If there was an FAQ for this list, the frustrating and repetitious subject of Minis and monitors would probably be at the top. I know that there is no reason to assume that newbies should know this, so there is no reason to blast them, but it gets so old covering this over and over again. We literally seem to have a thread about it 2 or 3 times a week.
No, the Mini and VoiceOver won't work right without a monitor. Yes, that's why Safari and other apps always say that they're "busy, busy, busy, busy". No, there is no adaptor that you can plug in to it that will fake a monitor being attached. No, the Mini isn't supposed to be a portable computer. No, Apple isn't going to do anything to fix this in the future, as far as we know. Don't feel bad, Courtney. Lots of other people assume, like you, that this will work. It doesn't. No way that you could know without asking in advance. Hope that this helps and saves time. Maybe this is reason #1 to start an FAQ for this list? Bryan -----Original Message----- From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Romack Sent: Thursday, May 06, 2010 4:46 PM To: MacVisionaries Subject: Re: Mack Mini and Monitor? A couple points to note here: Ben - Whoa! Whoa! Whoa! Rude, much? Consider that new members join this list every day, and they aren't privi to previous threads, unless they have no social life and sit and read every message dated back to the conception of this list. Apple picked a name for this product line that draws the to the assumption that the computer is "mini" enough to be portable. Consider that not everyone is as informed as you. Okay? For the sake of this thread, and the notion that Ben may explode in a fiery ball of rage with what I am about to propose - what if an adapter was plugged into the display port of the Mini, but no display was actually attached? Could one purchase some sort of VGA-to-RCA adapter (if one such adapter exists), and plug it into something portable that receives RCA-in? Just a thought from an ignorant Apple- head. romack www.justinromack.com twitter.com/justinromack On May 6, 8:00 am, "Neil James" <nei...@gmail.com> wrote: > Ben, if you had read the post more carefully, perhaps you wouldn't > have been so quick to fly off the handle? The question was if there > exists a portable monitor not how portable the mini is. To answer the > original question though, the smallest monitor I have come across, was > a screen size of 12 inches, so while doable, it isn't exactly a portable > monitor. > > Neil > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Ben Mustill-Rose" <bmustillr...@gmail.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2010 11:45 AM > Subject: Re: Mack Mini and Monitor? > > > Not portable in the sense that you could carry it to work. > > How many times do we have to say to people that a mini is not portable? > > > On 05/05/2010, Courtney Curran <moopiecur...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi, > >> Since a new Mack mini apparently must have a monitor, are there any > >> portable monitors like USB monitors or something. I take my Mack > >> mini to work a lot. > >> I'm not using any monitor now, Safari seems busy a lot, but is > >> still very functional. > >> Thanks, > >> Courtney > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > >> Groups "MacVisionaries" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > >> 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 macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > > For more options, visit this group at > >http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > > signature database 5090 (20100506) __________ > > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > >http://www.eset.com > > __________ Information from ESET NOD32 Antivirus, version of virus > signature database 5090 (20100506) __________ > > The message was checked by ESET NOD32 Antivirus. > > http://www.eset.com > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group > athttp://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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