I have the basic model, bought in August. It should be standard HDMI,
I'm not planning on using a Thunderbolt display. Hopefully all this
won't cost much...

On 12/1/11, Chris Blouch <[email protected]> wrote:
> I've had problems with Apple's DVI to VGA holding the VGA connector in
> tight sometimes. A little gaffer tape seemed to fix that right up.
>
> CB
>
> On 12/1/11 4:17 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
>> I have a VGA monitor. My problem is that the adapter that came with my
>> Mini goes from HDMI to DVI, then I have an adapter to go from VGA to
>> DVI to interface the monitor with Apple's adapter... but the adapter
>> does not fit securely into the HDMI adapter, so I get no monitor
>> output. Still, if it won't fix mail, safari, or some of the odd
>> pauses, it isn't worth investigating to me.
>>
>> On 12/1/11, Mr. L. Alexander<[email protected]>  wrote:
>>> the official standpoint on this from a hardware point of view is this...
>>>
>>> A monitor is part of a system by default and as the system boots, part of
>>> it's boot sequence is to find a display as part of the user interface. if
>>> it
>>> can't then it's going to continue but have issues with the GPU (graphical
>>> processor unit) and OS behaviour, after all the mac / pc interface relies
>>> on
>>> a display to support it. hence the use of 15 pin D Sub / DVI / display
>>> port
>>> / mini displayport / HDMI interface as a display interface.
>>>
>>> Even for a blind person, it's useful to have a suitable VGA monitor for a
>>> sighted user to assist where possible. bearing in mind that screen
>>> readers
>>> cannot always do everything we need them to do.
>>>
>>> lew
>>>
>>> On 1 Dec 2011, at 21:09, Ioana Gandrabur wrote:
>>>
>>>> Can<t really say. Have only used it with the fake monitor. I just
>>>> remember
>>>> that as I got started those issues mentioned were the ones bugging me
>>>> the
>>>> most.
>>>> I find in general it runs faster.
>>>>
>>>> hth,
>>>> Ioana
>>>> On Dec 1, 2011, at 3:26 PM, Alex Hall wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> How about Mail or Safari? I know Safari might just be a lost cause,
>>>>> but does Mail speed up? I find it very slow and annoying to use, and I
>>>>> don't have a monitor.
>>>>>
>>>>> On 12/1/11, Ioana Gandrabur<[email protected]>  wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I found that, if my monitor replacement contraption is not recognized
>>>>>> a
>>>>>> few
>>>>>> clear things happen:
>>>>>> 1. Vo is on in login but not after you put in my password so I have to
>>>>>> press
>>>>>> command f5 again.
>>>>>> 2. In itunes if I perform a sync or anything that puts info in the lcd
>>>>>> section of itunes I cannot access it. If I try to interact with it it
>>>>>> goes
>>>>>> busy on me.
>>>>>> These things are solved when a monitor or a monitor adaptor box is
>>>>>> attached
>>>>>> to the mini.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> hth,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ioana
>>>>>> On Nov 30, 2011, at 10:22 AM, Chris Blouch wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Without a VGA monitor or the NTSC contraption attached your Mac will
>>>>>>> endlesly scan for a non-existant monitor which will bog it down. Not
>>>>>>> sure
>>>>>>> how to tell if the Mac thinks there is a display hooked up at the
>>>>>>> moment
>>>>>>> but if you're getting a lot of voiceover busy messages that's usually
>>>>>>> a
>>>>>>> symptom.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> CB
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On 11/30/11 9:56 AM, matthew Dyer wrote:
>>>>>>>> Hi all,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I managed to connect my vga addapter.  My question is this.  How can
>>>>>>>> I
>>>>>>>> tell if it is working.  I don't have a monitor as of yet as I am
>>>>>>>> still
>>>>>>>> trying to find one, but I was under the empression that it is
>>>>>>>> supposed
>>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>> make the machine act as if a display is connected.Is there a way to
>>>>>>>> find
>>>>>>>> out if it is working?  Thanks.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Matthew
>>>>>>>>
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