplestuff.com
Impressive and tidy (a compulsion of mine!) Good idea for a weekly post.
I have a few podcasters rigs along with more for us ‘everyday’ users over on my Mac Flickr site.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/ourcoolmacpics/
#6
Julian Schrader → julianschrader.de
Crazy. I’ve got 2 GB of RAM. That’s all my MacBook Pro lets me put in.
#7
Yannic → yannicwalter.de
duuude, 2 MBPs 2 Mac Pros and an iMac 24″
Impressive Mac collection..
#8
mikegreat idea for a segment! I am looking forward to seeing who else you can wrangle up :P
16 gigs of ram.. I can’t even imagine
#9
Marvin Sum → 50volts.com
That is one sweet setup.
Glenn, do you think you could get an interview with Leo Laporte? I’d like to see what his setup looks like.
I need more moolah for a Mac Pro. Perhaps I should get into podcasting? :P
#10
Glenn Wolsey → www.glennwolsey.com
I’m working at it, stay tuned. I already have the next 4-6 weeks queued up with posts ready to go in this series.
#11
Matt Gardner → mattgardner.net
Very interesting.. If I only had the money then I could begin to think of how to top that..
#12
Kiro → kirosblog.com
Holy Smoke Stacks! Talk about a dream system. Can’t wait to see the post about Leo. Very Cool.
#13
wphj → wphj.wordpress.com
There’s no way in hell that’s all necessary…
#14
Scott Bourne → www.podcastingtricks.com
Thanks for asking about my setup Glenn. One slight correction - Podango Productions is not run out of my home. We have an office in the commercial district of San Francisco broadly known as SOMA and DOGPATCH - just off Mission Bay. We’re three miles south of Alex Lindsay’s office at the PixelCorps.
#15
Andy → goodonpaper.org
Nice feature - definitely what I need - more temptation to upgrade my setup!
#16
MarkYou should call this theme ‘mac-envy’ for all those that think they *need* to have the best mac setup. In this case, I suspect that this is simply what is required for the digital music profession. It is the same logic that I used when buying an 20” iMac at home.
I use a supercomputer at work (a 2000+ CPU linux cluster, http://www.sharcnet.ca/Performance/index.php) for climate modeling. At home, I just don’t need that much noise ;) I’m a hobbyist photographer (Canon 5D/G7) and my iMac is great for managing my thousands of photos via lightroom/photoshop. I use gmail for e-mail, browse/blog with firefox, manage a 50GB music collection in iTunes (ver 7.x stinks with a large collection), tinker with garage band & my piano, and I can easily log into computers at work using terminal/ssh. Combined with an eyeTV, M-Audio Sonica, speakers, and I’ve also got a great place to watch TV and the occasional movie. It is a fine setup and cost me only $2500.
I found this post via 9rules… Honestly, seeing a snapshot photo of some random guy’s fast computer is not that exciting to me. You could make it more interesting by spending a little more time explaining who this guy is, what he’s done, why this setup is needed, how it is used, how much thought went into its design, etc…
#17
Andreas → xgrape.net
Wow, what a sweet setup. Can’t wait for my own Mac Pro that should be arriving this coming week :D
Great idea for a weekly feature too! It’s too common to see whatshisname’s rig on flickr, but showing of famous peoples rigs - now THATS something new.
Leo Laporte would certainly be one mans rig I would be interested in. And I hope you are able to wind up a nice collection of DIFFERENT people. One who does graphical stuff, one developer, one scientist maybe?
#18
Glenn Wolsey → www.glennwolsey.com
Actually, there is. Scott uses this setup primarily for Pro Tools - which in turn, will and can allocate all of the system resources and put them to good use.
Sorry about that error Scott, I’ve edited the original entry with these changes.
I couldn’t agree more Andy, I love the look of Scott’s setup - it has me itching to get my hands on some new gear. Unfortunately, I’ll be waiting till October before any planned upgrades.
I have many lined up and ready to go. Leo Laporte is one person I’d love to feature. In the queue I currently have a developer, designer, blogger, podcaster, and more all ready to go. I’ll be releasing these posts on a weekly basis.
#19
Tom (aka tmv32)One word “WOW”
Nice setup Scott has there!!
#20
Pierre Lourens → honestchaos.com
I like the idea of this series, but isn’t it very similar to Apple’s Pro section? Not that it matters, I suppose this is less-corporate.
#21
Glenn Wolsey → www.glennwolsey.com
Regarding the format of this interview/profile, what do you all like about it? Are there any things you’d like to be added for future segments in the form of formatting?
#22
Chris Neuman → www.chrisneuman.com
I have heard Scott talk about his setup many times on Mac Break Weekly and its great to finally see it! Makes my little MacBook with 19″ external display setup look like a PDA.
Excellent idea for a series Glenn. I hope you do get an interview with Leo. Why are you waiting until October for upgrades? Is it because of the Leopard delay?
One small (or large as it were) thing I would change is if you could have a larger version of the setup image by clicking on the regular size image. That would be great. Thanks!
#23
Mutahir → www.cyberspell.net/blog
Scot Bourne > A Dream setup as in configuration :) 16GB RAM…thats a v.good decision.
Glen > Good Blog and good ideas.
Regards
Mutahir
#24
Michael → www.themaczone.net
I agree, it would be cool to click and get a bigger sized image, possibly one tagged at flickr.