CD mixers I am at a cross roads.
I do live DJ work. I play music for parties and the like. My old Numark CD mixer is bighting the dust and I need to go in a different direction. I am trying to get away from playing CDs live from a CD mixer and putting my stuff on either a pc or a smart phone. Some new numark mixers seem to offer some help in that direction. I can get a mixdeck express which has duel CD drives and USB ports for hard drives, thumb drives etc.. You can all so plug this mixer in to a computer and use it as a DJ controller. The other way is a CD mixer with Bluetooth capability that will play audio from your smart phone. They say that the transport controls will work with the phone or laptop but they mention no DJ software to control your music with. I think just the audio and some limited key mapping is all you get with that mixer. I need to find a direction. Which deck would you recommend and what DJ software would you use to drive the mixer. I know that the mixdeck express will use something called surado dj and virtual dJ. And something called tractor. I don't know if you can use replay products or Sam DJ or zello, station play list any thing that I have had some success with when I have experimented with software in the past. I needd lots of help I have an android phone but have know idea how to connect a Hard drive to it. I could upload music to the cloud I suppose. I could use an Ipad or some sort of I device but I don't necessarily want to use I-tunes software. Lots of questions I know but there are some powerful brains on this list that can help me think on what to do.
Re: My TapinRadio Problem Solved
it should auto update every month. usually within the first day or two. good luck On 11/10/14, Steve Pattison s...@internode.on.net wrote: Hi all, Just an update to let people know that I solved the problem I was having with TapinRadio crashing. The solution for me was to uninstall and then reinstall my anti-virus program which is ESET Smart Security version 8. Since doing this I can update TapinRadio presets and listen to stations without any problems. It will be interesting to see if I can update the next lot of new presets. If I can't at least next time I'll know where to start to find a solution. I hope this helps others who are having similar problems with TapinRadio. Regards Steve.
Re: Steamsounds
On 10/11/2014 16:51, Dane Trethowan wrote: For those of us who like to make and listen to audio recordings, check this out. http://www.steamsoundsarchive.com/ Thanks Dane. I knew about Steamsounds, but wasn't aware it was still in operation. -- rgds LAurence
Re: My TapinRadio Problem Solved
Steve, did you uninstall the antivirus software before reinstalling Tapin Radio?. I still have the error message about the corrupted Tapin Radio file. Chuck -Original Message- From: Steve Pattison Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 8:56 PM To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Re: My TapinRadio Problem Solved Hi Chuck, Thanks for your message. I neglected to mention that first of all I tried disabling my firewall and anti-virus software to see if TapinRadio would let me hear stations and that didn't work. So I tried completely uninstalling my anti-virus software and reinstalling it again and that solved the problem. Yes it was a bit of work and inconvenient but I'm glad it fixed the problem. Of course whether you do this or not is completely up to you but this was the only thing that worked for me. Regards Steve. On 11/11/2014 2:43 PM, Charles Krugman wrote: well I tried to disable the AVG firewall and redownloaded the file from the web site. When installing the file however I received an error message stating that this file is corrupt and that I should find a new version of the program. I'm not sure if there is any other part of AVG to disable and I'm not really to spend uninstalling and reinstalling it so I'm looking for other solutions. json
Re: My TapinRadio Problem Solved
All that this is teaching me is to rather have no or basic virus protection. Why must we as consumers suffer just because some companies don't no the software. Not fair. I rather stick with ms security or nothing. At the end, virus programs cannot really give you the at most protection. They can warn you and scan things they can find but even then you could be already affected. If they could only make it more accessible so you can go into the virus ches to remove files that you no are safe, and tell the program. But no, for them, blind people don't have the rite to use virus software. So once again we nothing to them. On 11/11/2014, Charles Krugman ckrug...@sbcglobal.net wrote: Steve, did you uninstall the antivirus software before reinstalling Tapin Radio?. I still have the error message about the corrupted Tapin Radio file. Chuck -Original Message- From: Steve Pattison Sent: Monday, November 10, 2014 8:56 PM To: pc-audio@pc-audio.org Subject: Re: My TapinRadio Problem Solved Hi Chuck, Thanks for your message. I neglected to mention that first of all I tried disabling my firewall and anti-virus software to see if TapinRadio would let me hear stations and that didn't work. So I tried completely uninstalling my anti-virus software and reinstalling it again and that solved the problem. Yes it was a bit of work and inconvenient but I'm glad it fixed the problem. Of course whether you do this or not is completely up to you but this was the only thing that worked for me. Regards Steve. On 11/11/2014 2:43 PM, Charles Krugman wrote: well I tried to disable the AVG firewall and redownloaded the file from the web site. When installing the file however I received an error message stating that this file is corrupt and that I should find a new version of the program. I'm not sure if there is any other part of AVG to disable and I'm not really to spend uninstalling and reinstalling it so I'm looking for other solutions. json -- Facebook: m.facebook.com/aidan.maher92 Skype: andries4451 Twitter: smarttalk7 Audioboo: www.audioboo.com/DjSpotlight
Radiologik Broadcast Software
Hi! I just purchasec\d a licence for this software, I'm most impressed with the accessibility allowed and of course thanks to those who test the software and helped the developers make such positive changes. Radiologik should suit me right down to the ground as it can integrate with my existing iTunes library and playlists which makes things that little bit easier. Radiologik doesn't have any modules built-in for Internet streaming but that's no problem whatever as I already have the solution to that puzzle with the excellent Nicecast App which will take the outputs of Radiologik - along with appropriate data - and stream that for me, all I've got to do now is find time to set everything up. I've used various Broadcasting packages for the Mac including Nicecast itself in conjunction with iTunes, I then progressed to another App called DJay which was okay but Radiologik looks and fes so much better and is so much more flexible to work with. I also recommend the excellent BossJock Studio for IOS if you have an iPhone, iPad, iPond Touch etc, that App really puts the power of the Broadcaster in the palm of the hand, I still find it amazing that I can stream broadcasts/programmes from my hand world-wide.
Re: Can anyone Listen to Stations Using TapinRadio
Can anyone explain to me how the split recording works? Can you split manually in realtime while recording? And if so, how? On 11/11/2014, Donald L. Roberts donald.robert...@gmail.com wrote: I just checked at 9:10 PM Pacific standard time on November 10 and had no difficulty tuning in KTKZ in Sacramento. I did not check other stations. Don Roberts On 11/10/2014 8:30 AM, Laurence Taylor wrote: On 09/11/2014 22:10, Steve Pattison wrote: Hi all, We've heard from a number of people who are having problems with TapinRadio crashing. I'm wondering if anyone on the list can successfully listen to stations on TapinRadio at the moment. I've just installed Tapin (version 1.60.1, Win XP - yes, I know) and find it works fine for playing stations, but a lot of the menu options like Random or Browse don't work - sometimes with an error message (No sources) and sometimes not. Undecided as to whether I prefer it to Screamer Radio. -- Facebook: m.facebook.com/aidan.maher92 Skype: andries4451 Twitter: smarttalk7 Audioboo: www.audioboo.com/DjSpotlight
Mac Mini Update
Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: Mac Mini Update
Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
RE: Mac Mini Update
Hello, the Mac Mini is indeed as you described. In addition to the 4 USB 3.0 ports, you also have a firewire port, HDMI, Thunderbolt port, one input line-in, one speaker jack and a memory card reader. Hope this helps. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: Mac Mini Update
Yes, that’s correct. This is the second Mac Mini machine I’ve had, the first was a 2009 Mac Mini model which was slightly different in shave, the 2009 model looks about the same shame and size as one of those old dual CD cases we used to get. The 2012 model looks much more like a rooter in size and has the power supply built in. Yes, you have to connect devices to the Mac Mini though the machine is really designed around wireless devices, you use it on a Wi-Fi network, connect a bluetooth Keyboard, Mouse and Trackpad etc. The Mac Mini has 4 USB 3.0 ports, ethernet 1GB port and Thunderbolt connectivity along with Bluetooth 4.0 so many options are available to the user for consideration. And yes, I forgot to mention the HMI port and the audio in/out analogue/digital ports. On 12 Nov 2014, at 3:24 am, Fanus buys.fa...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: Mac Mini Update
Hello Thanks for the info but what is a firewire port and a thunderbolt port? For what are they used? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:27 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello, the Mac Mini is indeed as you described. In addition to the 4 USB 3.0 ports, you also have a firewire port, HDMI, Thunderbolt port, one input line-in, one speaker jack and a memory card reader. Hope this helps. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: Mac Mini Update
Yep thanks for that, I forgot to mention the SD Card reader and the Firewire though I really do wonder why Apple bother with that as Thunderbolt is much faster, I guess its a compatibility thing. On 12 Nov 2014, at 3:27 am, Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, the Mac Mini is indeed as you described. In addition to the 4 USB 3.0 ports, you also have a firewire port, HDMI, Thunderbolt port, one input line-in, one speaker jack and a memory card reader. Hope this helps. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
RE: Mac Mini Update
The firewire port is basically for transferring files if you have a supported device, as well as if you have a monitor that uses that kind of plug. Thunderbolt is Apple's way of either plugging in a monitor, which you would need a special adapter if you have a VGA monitor and it can also be used to transfer data if you have the proper drive for this. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:31 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Thanks for the info but what is a firewire port and a thunderbolt port? For what are they used? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:27 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello, the Mac Mini is indeed as you described. In addition to the 4 USB 3.0 ports, you also have a firewire port, HDMI, Thunderbolt port, one input line-in, one speaker jack and a memory card reader. Hope this helps. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
RE: Mac Mini Update
Well being that it's a low-budget machine, I would guess to say they are trying to accommodate anyone and everyone. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:31 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Yep thanks for that, I forgot to mention the SD Card reader and the Firewire though I really do wonder why Apple bother with that as Thunderbolt is much faster, I guess its a compatibility thing. On 12 Nov 2014, at 3:27 am, Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, the Mac Mini is indeed as you described. In addition to the 4 USB 3.0 ports, you also have a firewire port, HDMI, Thunderbolt port, one input line-in, one speaker jack and a memory card reader. Hope this helps. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: Mac Mini Update
Firewire and Thunderbolt are data ports similar to USB. Tunderbolt is faster than USB 3, its able to transfer 12GB per second thus its used for a wide variety of accessaries including HD video and audio devices, HD displays, fast hard drives, docking stations and so on. Thunderbolt ports are now widely seen in newer Windows PC models. Firewire is an older data standard, not so long ago it was faster than USB 2.0 but now USB 3.0 has come along and I think - if memory serves me correctly - USB 3.0 is around 6 times faster than Firewire though this speed might be lost in some areas such as those times when you have to transfer data from one machine to another in a recovery emergency etc, that’s where Firewire still comes into play for now at least. On 12 Nov 2014, at 3:31 am, Fanus buys.fa...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Thanks for the info but what is a firewire port and a thunderbolt port? For what are they used? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:27 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello, the Mac Mini is indeed as you described. In addition to the 4 USB 3.0 ports, you also have a firewire port, HDMI, Thunderbolt port, one input line-in, one speaker jack and a memory card reader. Hope this helps. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
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Hello Dane and Armando Thanks a lot for the info. I admit that I was a bit lazy, I could have downloaded the user guide but this is why this list is such a valuable source. Thanks to all who do not mind to answer questions from uninformed people. Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:34 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update The firewire port is basically for transferring files if you have a supported device, as well as if you have a monitor that uses that kind of plug. Thunderbolt is Apple's way of either plugging in a monitor, which you would need a special adapter if you have a VGA monitor and it can also be used to transfer data if you have the proper drive for this. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:31 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Thanks for the info but what is a firewire port and a thunderbolt port? For what are they used? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:27 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello, the Mac Mini is indeed as you described. In addition to the 4 USB 3.0 ports, you also have a firewire port, HDMI, Thunderbolt port, one input line-in, one speaker jack and a memory card reader. Hope this helps. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
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Again spot on smile, I bought a Thunderbolt dock, actually I bought it for my 2011 Mac which had Thunderbolt but didn’t have USB 3.0 and I wanted the extra speed. Anyway the dock gives extra flexibility to a machine at the plug in of a Thunderbolt cable giving extra USB 3.0 ports, another couple of display ports, more audio ports, more Ethernet ports etc. On 12 Nov 2014, at 3:34 am, Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com wrote: The firewire port is basically for transferring files if you have a supported device, as well as if you have a monitor that uses that kind of plug. Thunderbolt is Apple's way of either plugging in a monitor, which you would need a special adapter if you have a VGA monitor and it can also be used to transfer data if you have the proper drive for this. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:31 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Thanks for the info but what is a firewire port and a thunderbolt port? For what are they used? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:27 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello, the Mac Mini is indeed as you described. In addition to the 4 USB 3.0 ports, you also have a firewire port, HDMI, Thunderbolt port, one input line-in, one speaker jack and a memory card reader. Hope this helps. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
RE: Mac Mini Update
Hello Fanus, Not a problem. You can also join the macvoiceover list and the mac3theblind lists. They are resourceful as well. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:39 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane and Armando Thanks a lot for the info. I admit that I was a bit lazy, I could have downloaded the user guide but this is why this list is such a valuable source. Thanks to all who do not mind to answer questions from uninformed people. Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:34 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update The firewire port is basically for transferring files if you have a supported device, as well as if you have a monitor that uses that kind of plug. Thunderbolt is Apple's way of either plugging in a monitor, which you would need a special adapter if you have a VGA monitor and it can also be used to transfer data if you have the proper drive for this. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:31 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Thanks for the info but what is a firewire port and a thunderbolt port? For what are they used? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:27 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello, the Mac Mini is indeed as you described. In addition to the 4 USB 3.0 ports, you also have a firewire port, HDMI, Thunderbolt port, one input line-in, one speaker jack and a memory card reader. Hope this helps. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
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I should also mention before we go any further that my new Mac Mini machine doesn’t come with a Built-in CD/DVD writer as the older model did but this was the last of my concerns, I bought a Samsung USB Drive for $100 which accommodates all of today’s modern formats including Blu-Ray. On 12 Nov 2014, at 3:38 am, Fanus buys.fa...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Dane and Armando Thanks a lot for the info. I admit that I was a bit lazy, I could have downloaded the user guide but this is why this list is such a valuable source. Thanks to all who do not mind to answer questions from uninformed people. Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:34 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update The firewire port is basically for transferring files if you have a supported device, as well as if you have a monitor that uses that kind of plug. Thunderbolt is Apple's way of either plugging in a monitor, which you would need a special adapter if you have a VGA monitor and it can also be used to transfer data if you have the proper drive for this. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:31 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Thanks for the info but what is a firewire port and a thunderbolt port? For what are they used? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:27 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello, the Mac Mini is indeed as you described. In addition to the 4 USB 3.0 ports, you also have a firewire port, HDMI, Thunderbolt port, one input line-in, one speaker jack and a memory card reader. Hope this helps. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
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There's an example dane, theoretically you can plug up to 3 monitors if you really are crazy about this, or as you said plug in supported devices and docks for data purposes. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:39 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Again spot on smile, I bought a Thunderbolt dock, actually I bought it for my 2011 Mac which had Thunderbolt but didn’t have USB 3.0 and I wanted the extra speed. Anyway the dock gives extra flexibility to a machine at the plug in of a Thunderbolt cable giving extra USB 3.0 ports, another couple of display ports, more audio ports, more Ethernet ports etc. On 12 Nov 2014, at 3:34 am, Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com wrote: The firewire port is basically for transferring files if you have a supported device, as well as if you have a monitor that uses that kind of plug. Thunderbolt is Apple's way of either plugging in a monitor, which you would need a special adapter if you have a VGA monitor and it can also be used to transfer data if you have the proper drive for this. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:31 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Thanks for the info but what is a firewire port and a thunderbolt port? For what are they used? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:27 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello, the Mac Mini is indeed as you described. In addition to the 4 USB 3.0 ports, you also have a firewire port, HDMI, Thunderbolt port, one input line-in, one speaker jack and a memory card reader. Hope this helps. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
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Hello Armando and Dane While you are so helpful, maybe I can just ask for one bit of advice at this point in time. While I am constantly seeking for portable solutions I have this drawback that I have a sensory problem so I find it very difficult to type on the bluetooth keyboards. Does apple have a full size keyboard where the keys are not on the same level i.e. like the full pc keyboards where the rows are like little steps? Even if it is a usb keyboard? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:40 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello Fanus, Not a problem. You can also join the macvoiceover list and the mac3theblind lists. They are resourceful as well. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:39 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane and Armando Thanks a lot for the info. I admit that I was a bit lazy, I could have downloaded the user guide but this is why this list is such a valuable source. Thanks to all who do not mind to answer questions from uninformed people. Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:34 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update The firewire port is basically for transferring files if you have a supported device, as well as if you have a monitor that uses that kind of plug. Thunderbolt is Apple's way of either plugging in a monitor, which you would need a special adapter if you have a VGA monitor and it can also be used to transfer data if you have the proper drive for this. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:31 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Thanks for the info but what is a firewire port and a thunderbolt port? For what are they used? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:27 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello, the Mac Mini is indeed as you described. In addition to the 4 USB 3.0 ports, you also have a firewire port, HDMI, Thunderbolt port, one input line-in, one speaker jack and a memory card reader. Hope this helps. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan
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I would say yes but I stand corrected since I use a regular windows keyboard on my mac mini. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:49 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Armando and Dane While you are so helpful, maybe I can just ask for one bit of advice at this point in time. While I am constantly seeking for portable solutions I have this drawback that I have a sensory problem so I find it very difficult to type on the bluetooth keyboards. Does apple have a full size keyboard where the keys are not on the same level i.e. like the full pc keyboards where the rows are like little steps? Even if it is a usb keyboard? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:40 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello Fanus, Not a problem. You can also join the macvoiceover list and the mac3theblind lists. They are resourceful as well. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:39 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane and Armando Thanks a lot for the info. I admit that I was a bit lazy, I could have downloaded the user guide but this is why this list is such a valuable source. Thanks to all who do not mind to answer questions from uninformed people. Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:34 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update The firewire port is basically for transferring files if you have a supported device, as well as if you have a monitor that uses that kind of plug. Thunderbolt is Apple's way of either plugging in a monitor, which you would need a special adapter if you have a VGA monitor and it can also be used to transfer data if you have the proper drive for this. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:31 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Thanks for the info but what is a firewire port and a thunderbolt port? For what are they used? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:27 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello, the Mac Mini is indeed as you described. In addition to the 4 USB 3.0 ports, you also have a firewire port, HDMI, Thunderbolt port, one input line-in, one speaker jack and a memory card reader. Hope this helps. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as
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Ah yess, Apple have a Full-Size USB keyboard with very large keys, I like it for several reasons, it has a nice touch when typing, is of solid metal construction and lies flat with a slight tilt from back to front, its virtually silent when typing. Apple have a smaller Bluetooth version of the keyboard available minus the numbered, I use both keyboards depending on what I’m doing, if you’re sitting on your couch then you certainly don’t want a full size keyboard on your lap in my opinion smile. As a final note to anyone who is planning on a Mac, I would stick to an Apple keyboard or compatible as there are differences between Windows and Apple keyboards thus using a Windows keyboard with a Mac only makes things more difficult than they need to be. On 12 Nov 2014, at 3:48 am, Fanus buys.fa...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Armando and Dane While you are so helpful, maybe I can just ask for one bit of advice at this point in time. While I am constantly seeking for portable solutions I have this drawback that I have a sensory problem so I find it very difficult to type on the bluetooth keyboards. Does apple have a full size keyboard where the keys are not on the same level i.e. like the full pc keyboards where the rows are like little steps? Even if it is a usb keyboard? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:40 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello Fanus, Not a problem. You can also join the macvoiceover list and the mac3theblind lists. They are resourceful as well. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:39 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane and Armando Thanks a lot for the info. I admit that I was a bit lazy, I could have downloaded the user guide but this is why this list is such a valuable source. Thanks to all who do not mind to answer questions from uninformed people. Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:34 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update The firewire port is basically for transferring files if you have a supported device, as well as if you have a monitor that uses that kind of plug. Thunderbolt is Apple's way of either plugging in a monitor, which you would need a special adapter if you have a VGA monitor and it can also be used to transfer data if you have the proper drive for this. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:31 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Thanks for the info but what is a firewire port and a thunderbolt port? For what are they used? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:27 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello, the Mac Mini is indeed as you described. In addition to the 4 USB 3.0 ports, you also have a firewire port, HDMI, Thunderbolt port, one input line-in, one speaker jack and a memory card reader. Hope this helps. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task
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try using a Mac keyboard, you may find things a bit easier though perhaps you’re one of those who made the necessary adaptions smile. On 12 Nov 2014, at 3:53 am, Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com wrote: I would say yes but I stand corrected since I use a regular windows keyboard on my mac mini. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:49 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Armando and Dane While you are so helpful, maybe I can just ask for one bit of advice at this point in time. While I am constantly seeking for portable solutions I have this drawback that I have a sensory problem so I find it very difficult to type on the bluetooth keyboards. Does apple have a full size keyboard where the keys are not on the same level i.e. like the full pc keyboards where the rows are like little steps? Even if it is a usb keyboard? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:40 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello Fanus, Not a problem. You can also join the macvoiceover list and the mac3theblind lists. They are resourceful as well. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:39 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane and Armando Thanks a lot for the info. I admit that I was a bit lazy, I could have downloaded the user guide but this is why this list is such a valuable source. Thanks to all who do not mind to answer questions from uninformed people. Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:34 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update The firewire port is basically for transferring files if you have a supported device, as well as if you have a monitor that uses that kind of plug. Thunderbolt is Apple's way of either plugging in a monitor, which you would need a special adapter if you have a VGA monitor and it can also be used to transfer data if you have the proper drive for this. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:31 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Thanks for the info but what is a firewire port and a thunderbolt port? For what are they used? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:27 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello, the Mac Mini is indeed as you described. In addition to the 4 USB 3.0 ports, you also have a firewire port, HDMI, Thunderbolt port, one input line-in, one speaker jack and a memory card reader. Hope this helps. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major
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Actually, I've used the same windows keyboard on both mac and windows side since I have both OS installed on both mac mini and macbook pro. I will someday purchase a full-size keyboard from Apple but like the windows keyboard for the moment. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:54 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Ah yess, Apple have a Full-Size USB keyboard with very large keys, I like it for several reasons, it has a nice touch when typing, is of solid metal construction and lies flat with a slight tilt from back to front, its virtually silent when typing. Apple have a smaller Bluetooth version of the keyboard available minus the numbered, I use both keyboards depending on what I’m doing, if you’re sitting on your couch then you certainly don’t want a full size keyboard on your lap in my opinion smile. As a final note to anyone who is planning on a Mac, I would stick to an Apple keyboard or compatible as there are differences between Windows and Apple keyboards thus using a Windows keyboard with a Mac only makes things more difficult than they need to be. On 12 Nov 2014, at 3:48 am, Fanus buys.fa...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Armando and Dane While you are so helpful, maybe I can just ask for one bit of advice at this point in time. While I am constantly seeking for portable solutions I have this drawback that I have a sensory problem so I find it very difficult to type on the bluetooth keyboards. Does apple have a full size keyboard where the keys are not on the same level i.e. like the full pc keyboards where the rows are like little steps? Even if it is a usb keyboard? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:40 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello Fanus, Not a problem. You can also join the macvoiceover list and the mac3theblind lists. They are resourceful as well. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:39 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane and Armando Thanks a lot for the info. I admit that I was a bit lazy, I could have downloaded the user guide but this is why this list is such a valuable source. Thanks to all who do not mind to answer questions from uninformed people. Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:34 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update The firewire port is basically for transferring files if you have a supported device, as well as if you have a monitor that uses that kind of plug. Thunderbolt is Apple's way of either plugging in a monitor, which you would need a special adapter if you have a VGA monitor and it can also be used to transfer data if you have the proper drive for this. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:31 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Thanks for the info but what is a firewire port and a thunderbolt port? For what are they used? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:27 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello, the Mac Mini is indeed as you described. In addition to the 4 USB 3.0 ports, you also have a firewire port, HDMI, Thunderbolt port, one input line-in, one speaker jack and a memory card reader. Hope this helps. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few
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Just out of interest, which model of Mac Mini are you using? On 12 Nov 2014, at 3:53 am, Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com wrote: I would say yes but I stand corrected since I use a regular windows keyboard on my mac mini. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:49 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Armando and Dane While you are so helpful, maybe I can just ask for one bit of advice at this point in time. While I am constantly seeking for portable solutions I have this drawback that I have a sensory problem so I find it very difficult to type on the bluetooth keyboards. Does apple have a full size keyboard where the keys are not on the same level i.e. like the full pc keyboards where the rows are like little steps? Even if it is a usb keyboard? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:40 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello Fanus, Not a problem. You can also join the macvoiceover list and the mac3theblind lists. They are resourceful as well. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:39 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane and Armando Thanks a lot for the info. I admit that I was a bit lazy, I could have downloaded the user guide but this is why this list is such a valuable source. Thanks to all who do not mind to answer questions from uninformed people. Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:34 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update The firewire port is basically for transferring files if you have a supported device, as well as if you have a monitor that uses that kind of plug. Thunderbolt is Apple's way of either plugging in a monitor, which you would need a special adapter if you have a VGA monitor and it can also be used to transfer data if you have the proper drive for this. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:31 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Thanks for the info but what is a firewire port and a thunderbolt port? For what are they used? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:27 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello, the Mac Mini is indeed as you described. In addition to the 4 USB 3.0 ports, you also have a firewire port, HDMI, Thunderbolt port, one input line-in, one speaker jack and a memory card reader. Hope this helps. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply
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Same as you, mid 2012. I left mine stock for the moment, but will upgrade memory and hard drive. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:57 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Just out of interest, which model of Mac Mini are you using? On 12 Nov 2014, at 3:53 am, Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com wrote: I would say yes but I stand corrected since I use a regular windows keyboard on my mac mini. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:49 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Armando and Dane While you are so helpful, maybe I can just ask for one bit of advice at this point in time. While I am constantly seeking for portable solutions I have this drawback that I have a sensory problem so I find it very difficult to type on the bluetooth keyboards. Does apple have a full size keyboard where the keys are not on the same level i.e. like the full pc keyboards where the rows are like little steps? Even if it is a usb keyboard? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:40 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello Fanus, Not a problem. You can also join the macvoiceover list and the mac3theblind lists. They are resourceful as well. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:39 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane and Armando Thanks a lot for the info. I admit that I was a bit lazy, I could have downloaded the user guide but this is why this list is such a valuable source. Thanks to all who do not mind to answer questions from uninformed people. Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:34 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update The firewire port is basically for transferring files if you have a supported device, as well as if you have a monitor that uses that kind of plug. Thunderbolt is Apple's way of either plugging in a monitor, which you would need a special adapter if you have a VGA monitor and it can also be used to transfer data if you have the proper drive for this. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:31 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Thanks for the info but what is a firewire port and a thunderbolt port? For what are they used? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:27 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello, the Mac Mini is indeed as you described. In addition to the 4 USB 3.0 ports, you also have a firewire port, HDMI, Thunderbolt port, one input line-in, one speaker jack and a memory card reader. Hope this helps. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or
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At the end of this informative post, Dane wrote: Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. You mean you boldly say that you are not writing this as an advertisement? I must admit, you have been a bit better about helping people out, on this list, of late, but, come on, Dane, you cannot , in print, say that you are not writing as advertisements; really ?? -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:18 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
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how do you join the macvoiceover list? i would like to join that? thanks les - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 11:40 AM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello Fanus, Not a problem. You can also join the macvoiceover list and the mac3theblind lists. They are resourceful as well. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:39 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane and Armando Thanks a lot for the info. I admit that I was a bit lazy, I could have downloaded the user guide but this is why this list is such a valuable source. Thanks to all who do not mind to answer questions from uninformed people. Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:34 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update The firewire port is basically for transferring files if you have a supported device, as well as if you have a monitor that uses that kind of plug. Thunderbolt is Apple's way of either plugging in a monitor, which you would need a special adapter if you have a VGA monitor and it can also be used to transfer data if you have the proper drive for this. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:31 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Thanks for the info but what is a firewire port and a thunderbolt port? For what are they used? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:27 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello, the Mac Mini is indeed as you described. In addition to the 4 USB 3.0 ports, you also have a firewire port, HDMI, Thunderbolt port, one input line-in, one speaker jack and a memory card reader. Hope this helps. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
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http://www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Les Gordon www.cdrdvdr.com Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 11:05 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update how do you join the macvoiceover list? i would like to join that? thanks les - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 11:40 AM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello Fanus, Not a problem. You can also join the macvoiceover list and the mac3theblind lists. They are resourceful as well. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:39 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane and Armando Thanks a lot for the info. I admit that I was a bit lazy, I could have downloaded the user guide but this is why this list is such a valuable source. Thanks to all who do not mind to answer questions from uninformed people. Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:34 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update The firewire port is basically for transferring files if you have a supported device, as well as if you have a monitor that uses that kind of plug. Thunderbolt is Apple's way of either plugging in a monitor, which you would need a special adapter if you have a VGA monitor and it can also be used to transfer data if you have the proper drive for this. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:31 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Thanks for the info but what is a firewire port and a thunderbolt port? For what are they used? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:27 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello, the Mac Mini is indeed as you described. In addition to the 4 USB 3.0 ports, you also have a firewire port, HDMI, Thunderbolt port, one input line-in, one speaker jack and a memory card reader. Hope this helps. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862
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thanks, i just sent a subscribe to the list. thanks les. - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 2:09 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update http://www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Les Gordon www.cdrdvdr.com Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 11:05 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update how do you join the macvoiceover list? i would like to join that? thanks les - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 11:40 AM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello Fanus, Not a problem. You can also join the macvoiceover list and the mac3theblind lists. They are resourceful as well. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:39 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane and Armando Thanks a lot for the info. I admit that I was a bit lazy, I could have downloaded the user guide but this is why this list is such a valuable source. Thanks to all who do not mind to answer questions from uninformed people. Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:34 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update The firewire port is basically for transferring files if you have a supported device, as well as if you have a monitor that uses that kind of plug. Thunderbolt is Apple's way of either plugging in a monitor, which you would need a special adapter if you have a VGA monitor and it can also be used to transfer data if you have the proper drive for this. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:31 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Thanks for the info but what is a firewire port and a thunderbolt port? For what are they used? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:27 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello, the Mac Mini is indeed as you described. In addition to the 4 USB 3.0 ports, you also have a firewire port, HDMI, Thunderbolt port, one input line-in, one speaker jack and a memory card reader. Hope this helps. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve
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From what I’ve experienced thus far the upgrade in memory and hard drive will be well worth it when you’re able to get around to it. On 12 Nov 2014, at 3:58 am, Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com wrote: Same as you, mid 2012. I left mine stock for the moment, but will upgrade memory and hard drive. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:57 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Just out of interest, which model of Mac Mini are you using? On 12 Nov 2014, at 3:53 am, Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com wrote: I would say yes but I stand corrected since I use a regular windows keyboard on my mac mini. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:49 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Armando and Dane While you are so helpful, maybe I can just ask for one bit of advice at this point in time. While I am constantly seeking for portable solutions I have this drawback that I have a sensory problem so I find it very difficult to type on the bluetooth keyboards. Does apple have a full size keyboard where the keys are not on the same level i.e. like the full pc keyboards where the rows are like little steps? Even if it is a usb keyboard? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:40 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello Fanus, Not a problem. You can also join the macvoiceover list and the mac3theblind lists. They are resourceful as well. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:39 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane and Armando Thanks a lot for the info. I admit that I was a bit lazy, I could have downloaded the user guide but this is why this list is such a valuable source. Thanks to all who do not mind to answer questions from uninformed people. Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:34 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update The firewire port is basically for transferring files if you have a supported device, as well as if you have a monitor that uses that kind of plug. Thunderbolt is Apple's way of either plugging in a monitor, which you would need a special adapter if you have a VGA monitor and it can also be used to transfer data if you have the proper drive for this. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:31 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Thanks for the info but what is a firewire port and a thunderbolt port? For what are they used? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:27 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello, the Mac Mini is indeed as you described. In addition to the 4 USB 3.0 ports, you also have a firewire port, HDMI, Thunderbolt port, one input line-in, one speaker jack and a memory card reader. Hope this helps. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks.
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Re: Mac Mini Update
Hi! This sounds very intresting. Guess i have to have a look at a new one soon. /A 11 nov 2014 kl. 17:18 skrev Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net: Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
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The new Mac Mini models have slightly different specifications to the late 2012 model I own, in short the cheaper models don’t have as powerful processors however that’s probably not an issue for most people if they get a SSD or Fusion drive anyway. The whole point I guess of apple doing this is to make the Mac Mini more affordable than it ever has been before. If anyone wants further information on the Mac Mini then go look it up on the Apple Store and design your own custom Mac Mini with the specs you want, the memory you want, hard drive you need and so on, she the figures change before your very eyes smile. On 12 Nov 2014, at 8:57 am, Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se wrote: Hi! This sounds very intresting. Guess i have to have a look at a new one soon. /A 11 nov 2014 kl. 17:18 skrev Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net: Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
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How much we talking for a Mac Mini? I'm a fan of the iPhone but have never had a Mac computer. Could be a good intro. @johnycassidy On 11 Nov 2014, at 21:58, Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se wrote: Hi! This sounds very intresting. Guess i have to have a look at a new one soon. /A 11 nov 2014 kl. 17:18 skrev Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net: Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
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Mac minis retail for $499 for the base model and $899 for more upgraded features. You can visit apple's website for more info. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Johny Cassidy Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 2:07 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update How much we talking for a Mac Mini? I'm a fan of the iPhone but have never had a Mac computer. Could be a good intro. @johnycassidy On 11 Nov 2014, at 21:58, Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se wrote: Hi! This sounds very intresting. Guess i have to have a look at a new one soon. /A 11 nov 2014 kl. 17:18 skrev Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net: Hi! I've had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I'd share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here's an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I'm testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn't based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I'm not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I'm sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC's, I'm writing this because I'm amazed at just how far we've come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
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Hi! I can tell that i upgraded memory 2 years ago on my mac mini mid 2011. From 2 to 8 gb. I can say its become much faster after that. I did that myself but don’t want to do a harddisk upgrade myself. My hands are a bit to big-). /A 11 nov 2014 kl. 21:57 skrev Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net: From what I’ve experienced thus far the upgrade in memory and hard drive will be well worth it when you’re able to get around to it. On 12 Nov 2014, at 3:58 am, Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com wrote: Same as you, mid 2012. I left mine stock for the moment, but will upgrade memory and hard drive. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:57 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Just out of interest, which model of Mac Mini are you using? On 12 Nov 2014, at 3:53 am, Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com wrote: I would say yes but I stand corrected since I use a regular windows keyboard on my mac mini. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:49 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Armando and Dane While you are so helpful, maybe I can just ask for one bit of advice at this point in time. While I am constantly seeking for portable solutions I have this drawback that I have a sensory problem so I find it very difficult to type on the bluetooth keyboards. Does apple have a full size keyboard where the keys are not on the same level i.e. like the full pc keyboards where the rows are like little steps? Even if it is a usb keyboard? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:40 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello Fanus, Not a problem. You can also join the macvoiceover list and the mac3theblind lists. They are resourceful as well. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:39 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane and Armando Thanks a lot for the info. I admit that I was a bit lazy, I could have downloaded the user guide but this is why this list is such a valuable source. Thanks to all who do not mind to answer questions from uninformed people. Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:34 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update The firewire port is basically for transferring files if you have a supported device, as well as if you have a monitor that uses that kind of plug. Thunderbolt is Apple's way of either plugging in a monitor, which you would need a special adapter if you have a VGA monitor and it can also be used to transfer data if you have the proper drive for this. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:31 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Thanks for the info but what is a firewire port and a thunderbolt port? For what are they used? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:27 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello, the Mac Mini is indeed as you described. In addition to the 4 USB 3.0 ports, you also have a firewire port, HDMI, Thunderbolt port, one input line-in, one speaker jack and a memory card reader. Hope this helps. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3
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Depends on what you’re after, I’m not familiar with Mac Mini pricing in the states however I know in Australia that you could buy one with quite reasonable specifications for $400, this is only the computer of course so you have to add keyboard, monitor and whatever else you may need. The Mac Mini has a built-in speaker at least so you can get the machine up and running with Voiceover at the touch of a key command when the machine is turned on and booted. I suggest that you go to your local Apple store and discuss Mac Mini with them, if you make an appointment then you have the chance to see the machine in action and have a play. On 12 Nov 2014, at 9:06 am, Johny Cassidy johny.cassi...@bbc.co.uk wrote: How much we talking for a Mac Mini? I'm a fan of the iPhone but have never had a Mac computer. Could be a good intro. @johnycassidy On 11 Nov 2014, at 21:58, Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se wrote: Hi! This sounds very intresting. Guess i have to have a look at a new one soon. /A 11 nov 2014 kl. 17:18 skrev Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net: Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
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As I understand it - last time I looked - the $899 model will get similar Specifications to what I have, money well spent if you have it. On 12 Nov 2014, at 9:08 am, Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com wrote: Mac minis retail for $499 for the base model and $899 for more upgraded features. You can visit apple's website for more info. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Johny Cassidy Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 2:07 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update How much we talking for a Mac Mini? I'm a fan of the iPhone but have never had a Mac computer. Could be a good intro. @johnycassidy On 11 Nov 2014, at 21:58, Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se wrote: Hi! This sounds very intresting. Guess i have to have a look at a new one soon. /A 11 nov 2014 kl. 17:18 skrev Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net: Hi! I've had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I'd share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here's an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I'm testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn't based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I'm not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I'm sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC's, I'm writing this because I'm amazed at just how far we've come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: Mac Mini Update
My 2011 iMac model only has 4GB at the moment though I’m going to fix that over the coming weeks, I’m going to upgrade to 16GB however to your Mac, I can tell you pretty much for certain that you’d notice a great difference in speed and performance when upgrading from 2GB to 8GB. I don’t use my iMac now, its terrible slow I have to admit in comparison to the Mac Mini, I thought about upgrading to a Fusion or SSD drive but then again that might be more trouble than its worth and probably better just to get a new machine and be done with it. On 12 Nov 2014, at 9:10 am, Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se wrote: Hi! I can tell that i upgraded memory 2 years ago on my mac mini mid 2011. From 2 to 8 gb. I can say its become much faster after that. I did that myself but don’t want to do a harddisk upgrade myself. My hands are a bit to big-). /A 11 nov 2014 kl. 21:57 skrev Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net: From what I’ve experienced thus far the upgrade in memory and hard drive will be well worth it when you’re able to get around to it. On 12 Nov 2014, at 3:58 am, Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com wrote: Same as you, mid 2012. I left mine stock for the moment, but will upgrade memory and hard drive. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:57 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Just out of interest, which model of Mac Mini are you using? On 12 Nov 2014, at 3:53 am, Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com wrote: I would say yes but I stand corrected since I use a regular windows keyboard on my mac mini. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:49 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Armando and Dane While you are so helpful, maybe I can just ask for one bit of advice at this point in time. While I am constantly seeking for portable solutions I have this drawback that I have a sensory problem so I find it very difficult to type on the bluetooth keyboards. Does apple have a full size keyboard where the keys are not on the same level i.e. like the full pc keyboards where the rows are like little steps? Even if it is a usb keyboard? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:40 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello Fanus, Not a problem. You can also join the macvoiceover list and the mac3theblind lists. They are resourceful as well. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:39 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane and Armando Thanks a lot for the info. I admit that I was a bit lazy, I could have downloaded the user guide but this is why this list is such a valuable source. Thanks to all who do not mind to answer questions from uninformed people. Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:34 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update The firewire port is basically for transferring files if you have a supported device, as well as if you have a monitor that uses that kind of plug. Thunderbolt is Apple's way of either plugging in a monitor, which you would need a special adapter if you have a VGA monitor and it can also be used to transfer data if you have the proper drive for this. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:31 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Thanks for the info but what is a firewire port and a thunderbolt port? For what are they used? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:27 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello, the Mac Mini is indeed as you described. In addition to the 4 USB 3.0 ports, you also have a firewire port, HDMI, Thunderbolt port, one input line-in, one speaker jack and a memory card reader. Hope this helps. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in
Re: Mac Mini Update
Hi! One problem i have with my old mid 2011 mac mini is that i can not send files from my mac to my ipad mini. Even though i have bluetooth on and wifi on on both devices. Its also said in the apple knowledge base that it should work on a mac mini mid 2011. Its good to be able to do this as i download a lot of daisybooks to my mac and want to transfer them wirelessly to my ipad and read them with voice dream. /A 11 nov 2014 kl. 23:06 skrev Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net: The new Mac Mini models have slightly different specifications to the late 2012 model I own, in short the cheaper models don’t have as powerful processors however that’s probably not an issue for most people if they get a SSD or Fusion drive anyway. The whole point I guess of apple doing this is to make the Mac Mini more affordable than it ever has been before. If anyone wants further information on the Mac Mini then go look it up on the Apple Store and design your own custom Mac Mini with the specs you want, the memory you want, hard drive you need and so on, she the figures change before your very eyes smile. On 12 Nov 2014, at 8:57 am, Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se wrote: Hi! This sounds very intresting. Guess i have to have a look at a new one soon. /A 11 nov 2014 kl. 17:18 skrev Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net: Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: Mac Mini Update
I’ve not tried this before, I thought Airdrop was supposed to be able to allow you to do this? Have you checked the exact model of your Mac? You can do this easily enough though the method you use varies slightly depending on which operating system you have installed, if you have a 2011 iMac then there’s no reason at all why you shouldn’t have the latest OS 10.10 installed. On 12 Nov 2014, at 9:15 am, Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se wrote: Hi! One problem i have with my old mid 2011 mac mini is that i can not send files from my mac to my ipad mini. Even though i have bluetooth on and wifi on on both devices. Its also said in the apple knowledge base that it should work on a mac mini mid 2011. Its good to be able to do this as i download a lot of daisybooks to my mac and want to transfer them wirelessly to my ipad and read them with voice dream. /A 11 nov 2014 kl. 23:06 skrev Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net: The new Mac Mini models have slightly different specifications to the late 2012 model I own, in short the cheaper models don’t have as powerful processors however that’s probably not an issue for most people if they get a SSD or Fusion drive anyway. The whole point I guess of apple doing this is to make the Mac Mini more affordable than it ever has been before. If anyone wants further information on the Mac Mini then go look it up on the Apple Store and design your own custom Mac Mini with the specs you want, the memory you want, hard drive you need and so on, she the figures change before your very eyes smile. On 12 Nov 2014, at 8:57 am, Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se wrote: Hi! This sounds very intresting. Guess i have to have a look at a new one soon. /A 11 nov 2014 kl. 17:18 skrev Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net: Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: Mac Mini Update
I’m replying to this eMail again, if you do get a Mac Mini then look out for the features which can tie your iPhone and your Mac together, I’ve discussed one of these functions on the list and that’s the feature of FaceTime which uses your iPhone to make and receive calls whilst the audio of your iPhone goes through your Mac. This means that you could be sitting at home, your iPhone in your pocket or briefcase and be able to make and receive calls straight from your Mac whilst you work. On 12 Nov 2014, at 9:06 am, Johny Cassidy johny.cassi...@bbc.co.uk wrote: How much we talking for a Mac Mini? I'm a fan of the iPhone but have never had a Mac computer. Could be a good intro. @johnycassidy On 11 Nov 2014, at 21:58, Anders Holmberg and...@pipkrokodil.se wrote: Hi! This sounds very intresting. Guess i have to have a look at a new one soon. /A 11 nov 2014 kl. 17:18 skrev Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net: Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: Mac Mini Update
well I’m very pleased indeed to know that you’ve noticed something smile. On 12 Nov 2014, at 4:23 am, Mac Norins macata...@cox.net wrote: At the end of this informative post, Dane wrote: Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. You mean you boldly say that you are not writing this as an advertisement? I must admit, you have been a bit better about helping people out, on this list, of late, but, come on, Dane, you cannot , in print, say that you are not writing as advertisements; really ?? -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:18 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini machines as I’m sure similar can be accomplished with Windows PC’s, I’m writing this because I’m amazed at just how far we’ve come, encoding and creating of MP3 files used to take hours if not many minutes not all that long ago. ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: Computers for the Blind: Opening Worlds—One Computer at a Time - AccessWorld® - October 2014
The desk top I have now is from them. It's really cool how they send you everything you might need but the printer. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 11, 2014, at 4:09 PM, Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net wrote: Hi! Forgive my slightly off-topic post, there may be people out there who don’t have the fortunate position we have of owning a computer. Perhaps this charity may be of some help to those people or perhaps some people on this list may be able to help this charity out with computer equipment. Computers For The Blind is a charity registered in the United States, see the following link for further details. http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw151007 http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw151007
Re: Computers for the Blind: Opening Worlds—One Computer at a Time - AccessWorld® - October 2014
it seems you’re making full use of it then smile, I know its tough for a lot of you in the states, obviously I don’t live over there but I do know from people I talk to that many people are lucky to be able to pay the rent let alone do anything else with any money they receive. On 12 Nov 2014, at 9:23 am, hamitcampos hamitcam...@gmail.com wrote: The desk top I have now is from them. It's really cool how they send you everything you might need but the printer. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 11, 2014, at 4:09 PM, Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net wrote: Hi! Forgive my slightly off-topic post, there may be people out there who don’t have the fortunate position we have of owning a computer. Perhaps this charity may be of some help to those people or perhaps some people on this list may be able to help this charity out with computer equipment. Computers For The Blind is a charity registered in the United States, see the following link for further details. http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw151007 http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw151007 ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: Computers for the Blind: Opening Worlds—One Computer at a Time - AccessWorld® - October 2014
Yes it's the main desk top I use. I mostly use it for school work and stuff. I did indever in using it for multimedia stuff a little, but my Dell Enspireon 15R 5520 is what I use more for that. At least it'll buy me some time to save up for the epic and awesome Dell XPS 8700. Or 8900 if they go up 2 numbers for the brodwell Windows 10 XPS. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 11, 2014, at 5:27 PM, Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net wrote: it seems you’re making full use of it then smile, I know its tough for a lot of you in the states, obviously I don’t live over there but I do know from people I talk to that many people are lucky to be able to pay the rent let alone do anything else with any money they receive. On 12 Nov 2014, at 9:23 am, hamitcampos hamitcam...@gmail.com wrote: The desk top I have now is from them. It's really cool how they send you everything you might need but the printer. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 11, 2014, at 4:09 PM, Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net wrote: Hi! Forgive my slightly off-topic post, there may be people out there who don’t have the fortunate position we have of owning a computer. Perhaps this charity may be of some help to those people or perhaps some people on this list may be able to help this charity out with computer equipment. Computers For The Blind is a charity registered in the United States, see the following link for further details. http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw151007 http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw151007 ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane
Re: Computers for the Blind: Opening Worlds—One Computer at a Time - AccessWorld® - October 2014
I sure wish they had something similar but for cellphones! especially that would offer services for us abroad! I don't mean to sound like some blind people of oh I'm blind please give me this, rather I'm in my five senses of my iphone burned, I'm on a borrowed one while either I save for an iphone, my parents can help in buying me one, or as a last resort, I'd have to go to Android, which is what if I can avoid, I'd like to stay with iphone, especially because of my being able to use with BrailleNote Apex as a Braille display. Thanks for info! El 11/11/2014 04:34 p.m., hamitcampos escribió: Yes it's the main desk top I use. I mostly use it for school work and stuff. I did indever in using it for multimedia stuff a little, but my Dell Enspireon 15R 5520 is what I use more for that. At least it'll buy me some time to save up for the epic and awesome Dell XPS 8700. Or 8900 if they go up 2 numbers for the brodwell Windows 10 XPS. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 11, 2014, at 5:27 PM, Dane Trethowangrtd...@internode.on.net wrote: it seems you’re making full use of it thensmile, I know its tough for a lot of you in the states, obviously I don’t live over there but I do know from people I talk to that many people are lucky to be able to pay the rent let alone do anything else with any money they receive. On 12 Nov 2014, at 9:23 am, hamitcamposhamitcam...@gmail.com wrote: The desk top I have now is from them. It's really cool how they send you everything you might need but the printer. Sent from my iPhone On Nov 11, 2014, at 4:09 PM, Dane Trethowangrtd...@internode.on.net wrote: Hi! Forgive my slightly off-topic post, there may be people out there who don’t have the fortunate position we have of owning a computer. Perhaps this charity may be of some help to those people or perhaps some people on this list may be able to help this charity out with computer equipment. Computers For The Blind is a charity registered in the United States, see the following link for further details. http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw151007http://www.afb.org/afbpress/pub.asp?DocID=aw151007 ** Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net Skype: grtdane12 Phone US (213) 438-9741 Phone U.K. 01245 79 0598 Phone Australia (03) 9005 8589 Mobile: +61400494862 faceTime +61400494862 Fax +61397437954 Twitter: @grtdane -- Enviado desde mi lap Gerardo J Corripio Flores Psicólogo, Terapéuta Reiki Saludos desde Tampico, Tamaulipas México RompiendoBarreras espacio de psicología/Superación Personal Sábados 10PM México http://radiogeneral.com ¡los esperamos!
Re: Mac Mini Update
there is also another list you may consider called Mac-Access which is totally devoted to Mac, IOS and accessibility thereof. Http://www.mac-access.net http://www.mac-access.net/ On 12 Nov 2014, at 6:09 am, Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Les Gordon www.cdrdvdr.com Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 11:05 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update how do you join the macvoiceover list? i would like to join that? thanks les - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 11:40 AM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello Fanus, Not a problem. You can also join the macvoiceover list and the mac3theblind lists. They are resourceful as well. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:39 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane and Armando Thanks a lot for the info. I admit that I was a bit lazy, I could have downloaded the user guide but this is why this list is such a valuable source. Thanks to all who do not mind to answer questions from uninformed people. Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:34 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update The firewire port is basically for transferring files if you have a supported device, as well as if you have a monitor that uses that kind of plug. Thunderbolt is Apple's way of either plugging in a monitor, which you would need a special adapter if you have a VGA monitor and it can also be used to transfer data if you have the proper drive for this. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:31 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Thanks for the info but what is a firewire port and a thunderbolt port? For what are they used? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:27 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello, the Mac Mini is indeed as you described. In addition to the 4 USB 3.0 ports, you also have a firewire port, HDMI, Thunderbolt port, one input line-in, one speaker jack and a memory card reader. Hope this helps. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system decides what resides on the SSD and what doesn’t based on the most accessed files, most run applications and so on. Now I’m not writing this post as an advertisement for Mac Mini
Re: Mac Mini Update
i signed up for the mac-access.net and the email bounced back said undeliverable. - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 5:49 PM Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update there is also another list you may consider called Mac-Access which is totally devoted to Mac, IOS and accessibility thereof. Http://www.mac-access.net http://www.mac-access.net/ On 12 Nov 2014, at 6:09 am, Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com wrote: http://www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Les Gordon www.cdrdvdr.com Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 11:05 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update how do you join the macvoiceover list? i would like to join that? thanks les - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 11:40 AM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello Fanus, Not a problem. You can also join the macvoiceover list and the mac3theblind lists. They are resourceful as well. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:39 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane and Armando Thanks a lot for the info. I admit that I was a bit lazy, I could have downloaded the user guide but this is why this list is such a valuable source. Thanks to all who do not mind to answer questions from uninformed people. Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:34 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update The firewire port is basically for transferring files if you have a supported device, as well as if you have a monitor that uses that kind of plug. Thunderbolt is Apple's way of either plugging in a monitor, which you would need a special adapter if you have a VGA monitor and it can also be used to transfer data if you have the proper drive for this. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:31 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Thanks for the info but what is a firewire port and a thunderbolt port? For what are they used? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Armando Maldonado armando.maldonado0...@gmail.com To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:27 PM Subject: RE: Mac Mini Update Hello, the Mac Mini is indeed as you described. In addition to the 4 USB 3.0 ports, you also have a firewire port, HDMI, Thunderbolt port, one input line-in, one speaker jack and a memory card reader. Hope this helps. -Original Message- From: Pc-audio [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Fanus Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 8:24 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update Hello Dane It sounds very interesting but forgive my lack of knowledge. Am I correct that the Mac Mini is a fairly small box with no built-in keyboard or screen, in other words, one plugs in a keyboard and a screen if one needs one. What other ports does the mini have? Regards Fanus - Original Message - From: Dane Trethowan grtd...@internode.on.net To: PC Audio Discussion List pc-audio@pc-audio.org Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 6:18 PM Subject: Mac Mini Update Hi! I’ve had my new Mac Mini for about a month now and thought I’d share some observations with you. The Mac Mini is fast turning into my main computer of choice because of its speed and power, here’s an example which I think illustrates the point rather well. I’m testing a Mp3 player, I deleted all my Mp3 collection a few weeks back so I needed to create or download some more, given I have a good FLAC collection it made sense I guess to convert some of those, I started with the Beatles Singles collection 4 CD set from 1962-1970 which contains more than 40 tracks. Conversion was over in around 30 seconds and I was using the highest settings with the LAME MP3 encoder to get the best I could out of it, on my Windows desktop and other machines such a conversion task would have taken around 20 minutes or even longer. I spoke to someone about this and he reckoned it would have only taken 5 seconds or so with his Mac Pro machine and so it ought to given that his machine contains 8 quad core i7 processors smile, mine only contains one but I think the major contributing factor here is the Fusion Drive that my Mac Mini uses, put simply a fusion drive is a 1TB standard hard drive with a 128GB SSD drive incorporated into the design, when idle the operating system
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I should not even honor you with a reply, but, yes, I have noticed that you are hijacking this list, with your admonitions about the Mac Mini! -Original Message- From: Dane Trethowan Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2014 2:22 PM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Mac Mini Update well I’m very pleased indeed to know that you’ve noticed something smile.
