I'm using an Apple iMac with the 21.5 inch screen. This is networked to an Apple Mac mini running OS X server software. I have my Apple iMac with a 27 inch screen in my home office. This way I'm able to store manuals, catalogs, pictures, etc. on my server and access them in my home office and my shop office.
You'll also see in the picture a Brother label printer. I use this to make labels for ZipLoc bags used to store small parts such as nuts, bolts, etc. so I know where they go.
I was an early adopter of Apple Macintosh technology. I've owned Apple Macintosh computers from the second generation in the early 1980s. I upgrade every three years or so. I did own one PC laptop running Windows software. I purchased it so I could use Autodesk AutoCAD and some home automation software. I now run Windows 7 in VMware Fusion 8. In the Windows environment I run Bend-Teck SE to design brackets and tubing items. I also use Windows 7 to access my Leviton/HAI alarm panel and to program Universal Powerline Bus devices. I use a Apple Macintosh laptop to program the FAST engine management computer in my Factory Five Racing Roadster.
I also keep my iTunes music library on the shop computer and create genius playlists and play them in the shop.
Britt