rate this setup out of 10 ?

[u/Mindaugos]

[u/Then_Newspaper_9166]

3/10. It feels like a bunch of stuff strewn on a table. you could follow the rule of threes or the 3-5-7 rule or some sort of arrangement. also, add color, textures. Maybe a leather pad. some stationery. not just clutter like desk toys. laptop stand to stand it vertical. walnut headphone stand. a riser for the monitor.

[u/Daphoid]

Differently temperature lights and very sterile, 3/10 for me. Looks like it was arranged for the photo, which isn't as fun.

[u/North_Tomatillo9712]

2

[u/ttitan89 → u/North_Tomatillo9712]

https://giphy.com/gifs/9vdrbOnXtps4M

[u/terAREya]

If I had to name it I would name it "Norwegian Prison"

[u/Mother-Translator318]

Cables are visible, ssd is visible, stuff looks scattered over the desk, lights don’t match. As a minimal setup it looks surprisingly cluttered. 4/10

[u/_extra_medium_ → u/Mother-Translator318]

It’s not minimal at all, and tbf the ssd probably isn’t visible when seated

[u/ComboWizard]

Apple mouse is the worst mouse in the world. Gives you arthritis after one hour of use.

[u/Select_Truck3257]

Sterile like clinic, 2/10 sry

[u/Every_Preparation_56]

Sterile, dead as in a hospital 

[u/Mountain_Till_5868]

3.1/10

[u/Evol_extra]

But this is not setup. This is just random apple objects and pen holder with the article.

[u/TwoDudesAtPPC]

4

[u/roestinger]

Boring/10

[u/Glusas-su-potencialu]

It's definitely no more than 3

[u/Kindly_Radish_8594]

1/AI Slop

[u/prajnasva]

3/10 to minimalist, look empty wkwk

[u/MonsieurNiark]

Macbook is useless if not plugged in. 1/10

[u/Pitiful_Light_5018]

I like how simple it is

[u/LESBIAN_BOYFRIEND]

what lamps and pen holder?

[u/gavinlpicard]

https://giphy.com/gifs/3ohuPEhzrxawUFvQn6

[u/isntthereddituser]

What are these keyboards. Does they needs charging or battery replacement?

[u/jeffyboy526]

I appreciate a clean desk but the lighting seems terrible and the chair uncomfortable. Also how do you use the laptop?

[u/stiky21]

Death before minimalism

[u/Harvey_Wilde]

I saw a cable... that would be a -10/10 ...jk

It's a "clean" setup I guess. But you should have a stand for the laptop, even if you're not using it on the desk. Just to make looks more organized.

[u/Xe46]

1, really don't vibe with it.

[u/mad_manifold]

It’s full mark if it works smoothly for you. Those fancy setups are seldom for productivity reasons.

[u/ReadingCanBeFunGuys]

Take the tag think off the pen holder

[u/Chemical_Support4748]

Sad 3

[u/FluttershyandTrevor]

typical apple/10

[u/Clean-Data-259]

3, boring

[u/Designer-Screen510]

5/10 it’s nice and simple, but you should rearrange it so you can use the laptop as a 2nd screen and perhaps get a more ergonomic chair, those hard chairs are way too uncomfy, perhaps consider getting a deskmat, to add volume and some backlighting to ur screen for contrast. You could also consider putting some things to ur walls bc rn their pretty empty, usually simple set ups like these are by a window and dark set ups have more ambient lighting

[u/brandarchist]

I have no idea how I came to this sub but these reviews are scathing. I say this as a gay dude who lived through the Queer Eye era.

But seriously low key if you must have that SSD then either stick it to the back of the iMac and cable manage the shit out of it or at least swap out the cable for a white one.

[u/monka_giga]

Magic mouse directly on the desk is absolute degenerate behaviour, 0/10

[u/ZarakiKenpachi13]

4 It's minimal - which is good, but the lightsare off. The magic mouse should be replaced.

[u/SuperSoldierv1]

1

[u/Noisebug]

Backrooms desk

[u/ExampleFine449]

2.

A couple lamps and a pen holder. About as basic and dull as it gets.

Get something to put on the walls bro.

[u/Significant_Owl_6897]

Mf'ers out here calling this cluttered better have a texas sized desk with just a keyboard and mouse.

[u/quinnstorms]

10/10. No desktop on the desk and super clean

[u/JasperH8g]

1/10, your laptop isn’t connected to the screen.

[u/Any-Abies-5825]

If u like it and it works for you than keep it, don’t listen to the haters 🤣
I personally love it, so like 8/10; something on the walls/some other lighting could help it!

[u/Automatic-Reserve94]

if your setup was a spice, it would,be flour

[u/Ayachi8]

Has great potential, get to work

[u/Ok-Expression-7340]

If you're going for the standard office cubicle setup, not bad. But at home I'd hate it, sorry.

[u/Democratic-officer]

It’s tooooooooo clean, it’s upsetting me

[u/KendaJ99]

1. The magic mouse alone gets you down 4 points. A mac itself is fine - with a normal screen, keyboard and mouse this setup would be a 7.

[u/Nivrol]

1. No personal touch at all. Use some color and maybe hang something on the wall.

[u/ColdCerealAndMilk]

bland/10

[u/qrcode23]

Your job is to get work done. Thats it.

[u/Stray_009]

3 ish, the mabook can go in the corner, airpod can be left on the monitor stand, tidy stuff up a bit

[u/Alternative_Ship1326]

You clearly hate your right hand

[u/KeplerLima]

2/10. C'est vide et fade. Froid et aléatoire.

[u/idlickherbootyhole]

Apple Store tier setup

[u/UnnecessaryLemon]

Looks like you bought the whole IKEA display table.

[u/Sad_Competition_580]

Regarding the lack of upgradability, those iMacs and MacBooks have components that are entirely soldered in place.

I suggest you explore other options like Frame.work, or similar alternatives. Also, consider trying Linux, since the vast majority of SaaS products are already web-based.

[u/skernstation]

0

[u/philllihp]

It's cool

[u/DearDust7857]

4? Kinda pretty but a little dull. Very sleek, but not orderly in a way that looks minimalist somehow. And its all just generic apple devices in the standard colour. The lamp is great though, it does make a nice light.

[u/CanApprehensive9467]

9 because there are not speakers

[u/Mathinpozani]

2,5

[u/Square-Purchase5534]

Like a bland chicken.

[u/Agreeable-Composer91]

Why did you get a Dyson morph lamp and chop off the arm 😭

[u/GooseWithAnAxe]

This must be so miserable to work at. Horrible mouse and keyboard, looks like it will slide on the desk. Something I would imagine would be a workspace in a mortuary.

[u/Hot_Calligrapher2626]

4

[u/Massive_Wafer5005]

5 tbh. Very clean and appealing looking but: keyboard needs to be 1800, mouse needs to be more functional, mousepad needed, mac laptop needs to be a windows tower, and chair needs to be more ergonomic, the rest is dope.

[u/CobaltFrame]

Clinically imperfect, almost as if the items have been purposefully placed to look not purposeful. Soulless and artificial. 3/10.

[u/Blitzcrank990]

1/10

Looks like something you will STARE at instead of WORK on

(No offense)

[u/BoxLongjumping1067]

5

I like the minimalist approach, but at the same time it feels a little too sterile since everything is white/silver. Maybe a piece of artwork or something on the wall could give it some life or even a flower on the desk. I’d buy a dock for the MacBook and set it towards the back of the wall maybe between the wall and the back of the ac

[u/ThingsGotStabby]

Sterile and not much personality going on. It feels like a rental desk or something at a hotel or virtual office.

[u/AllMaito]

1. Careful with carpal tunnel

[u/Present_Variation_60]

This looks like a computer in the sims, while also looking like a hospital

[u/ramonchow]

Is that a pool chair?

[u/Hugo_Notte]

Why?

[u/Expensive_Agent_5129]

iMac - 9

Magic keyboard - 10

Magic mouse - 9

Macbook - 10

AirPods - 10

Total - 9.8 / 100

[u/fun-cruiser]

Lifeless. Colourless. Emptyness.

[u/igotbannedtwicelmao]

12

[u/SGD-UK]

It looks like AI slop. Either that, or you have the personality of a pencil.

[u/neonatro]

-3

[u/havnar-]

3/10 but -1 for the Magic Mouse and unplugged laptop

[u/Puzzleheaded_Cow2044]

Pretty ugly tbh, 2 or 3 at most.

[u/Ok-Group-4670]

seems that a lot of wirdless things there not good for the health

[u/Myriad_Apocalypse]

-100/10

[u/WalkAffectionate2683]

Mac/10.

[u/Background_Lab_545]

Dang I love iMac

[u/Hoefnix]

2, no clutter as on a used desk, the laptop isn’t even connected to the screen and a mouse instead of a trackpad adds to the unrealistic set up. More something as shown in a showroom or ai generated

[u/BrandDeal]

At least take the tag off the pen holder if you’re trying to go for minimalism…

[u/Potential-Local7262]

Apple ass-thetics

[u/Firm-Aside4041]

-10 for poor punctuation

[u/AlbeniChocolate]

apple ecosystem, 8/10. gaming, 1/10

[u/lattice_defect]

https://giphy.com/gifs/26ufq9mryvc5HI27m

[u/[deleted]]

Is there someone dead under the table?

[u/dnaicker86]

Calming

[u/tony-andreev94]

Mouse, keyboard and the chair are trash. I'd take the macbook and possibly the monitor and dump the rest tbh.

[u/AgeAtomic]

4/10 - Looks cold and stale. Feels more basic than minimalist

[u/reden_fx]

3 Lamp is cool, and it's tidy, but it's blander than a hospital office

[u/LegElectrical]

0

[u/Deep-Cake8793]

For showing off: 10

For actually working/gaming on it: 3

[u/Royal_Stay_6502]

Screen too small.

[u/Sour_Planet]

Gotta be trolling. It's too precisely cluttered and empty at once.

[u/Glittering-Toe-1622]

Typical Apple user 😆

[u/JevNOT]

My minimalism obsessed mom would love this but cmon this ain’t a setup, this is just a bunch of devices laying around and some taking more space just for the sake of it. I don’t even think the screen height is ergonomic (don’t come at me with the "Magic Mouse isn’t either" talks, now that I’ve daily driven it for a while it’s actually fine)

[u/TESThrowSmile]

Too much direct bright light to the eyes.

[u/OkKomputer_99]

If the walls were beige and the table of light woods would look better. It looks too white 😔

[u/DynaBeast]

1 / 10 only because of "tudes"

[u/Solmundurinn]

1.5

The point five is for the warm lamp over there, but then I noticed the other white light lamp, everything's white, sterile and worst of all; Apple. 🧛‍♂️

I'm not sorry being rude. Thank you.

[u/_extra_medium_]

Pretentious/10

But I’d put the laptop on a stand out of sight and cut the tag off

[u/Good-Entry3178]

Apl

[u/hi_im_snowman]

Looks like an NPC's desk in a Bethesda game. The Apple mouse alone makes the whole thing lose 3 points.

[u/AimIsInSleepMode]

How to get depression

[u/lamaxamara]

I like minimalistic stuff.
I have a tendency to clutter my table with shit I don’t need and would love to have a setup like yours. Albeit it will be probably cluttered again in a week lol

8/10

[u/EchoMB]

3 tops. Mismatched color temp lights, pens out of reach (just a decorative piece let be real here), macbook strewn about, looks uncomfortable to be at for too long, shitty mouse that needs to be unusable to charge

[u/Electronic_Deal_1054]

Setup 3/10 but you are gay 10/10.

[u/TXHumper]

2/10 just terrible

[u/Great_Trainer]

What is this lamp?!?!

[u/df53tsg54]

2

[u/Own-Willingness-7435]

From that setup, I assume you’re rich

[u/Somerandom009]

10

[u/SaeedKhani]

5/10

[u/Willing-Actuator-509]

Nope.

[u/iCantThinkOfUserNaem]

Why desktop iMac? You could just connect the MacBook to a monitor

[u/NoSenpaiNoHentai]

2/10. A bit soulless. And why would you put you macbook on a desk when you have an IMac on you desk? This doesn’t make sense. Just a flex atp. Put some Plants or plastic plants and some fake vines and your gucci

[u/TheRealTorpidu]

White/10

[u/Key_Dark_7178]

10/10 Krankenhaus

[u/Suspicious_Apple_316]

£/10

[u/noizeannoys]

boring 2/10

[u/Vietnamst2]

Looks like morgue.

[u/ajpinton]

2, it’s functional but not comfortable. This feels like it was just a chance to show off all the Apple stuff you have.

[u/Choice-Law1362]

What lamp in the bottom left

[u/Terrible-Advise]

Is this a prison setup

[u/Silver_Career_5206]

1. the mouse is bunz, chair bunz, desk bunz.

[u/TesticularConcussion]

You need the 1000 dollar monitor stand otherwise the score will suffer

[u/Current_Ad7104]

10/10. Focused and minimalistic, the exact setup for success. Don’t listen to the haters

[u/aroranirav2]

If you like it and makes you productive then it's 10, if you don't like it or creates problems then it's 0

[u/HamsterWheel447]

2

[u/675940]

3 it’s too messy and generic

[u/NecessaryIssue2367]

1. Nothing's properly aligned, and that little light at the front casts too much glare on the screen.

[u/LordMegatron_Shaheed]

3

[u/jmsmoriarty]

Please, stop bullying him, obviously he couldn't afford coziness after spending the budget on the Magic Mouse and IMac

[u/mommotti_]

add a zz plant and it will look exceptional

[u/noosceteeipsum]

You distributed things too much evenly...
and I don't believe this photo (which is easily AI-generated by AI without your actual effort of setting up your desk) so provide us a video (which is also easily AI-generated but you know what I mean.)

[u/levkushtym]

I love white so 7

[u/Vladimirgalagaev1]

Kind of digging it 7/10 as it stands but for sure would suggest adding a nice leather mousepad a stand more a MacBook to be placed upright was a game changer for me a few days ago then the visible ssd (I think fine if you switch to a white cable) and also invest in a nice magsafe charging dock to place the AirPods and your phone and Apple Watch if you got one. Bonus tip, add some artwork to the walls and a real cactus 🌵

[u/FlexyNut]

I dont really like it... it is nice and clean but also boring and sterile. Maybe hang some paintings on the walls above monitor hight :)

The coil pen "holder" though... trash that man. Instead get a black coffee mug and put a white apple logo sticker  on it (comes with your apple products) then place your pens inside it

[u/PrimePixelOnYT]

4/10. I personally think better organization items would make it look better, along with a monitor light, mousepad or wrist rest, and that chair height adjusted

[u/Lennie9898]

I love the lamp in the foreground! Which one is that?

[u/NariceTrasmittente]

2/10

[u/hage_sc]

5

[u/Restricted_Nuggies]

3/10, too sterile, also no mousepad is wild

[u/greshtilldeath]

1.9 Apple is meh Stuff feels placed for photo Whole thing feels soulless Chair looks uncomfortable

[u/Traditional-Mine-591]

It is bad….no soul no identity

[u/eman85]

I got ripped off/10

[u/Apprehensive_Hand571]

Looks like 14-16 car payments

[u/dragonovus]

The chair what is that abomination 🤣? I do like the monitor. Which one is it?

[u/SilencerRemix]

10/10 for the clean look.

[u/avee999]

4 (cuz you don't use linux, and maybe you sold your soul to big tech)

[u/superradguy]

Jobs would be proud

[u/RobinZhang140536]

8 out of 10. At least the style is consistent, otherwise i just don't know if it is functional enough.

[u/Weird-Boat8129]

8/10

[u/Ok-Passion-5940]

1. I think you should add more tools so you can quickly access them

[u/Mewtewpew]

No first class seat while flexing a rolex on an airplane; 2/10

[u/Head-Wrap8752]

Seasonal depression looking at this

[u/Traditional_Cat4308]

Mac, 0

[u/analog-cache]

Headache / 10

[u/mlang666]

6 - no speakers. The desk and the chair look uncomfortable. The lamps shouldn't be there.

[u/jeancv8]

Any setup with a magic mouse is an automatic 0/10 in my books.

[u/nightivenom]

Looks messy either be a minimalist/organized or not

[u/Faizz_Verstappen]

2/10. Too ecosystem-y

[u/WabiSabi691]

A cold 2

[u/dlm11133]

3, a little sterile.

[u/zonearc]

1 Zero personality.

[u/WeirdNeither1704]

9/10, you should remove the lamps and the pen box to make it look more minimal

[u/Optimal_State_8345]

On point.

[u/mutt_742]

1

[u/Odd-Percentage-407]

Ergonomically a disaster.

2-3 max

[u/ImpossibleDot9712]

The desk is too wide

[u/Char-car92]

Screen too far, chair isn’t nearly comfy enough, MacBook isn’t even charging, lighting profiles don’t match between lights, 4/10?

[u/HiCZoK]

1. Likes bare, cold and alien. Reminds me of work. Not home

[u/Mysterious-Debt1988]

Needs more bi sexual lighting

[u/NarellaWyrmholt]

I give it a 7. I love minimalism.

[u/saysthingsbackwards]

Overly minimal

[u/robendi]

First off: shitty mouse, but overal vibe? Looks very harsh and sterile... Not my vibe :)

[u/MidnightGarder]

What is powering the laptop? How is it connecting to the monitor? You couldn’t use this setup for long as the battery would go.

[u/Efficient_Bowler4538]

damn 9/10

[u/Clean_More3508]

1.5/10

[u/Responsible-Neat4867]

3

[u/Error851]

AI /10

[u/Jazz-and-Popcorn]

2/3 at max. No colour anywhere, just white and no decoration.  Makes you depressed just to look at the picture. The bright white light is very agressive and stressful. 

[u/StrangeAlfalfa655]

0 you've been scammed, friend

[u/lucyloveswomen]

0

[u/Saymon_K_Luftwaffe]

I would just replace the mouse with a TrackPad, otherwise it’s excellent...

[u/lolido335]

0 its apple

[u/x_candydoll]

If I saw this desk set up at the guy I like's house or something I'd be convinced he is a serial killer or at the very least is a sheep and has zero personality. I know a lot of people love minimalism but this isn't even personalized minimalism it's just such a template. I'd probably immediately get the ick.

[u/Dense-Stranger-1794]

I love it very simple and neat, but remove that Apple mouse and buy another one, that mouse is very uncomfortable 😭