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if I told you inside this backpack of a MacPro keyboard mouse and a monitor a year ago you might have called me crazy but with the redesign of the 2013 Mac Pro it is entirely possible and I present to you the portable Mac Pro project version 1.0 today's video is made possible by Hulu Plus for a free extended to a trial at over - Hulu Plus comm / TLD hey guys johnathan your TLD hope you guys are doing well never since the redesigned 2013 Mac Pro has announced the small form factor and the potential for portability was something that really fascinated me I love the idea especially because I'm on the go quite a bit of taking the Mac Pro thrown it in a bag or backpack hopefully in the future they come out with specific Mac Pro carrying cases and then taking that with a Thunderbolt Drive hooking it up to a monitor it could be whatever I wanted to use and I would have my personal setup with me all the time now that got me thinking and got me looking for a portable powered monitor and there's a few options out there but most of them are extremely low resolution but I actually stumbled across the ACS MB 168 B+ which is a 15.6 inch 1920 by 1080p monitor so you got Full HD and the video and power comes through a single USB 3.0 cable now the core of the setup for now is the case logic SLR C - 206 SLR camera and laptop backpack and I'm actually own this exact one since I started YouTube which is coming up on four years later this year so it is definitely with stood the test of time like the name suggests it is designed to hold an SLR or DSLR obviously and I laptop up to 15 point 4 inches so over the years of course I've used this to carry my camera and my macbook pro boot because the inside is quite adjustable I wanted to see if it would fit the Mac Pro as you can see it does now as you can see it's not as snug as I would like it to be but as the title suggests this is setup version 1.0 so I'm going to be looking to improve this and of course if you guys have any ideas or suggestions feel free to leave me a comment down below now as far as the other gear in this project I am NOT a fan at all of the Magic Mouse from Apple so I am using the Logitech performance MX if you like the Magic Mouse and that'll work it'll save you a USB port but I'm forever a fan of this it's ergonomically comfortable it works on glass as you can see you don't need a mousepad for to operate and the scroll wheel also move side to side so not only do you get vertical scrolling but you can get horizontal scrolling as well so for final cut and Logic Pro and things like that it helps make editing easier now normally for my keyboard I'm using the logitech k 750 which is an absolute killer keyboard solar-powered it's got a keypad to the right but in this case it's not so portable so for this setup I opted to go for the Apple wireless Bluetooth keyboard which as you can see fit perfectly inside this backpack if this is a little too expensive I will post a couple cheaper and portable Bluetooth keyboard options down below I also have a list C rugged hooked up which is a combo Thunderbolt and USB 3.0 Drive opted to go for the 256 gig solid-state model which is extremely fast it makes a perfect scratch disk and companion for the new Mac Pro now the mac pro of course does not have an SD card reader which can be a little annoying but I can see why they left it off a lot of others are going to use compact flash cards and things like that so I added a Kingston USB 3.0 memory card reader which covers SD micro sd and of course compact flash and allows you to transfer everything extremely quick with the USB 3.0 connection so that's pretty much the gist of the setup now as far as how everything actually performs and operates the monitor as far as the quality goes it looks fantastic but the performance leaves a little bit to be desired it shows up in System Preferences with a 60 Hertz refresh rate but I'm guessing because the latency of the USB connection it leaves a little bit of lag on the mouse cursor now it's not unusable by any means like it totally uses for a portable setup but I didn't want to let anybody know who was interested in the setup that there was a little bit of noticeable lag now before I hop out of here I want to give a huge thank you to HuluPlus for making this video possible now I know most you guys being on the interwebs know what Hulu is but Hulu Plus ramps up the awesome and it's kind of like upgrading to an HD screen on your smartphone or tablet for the first time with Hulu Plus you can catch up on the entire season of currently airing shows you can watch old favorites or even a movie you can stream as many TV shows or movies as you want anytime anywhere so whether that's your ps4 your Xbox one your Roku Hulu Plus has a huge selection of shows like Saturday Night Live Jimmy Kimmel and of course shark tank they also feature exclusive original content like behind the mask and the wrong mans and they were nice enough to reach out to me and offer those who watched eld a free extended two-week trial by heading over to Hulu Plus comm slash TLD now a lot of you ask how can you help support the channel this is a super simple and easy way to do that it allows us to put out the best possible content that we can and just score a killer deal at the same time make sure to use that link down below to let them know we sent you aside from that again thank you guys very much for watching if you did miss my 2013 Mac Pro unboxing that is linked down below and also annotated right here if you have any questions on the Mac Pro whether it's configurations upgrades or just tech in general hit me up with a comment down below the absolute best way to get a hold of me is on twitter at TLT today that is linked down below along with Google+ Facebook and the gear that I use to make these videos again this is Jonathan with TLD and I'll see you guys very soon with some more 2013 Mac Pro coverage