I've tried all the combinations but none of them work unless a monitor is physically connected. Perhaps some sort of vga simulation device would work but at some point it is just easier to just buy a monitor than to keep wasting money trying to find ways to avoid one. As has been pointed out monitors are quite cheap these days so it shouldn't be a hardship to buy one, I bought one from Tigerdirect for $69. Just a pain. On Apr 1, 2010, at 10:20 PM, Brent Harding wrote:
> Wow, and they know there's a powered off monitor versus none at all, just > hooked to the adapter? What about just a connector put into the VGA port, > take an old VGA cable and chop off the connector and plug that into the VGA > to DVI thingy. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris G" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 7:31 PM > Subject: Re: My Mac Mini > > > Hi, > > Now I understand what you and the other user are saying, when you leark > for months before buying your mac mini and you read time and time again > that yes it works without a monitor, yes it works without a monitor and > yes it works without a monitor, it is frustrating when you buy it > because you don't need the monitor only to find out that oh, I guess you > do need a monitor. > > It wasn't a real issue for me until I upgraded to snow leopard, then > browsing the net was all but useless. > I ended up having to buy a mini to vga adaptor and connect a 15 inch > flat panel monitor to it. The monitor isn't even on neither is it > plugged into electricity. > > Truthfully If I knew I needed a monitor connected when I bought my mini > I wouldn't have bought it and would've got an iMac or MacBook instead. > I didn't get the $500 mini either, I got the $800 mini. > > > > On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 19:02:52 -0400 > Bryan Smart <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Its fine to experiment with round pegs and square holes, also. But, if >> things don't work out, that is an obstacle for you to overcome or forget >> about. Round pegs weren't designed to work in square holes, and the people >> that make either won't have a lot of sympathy that you aren't using their >> products as intended. >> >> Bryan >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Ricardo Walker >> Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 1:02 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: My Mac Mini >> >> Hello, >> >> I think people are confusing portable with mobile. It is a small difference >> but a difference none the less between the 2. The mac mini is a portable >> desktop. It was not meant to be moved from room to room like a cordless >> phone. lol. This Is why there is no battery. You can move it easily >> enough but really. Its a stationary machine. It not working without a >> monitor is not a bug. Who but blind people would even dream of using a >> computer with no monitor. What if there is a problem where you require >> sighted assistants? Do you then scramble to get a monitor, or must they >> bring their own to the party. lol. A macbook is a mobile computer. Meant >> to go with you anywhere. Note the battery and keyboard built into the >> machine , with trackpad and monitor. I just kind a feel like some people >> are trying to put the round peg in the square hole here. >> On Apr 1, 2010, at 10:40 AM, Joe Plummer wrote: >> >> > No, I dis agree with this. They made it small and portable just so you >> > could move it around easily. Now for the monitor part you can get real >> > small monitor like a 7 or 9 inch monitor to do what you want that is >> > very portable and some even runs off a battery. >> > >> > >> > Sign, >> > JP ( Joe Plummer) >> > [email protected] >> > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: [email protected] >> > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bryan Smart >> > Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2010 10:25 AM >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: RE: My Mac Mini >> > >> > 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. >> > 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. > 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. 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