I think that people are getting the concept of the Mini all wrong. The Mini is not a laptop. If you try to use it like some sort of portable, then you're of course free to try, but Apple has not designed it to be a portable computer, and so, if it doesn't work like that, they won't care that you can't make it suit that purpose. Its also not intended to be a headless Mac for blind people.
The Mini is designed to fit two types of situations only. 1. You don't know if Mac is for you, and you want a cheap way to try it out. 2. You need a low-powered Mac to handle some basic tasks, such as being a home or small office server. That's it. If the Mini feels underpowered, it is because its underpowered. It is powered by a mobile processor, uses laptop memory, and slower laptop hard drives. If the Mini sucks at being a portable computer, it is because it isn't a portable computer. Its a cheap desktop Mac. If the Mini sucks as a headless Mac, then that is because it isn't designed to run without a monitor. People are supposed to buy a Mini to use with their existing PC hardware, as part of evaluating if they'd like to really use Mac in the future. Of course, using a Mac with a PC keyboard and mouse means that you miss out on a lot, also. Stil, it is a way to try this stuff to see if you'll like it, or if it will be a waste of money, without forcing you to pay a lot for the chance to try it out. If you're serious at all about using the Mac, you probably won't stay with a Mini for very long. The internal hard drives are slow, the capacity won't go any higher than 500GB, the memory won't expand very far, the processor is underpowered, so on and so on. Not trying to rain on your parade. I love hacking around with what's possible in equipment. The thing is, if, after using a Mini, you've become serious enough to get frustrated with what it can't do, then it is time to sell your Mini to another newbie, and upgrade to a MacBook, an IMac, or a Mac Pro that will do more. For example, if you're moving a computer from room to room to browse the web, then you really should be using a MacBook. Bryan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Chris G Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 8:30 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: My Mac Mini Hi, It makes it more convenient to move the mini from room to room within ones house. Now you need to move a monitor just to browse the web. Chris On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 07:23:44 -0400 Ricardo Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I was just wondering why people find this so important? Monitors are very > cheap and you can even hook up Your Mac to newer TVs. > On Mar 31, 2010, at 10:23 PM, Sarah Alawami wrote: > > > I myself have not reported but I might even though I own a macbook. > > > > Take care. > > On Mar 31, 2010, at 5:34 PM, E.J. Zufelt wrote: > > > >> Good evening, > >> > >> Has this issue been reported to [email protected]? Perhaps there's > >> nothing that they can do, but it might be worth sending a quick message. > >> > >> > >> Everett Zufelt > >> http://zufelt.ca > >> > >> Follow me on Twitter > >> http://twitter.com/ezufelt > >> > >> View my LinkedIn Profile > >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/ezufelt > >> > >> > >> > >> On 2010-03-31, at 8:31 PM, Dan Roy wrote: > >> > >>> Yes, that's definitely true, I wish I had known that before I purchased > >>> the mini, but, live and learn. > >>> > >>> > >>> On Mar 31, 2010, at 8:35 AM, M BROWN wrote: > >>> > >>>> Several months ago I bought a Mac Mini without a monitor. Everything > >>>> went well until I tried to use Safari to browse the web. To say the > >>>> least, it was painfully slow, and at times refused to open the web page > >>>> at all. All I got was Safari busy. However, when I attached a monitor, > >>>> all the above problems went away. Even though I do not have the monitor > >>>> powered up, it still works perfectly. So, just a warning to anyone > >>>> buying a Mac Mini who intends to browse the web, forget it unless you > >>>> have a monitor attached. > >>>> Kind regards > >>>> Martin > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >>>> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > >>>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >>>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>>> [email protected]. > >>>> For more options, visit this group at > >>>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >>> "MacVisionaries" group. > >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >>> [email protected]. > >>> For more options, visit this group at > >>> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > >>> > >> > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "MacVisionaries" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]. > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > > > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > > "MacVisionaries" group. > > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > [email protected]. > > For more options, visit this group at > > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- Chris G <[email protected]> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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