One Monitor Desk Setup for Everything! | Mac, iPad, & Gaming PC

[@aliabdaal]

Your desk and studio setups are my absolute favourite ❤

[@shashikantsuman1659]

Ali we need a desk setup from you too..productivity wise what can be the best one

[@ByteReview]

Appreciate you! Always happy to consult 👀

[@John-uk3wz]

@@aliabdaal the absolute GOAT. great inspiration!

[@suyashgulati]

For switching issue, you can take a look at any KVM switch maybe

[@carlospcpro]

I use my studio display alongside with my Mac also with a PC, it’s an HP Laptop but I connect it directly with Thunderbolt to the integrated RTX 4070 and it’s super perfect.

[@Lofieloves]

How did you get the pc and monitor connected ?

[@imankalyandeuri6719]

1:42, funny...........bro....i love minimal desk setups like yours

[@PruneProductions]

Firstly, gutted to hear about your leg injury man. I hope you make a swift full recovery! Secondly, as someone that dove into your historic videos recently, it’s great to see your journey and progress with your desk setups. Loving every single one, and this is by far the cleanest and organised I’ve seen yet. Loving your content, thank you man!

[@ByteReview]

ayyy thanks! It's getting better but very slowly darn sciatica

[@PruneProductions]

@@ByteReview nooooo not sciatica as well, that sucks man! Stay strong bro 💪

[@DesignedbyKirk]

Nice work mate! Glad you finally were able to get a happy setup alongside your studio display!

[@ByteReview]

ahhh thanks man!

[@jeromederouette2922]

simple, elegant, beautiful and efficient i LOVE it

[@egu998]

I don't think it's a workable solution for a small case like that, because it requires a second card, but I have a Studio Display connected to my PC using an inexpensive Thunderbolt add-in card with DisplayPort injection. There's a jumper cable between DP out on my GPU and DP in on the Thunderbolt card, and then I run a TB3 cable to a CalDigit dock that the Studio Display is connected to. Wireless receivers for KB, Mouse and headset are all connected to the monitor so whatever I plug into the other end of the TB cable (PC, Surface, MBP or iPad) just gets input devices without any additional fuss. I get 5K resolution and 10-bit color with working speakers and webcam on the monitor.

[@ShamrockShakee]

Just checked the price of karlby countertop. When it was getting popular about 7 or 8 years ago, they were going for like $160ish. Now $299 USD. Absolutely insane markup.

[@jansteinke137]

Awesome Desk setup, I'm collecting ideas for some updates as well.

[@nigelcoleman1503]

Love your work. Will be adding some items from your shop for my Christmas list 👍🏻

[@yippiecalle421]

This looks like the set up I want. iPad Pro as my travel and on the go. And a Mac (Mac mini or iMac) as my main device for sit down work

[@ByteReview]

It's a good setup!

[@yippiecalle421]

@@ByteReview the question is 11 or 13 inch?

[@ByteReview]

@@yippiecalle421 I'll answer that in my next video!

[@yippiecalle421]

@@ByteReview you da man!

[@NoahHerman]

hey desk setup video twin ;)

[@dointoomuchsometimes]

What shelves are those and what board mounts are those? would love to know if you have time! Thanks! 🙏

[@Sunloopw]

Love your setup so much. It’s so inspiring

[@gianniche]

Beautiful setup!

[@BenyaminLorit]

Would definitely be down to see the PC upgrade video. Very curious which components you'd go for, if ever.

[@ByteReview]

This is something I'd like to do!

[@DanBerlin1]

Would love to get a breakdown of your Windows PC (or a link to that video, if you've already done it!)

[@ByteReview]

I have an old video but even that is out of date! It's here : kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGGqqHt-e8ygeas

[@DanBerlin1]

@@ByteReview Oh my gosh, even your voice sounds different!

[@ByteReview]

@@DanBerlin1 I was much sadder then and I'm happy now so I reckon that's it haha

[@DanBerlin1]

@@ByteReview it *was* 2021, i get it. glad youre happy, your videos are like a visual asmr for me. thanks for all the good vibes

[@RedErin]

Desk space is precisely why I went with a VESA mount monitor. Mounted to the wall (thank you Amazon Basics for the budget friendly but real Ergotron arm!) means I am entirely free to move how I want and my monitor gets no jiggle. My desk can be free of everything in seconds as the monitor can just float up and against the wall, so I can use the same desk for many things now. PS stopped to check out that wall color, it’s so soothing. I’m going to go for a slightly more earthy tone but definitely going to hunt around to see if you named that wall paint anywhere.

[@ByteReview]

Nice! I did toy with a wall mount idea at one point but didn't want to be stuck in the same area, they look so clean though!

[@bryans8656]

I always enjoy your desk setup videos.

[@ByteReview]

Thanks for always checking them out!

[@Dvlx1]

Does the pink wall mess with your perception of white balance at all when you're working with colours?

[@DerMani-s5s]

With the WJESOG Displayport to USB C Cable, originaly made for vr Headsets, you can get working speakers and webcam for your windwos pc with your studio Display. There is also a Driver for Windows, that enables Brightness Control.

[@ByteReview]

Oh sick, I will grab one!

[@paulrw1691]

Where is your wall shelf from?

[@youknowwithMartyKauffman]

Dang, your disk set up is super nice

[@ChrisWilmshurst]

Amazing setup as usual Tom, I just noticed that the studio display drops to 6bit colour when connected to your PC, which really sucks for the PC side of things.

[@ByteReview]

Yeah it does, which is a shame - although I haven't been able to tell a massive difference in gaming stuff

[@Madeonipad]

Love your setups, always so pleasing

[@ByteReview]

Thanks!

[@drevestedt]

Very nice setup, and a very nice video. And yes, the Apple Studio Display is not meant for any other computer than Macs.

[@TravisBasson]

I was really hoping you would explain how you managed to get the windows computer to output to the studio display

[@ByteReview]

Using that cable (linked in description) honestly it's a video in itself cause it takes so long to do!

[@fittogethernow]

had no idea of the issues with the studio display ... good to know cause I go back & forth with mac & pc - depending on what I'm doing. so it's good to know the "behind the scene issues"

[@ByteReview]

Yeah it does work, it's a nightmare to setup (I had to use two monitors to get it running but now it's fine)

[@ssaaffuu]

this looks sick bro this thought me a lot and again rad continent

[@jotnan]

Beautiful setup! I really love how the studio display looks but I could never go back to 60hz 😢 Hope they come out with 144hz soon so I can have a 1 monitor setup like this

[@ByteReview]

yeah I'd love apple to put one out too!

[@CardonaThe2nd]

Do you have a template for your Video Roadmap Notion setup?

[@Troupples]

I wish they made the logitech mx mouse for lefties it’s such a cool mouse

[@ByteReview]

yeah they really should!

[@johnboychak5063]

Nice video made even better when you include a couple quick shots of your cat! 😺

[@ByteReview]

haha had to be done!

[@Byte_J]

A shame that none of those fancy Apple monitors have good backlighting. Multiple dimming zones would be great. They should release an OLED or Mini LED version.

[@ByteReview]

Really hope they do, and give us HDMI and DP while they're at it

[@dom7019]

So everyone's desk is pretty much the same these days

[@John-uk3wz]

Even the roll of Tom’s past setups looked quite different from his current one

[@ByteReview]

when something works, it generally makes it way around!

[@BenleGentil]

@@ByteReviewThis and the fact that those company market to and target youtube content creators

[@Royaleoake]

I watch these to get better setup organization. I honestly do not care that “everybody’s setup is the same”. Good. What works, works.

[@peppermeat8059]

Mine sucks, room setup and the fact i cant setup my pc in a way that means i have alot of extra soace to work

[@techhubwiltsuk]

amazing set up and snap for a lot of it!! I have nearly finished my set up and will do a similar video! Cheers pal

[@ByteReview]

look forward to seeing it!

[@BW-pw4rl]

How did you mount your Pokemon decks?

[@darylang2575]

Apple studio display easy to sync w ps5 console? And the gaming latency is it alright? I bought LG monitor don’t come cheap too, after 10mths. It has one blue square showing on my screen. And I only use my ps5 gaming once a wk 6hrs. I’m fuming

[@tuntitommosille]

Hopefully when Apple releases a new version of that monitor, it will have a 120Hz panel as well as multiple inputs. One input just doesn't cut it if for example you want to connect a work MacBook during the day and then use your personal Mac Mini or Studio outside of working hours - not an unusual situation with remote work being so commonplace now.

[@ChillumT]

It looks like you live in the UK. How did you get the Grovemade stand? Looks like it only ships to the US

[@x_lansky]

How do you attach the Ikea desk top to the legs?

[@raycheshire5581]

Nicely done good sir. Your bit on cable management made me giggle…Diddy Tom. On a more serious note, hope the leg heals soon.

[@ByteReview]

Thanks, it's getting there but just taking a looong time

[@lifeofyvo5989]

Hi, quick question, where did you buy the gaming pc case from? btw love this set up

[@Tech4YourNeeds]

Nice desk setup!

[@MisArTech_gr]

Wonderful taste 👌👌👌

[@krishmkharvikoderi]

good one

[@Zenぜん]

Hey man I was just wondering what font you use for your thumbnails? Huge fan keep it up!

[@ByteReview]

Thanks! It’s called Made Dilian

[@Zenぜん]

@@ByteReview thank you!!

[@Miklooo774]

Really wanted the apple monitor but the refresh rate kills me 😭

[@MrPolgornek]

I'm gonna repeat myself (sorry) but some arts from French artist Simon Delart (specially in the Ghibli series) will fit perfectly in your studio (or at home) !

[@ByteReview]

oh I need to check it out!

[@Okaka0525]

you’re wallpaper is cool❤ did you make it?

[@ByteReview]

Yup! Link in description!

[@leajtick1983]

Fantastic video as always! Ive got a similar setup where ive went for as slim as i can get away with but im still struggling to find a neat way to go between devices but i think ive aced the cable management at least!!

[@ByteReview]

Cable management makes such a difference too, well done!

[@bro_vtech7420]

Look into KVM switches, allows you to switch monitors and USB inputs between devices with one button

[@jessevdp_]

What pc case is that?

[@MinimalisTech]

Tom! Dope ass video my guy. You've gotta lmk which cable you're using to get the Studio display on your PC, i've been searching but have come up short!

[@ByteReview]

Thanks! Added to the description, thanks for reminding me. Getting it to work might requite 2 monitors so DM me on ig or something and I can explain it haha

[@kevman0610]

I‘d actually really like to see a video about your windows pc 😁

[@Carstudio993]

I love your channel

[@ByteReview]

thanks for watching it!

[@buhizkewl7105]

Damn - I was hoping you were going to recommend a KVM switch that worked with the Studio Display. Also, there's no "for that price" about it on the 60Hz thing because nobody has done it with a true 5K display, so Apple is still the best value for a quality 5K screen. Hopefully they can do a higher refresh rate when the technology catches up!

[@ByteReview]

I'm going to see if I can find a better way to switch between setups for sure, and yes I guess you're right there are no 5k 120hz monitors out there!

[@idhantgulati6076]

link for that wallpaper please 🥹

[@MattAtAtlassian]

We want to know how you got the Studio Display working with the PC 😂

[@sebastianisaksson9757]

Small desk width - monitor arm?

[@ByteReview]

Problem is doing that gives you less space because the arm pushes the desk shelf forward!

[@sebastianisaksson9757]

@@ByteReview Fair enough. Even though I am sure you could figure it out without having to move the desk shelf much, the shelf itself is the limiting factor in this case I guess.

[@jenongliandra]

How you get your mouse clean???

[@ByteReview]

Wet wipe 👌🏻

[@ride.run.coffee]

What is the app at the 6:10 mark on the left of the screen?

[@hotmintchoco]

pinterest.

[@ByteReview]

pinterest

[@ride.run.coffee]

@@ByteReview That's what I thought it just looked a little different than what I am used to. Thank you

[@prebenjaeger]

thank you, mike rapaport

[@away_with_luke]

Oh no I could not be doing with the USB C cable switching 🙈

[@ByteReview]

I wish there was a better solution 😭

[@away_with_luke]

@@ByteReviewI guess some kind of switcher won’t keep up with the power/ data transfer? 😓 maybe someone can invent a usb c cable that splits into three with a little switch for you 😋 I don’t think that’s too much to ask. 😂

[@away_with_luke]

Or maybe a USB C extension coming out of the monitor and then a cable from each device to that? Can tuck them away more nicely then? 😆 the vision is there in my head 😂 helpful I know.

[@siddhantchuroria791]

IQUNIX ZX-1 is an awesome case, do upgrade your pc and make a video of it, and yaa, do upgrade to windows 11.

[@ByteReview]

I really want to, it's a nice system and it's mainly just sitting there

[@JonAdamsTech]

Hey Tom, Daniel Titchener just put a video out like this with the studio display and he was able to get all the functionality of the display on his PC. Go check that video out, he's got a great channel too. Great video as always man!

[@ByteReview]

Running to it now! Thanks for the tip!

[@JonAdamsTech]

@@ByteReview Yep!

[@Somebody_Else_Now]

I would love ❤ a new Pc build. (Making my first this year in the same case)

[@Somebody_Else_Now]

I have a component list if you want

[@itsnwa]

How do you switch between PC/Mac? Do you have to swap the cable at the back of your monitor, or do you use some kind of splitter/switch?

[@RobertMayfair]

I would definitely be interested in seeing a PC build and how it works with the Studio Display. I want to do the same

[@ByteReview]

I think there's a lot of us out there who do! I'll defo get the PC sorted this year. There's some games and VR stuff I want to check out

[@adamdraper-lewis1215]

Is this your home setup or office?

[@ByteReview]

12:17

[@adamdraper-lewis1215]

Yeah got a bit confused by that - do you not have a setup at home now?

[@MrSolidair]

what about console?

[@JetLagRecords]

Byte Review, awesome content keep up the amazing content

[@ByteReview]

Thank you!

[@marcarusaviles9020]

really nice desk setup! Amazing content

[@ByteReview]

thank yoooou

[@AvystKnight]

Im not sure, but i think all apple products screens are incredibly insane, so ive heard that they blur their led(pixel) so it looks increedible high resolution so i think thats why you cant see the pixels in the studio display but could see it in the samsung monitor, but after blurring the image looks super color accurate so ig their leds are incredibly bright and vibrant NOTE: i’ve head of this, im not sure if this is true

[@ByteReview]

The Samsung monitor was only 1440p which is why I saw the pixels immediately haha

[@jebaker2]

You didn't buy the $2000 Studio Display stand, did you? 😮

[@ByteReview]

That's the Pro Display XDR haha not this one!

[@hirunguyen4522]

if its huawei or samsung eco it would have much less cables and no need to unplug anything. I feel like Apple is way too behind in connectivity between their own devices. the new release add the mirror feature but still to far from Samsung level. The only way Apple did compete is to reduce connect speed with 3rd device and sometime not even allow them rather than fix their own problem

[@hotmintchoco]

1:43 where we can hardly see your face already ....😅 epic

[@PandaMoniumHUN]

KZbinrs: Finally, after so long, I am happy with my desk setup. 1 week later: CHECK OUT MY NEW DESK SETUP

[@ByteReview]

this is the way

[@fionaquinn8777]

Hey I don't know about you but I'm watching the video just because the guy is cute

[@spacegames2594]

Hey mate!I have a great idea to boost your chanel!You can come to greece make a blog and then make my dream setup!😊If you are interested let me know in the comment😊❤

[@Roseworksstudios]

5:20 when you returned the monitor apple really just double it and threw it back like hot potato

[@ByteReview]

🤣

[@prxbhav]

interesting

[@MahdiYusuf]

You can’t be gaming on apple display

[@michaelgourlay1746]

It is not its thickness, it is its depth that you should be referring to. Duh!!

[@chrisbullock6477]

Some look copied from creators I saw years ago, but nice nonetheless.

[@marcodimartino2810]

So essentially you burned 1500€ for a monitor that doesn't do anything for your devices. Clever.

[@ByteReview]

🤔

[@PanhaLory]

bro what's wrong with your audio?

[@thedudeabides1]

I think it is a limitation in windows when sending the picture through usb-c, then the audio is not a part of the signal

[@BW-pw4rl]

How did you mount your Pokemon decks?