Bryan, Very well stated, but I would disagree with you regarding the processor. The processor may not be as fast as the other Macs available, but it sure is not a bad processor either. However, I agree with all of your other points and why people would ever want to drag a Mini and all the stuff from room to room is beyond me. For not much more you could get the least expensive Macbook as a self-contained option.
On Apr 1, 2010, at 10:25 AM, Bryan Smart wrote: > 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. 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