I would just buy a monoter and not keep it turned on. After all you might need sighted heop every once in a while.
S On May 24, 2010, at 6:58 PM, Chris Snyder wrote: > Hi Allie, > nice to meet you as well. Yeah, I actually went for the mac mini because it > was even smaller than a laptop even with a bluetooth keyboard. Now, if I > can't find a workaround for this monitor thing, I may have to buy a macbook > as well. I'd rather not shell out another $800 or whatever for it though, so > I've been looking on Craigslist to find someone who has a slightly outdated > one. There's a guy who wants to sell his for $650. It's two years old and has > a 2.4GHZ processor, 2GB ram and 160GB hard drive. It's a Macbook White, not a > pro. Do you, or does anyone here have thoughts about that price for such a > machine? Or does anyone know where I could do better? > > Friendly, > Chris > > On May 24, 2010, at 6:38 PM, Allison Manzino wrote: > >> Hi Chris, >> >> Hmm, I'm not sure about the monitor thing. I was going to get a Mac Mini, >> but decided on the Macbook at the last moment. Not the pro, just the regular >> old Macbook. I'm pleased to meet you. I'm Allison by the way. The Braille >> display has been an issue for me, only because I use an older BrailleNote >> running an outdated version of Keysoft which I can't seem to figure out how >> to upgrade. Lucky for you, you don't have that headache. Well, I look >> forward to many posts from you on this list. I'm new here as well, only >> having joined a week ago. Welcome to the list! >> >> Musically, >> Allie >> >> On May 24, 2010, at 6:12 PM, Chris Snyder wrote: >> >>> Hi fellow mac users, >>> My name is Chris Snyder. I'm writing you from Phoenix Arizona. I'm totally >>> blind, and use Voiceover with no braille display. I own a Mac Mini and a >>> 32GB iPod Touch, and I've had them for about six months. The Mac Mini is >>> running Snow Leopard, has a 2.26 GHZ intel core Duo processor, 2GB of ram >>> and 160GB hard drive. >>> My first question is this. When I don't connect the Mini to a monitor, it >>> has all sorts of issues with finder, mail and safari. Those issues >>> magically go away when I connect it to a monitor. I'd like to take the mini >>> with me when I travel, but I really don't feel like having to find a >>> monitor everywhere I go. Is there a way of tricking it into thinking it has >>> a monitor attached so I don't have to find one or lug one along? >>> Friendly, >>> Chris >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> > > -- > 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.
