I tried that with my KVM switch and that didn't work. It was the monitor connected directly to it powered off or nothing.
On Thu, 1 Apr 2010 21:20:15 -0500 "Brent Harding" <[email protected]> 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. -- Chris G <[email protected]> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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