Each to their own of course but I've never even thought about taking
a Mac of any description to pieces, I've never had the need. Ok, I've
performed some memory upgrades but that's just involved taking the
keyboard out of the machine, swapping memory and replacing the
keyboard in the case of the Ibook I had. I plan to upgrade memory on
my Imac and (judging by the manual) this process shouldn't be too
difficult either.
On 07/09/2007, at 8:46 AM, Scott Howell wrote:
Ah, well remember, the Imac as good as it is, would not be considered
a user serviceable machine either. Apple states there are no user
serviceable parts other than the ram. No machine is excluded from
being disassembled, but like I said in an earlier post, its not
recommended unless you truly know what your doing. As much as I love
tearing things apart, I've started disassembling mine and have
stopped after the first couple of screws. I need another machine
before I get serious about trying. grin
Scott
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On Sep 5, 2007, at 10:51 AM, Dane Trethowan wrote:
Well the Imac doesn't have a separate monitor, the monitor is in
the unit, yes ok blind people don't use monitors however if there's
any trouble they're handy to have around <smile>.
Now using a Mac Mini without a monitor isn't straight forward, I'm
told that you have to have one connected.
Finally, you've underlined my main objection about the Mac Mini
when you said make sure you get plenty of RAM in it, it annoys me
that this machine comes sealed so therefore you have to be precise
about the configuration you get.
On 06/09/2007, at 12:44 AM, Josh de Lioncourt wrote:
I think the Mac Mini is an excellent choice, especially if you are
totally blind and therefore don't need a monitor, or else have a
spare monitor sitting around some place. Make sure to get plenty
of RAM in it. I think you can take it to an Apple Store and have
the memory upgraded...not sure...but you won't want to do that. I
have an older Mac Mini that still works like a champ and I think
they are great machines for newcomers to the Mac. After a while
you will likely want to move up to the MacBook or iMac side of
things. Mac Minis are a great place to start, though.
Josh de Lioncourt
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On Sep 4, 2007, at 11:02 PM, Jed Barton wrote:
Hey guys,
Alright, it's time to make the plunge. Any ideas for a starter
mac, that
can do the following.
As long as I can do email, web surfing, and some audio editing,
I'm happy.
As long as voiceover doesn't burp every time you hit a key.
Graphics aren't
my thing obviously. I've heard a lot about the mac minny.
Any thoughts? I think a desktop or something along those lines
would be the
way to go.
Any thoughts?
Sincerest Regards,
Jed
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