wow, I have a mac mini mid 2010 is this still one that runs with the fake monitor adaptor thing? I find it works ok for me but now I am wondering if I would get better performance if I hooked up a real monitor. Does anyone know with which version of mini this changes/
Thanks, Ioana Please check out my cd on www.ioanagandrabur.com on iTunes and most online stores. On Nov 25, 2012, at 10:32 PM, Mike Arrigo <[email protected]> wrote: > Right, I never turn the monitor on that attached to either of my mac minis, > still, it's annoying that it requires that. Fortunately I already had these > monitors, it would be difficult to justify buying a monitor that I would not > use. > On Nov 25, 2012, at 7:07 PM, "Jesus Garcia" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> No the cable alone is not sufficient the machine needs to see a monitor at >> the other end of the connection. However it does not have to be turned on so >> far as I have been able to determine. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] >> [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Arrigo >> Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2012 19:06 >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: a note on running a Mini with no monitor >> >> With the older minis, there was an adapter you could get that allowed the >> mini's dvi port to connect to a regular TV. If this adapter was connected, >> the mini would work fine. That doesn't work on the newer minis though. >> Depending on what mini you have, it probably has a mini display port, and >> either a mini dvi port or HDMI port. With these, the only way I have found >> to make this work is to connect a monitor of some kind, I don't think just >> the cable is sufficient, I could be wrong there though. >> On Nov 25, 2012, at 2:43 PM, Alex Hall <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> I am way too nice and let a friend have my vga cable. I now have no >> monitor hooked up to my Mini, which is running 10.8.2, and said mini would >> be glaring at me if it could. It is slow to do just about everything, and >> nothing is running now that was not running when I shut down a couple days >> ago. So, for me at least, a monitor is indeed essential. Now I just have to >> pray for a vga cable to fall out of the sky... >>> >>> >>> Have a great day, >>> Alex (msg sent from Mac Mini) >>> [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.
