I don't think any of the desk top items come with a DVD drive anymore built in. My I Mac did not have a DVD drive when I bought it last year. Good to see that you are on the list Steve.
Kawal. > On 6 Feb 2014, at 11:08 am, STEVE RAY <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Kevin, > > I have just bought a new Mac mini and the answer to your questions are as > follows: > 1. The new Mac Mini does not come with a built in optical drive. > 2. I believe the maximum amount of memory which can be fitted is 16gb > 3. Although I set up my mini whilst it was connected to a monitor, I have > since tried it with the monitor disconnected, it runs fine with no monitor > and voiceover running. > > Hope this helps,. > > Steve. > > 6 Feb 2014, at 07:38, Kevin Gibbs <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Guys, >> >> I have three questions: >> 1. do new Mac Minis have CD ROM drives anymore? I'm thinking of buying a >> new one to replace my aging XP DAW, and wonder how I'm going to get all my >> soft synth libraries installed if there is no CD-ROM drive on the machine. >> the specs my wife read to me made no mention of a CD-DVD drive. >> >> 2. the next question is this, what is the maximum amount of RAM Apple will >> put in a Mac Mini? Is it 8GB or 16GB? >> >> >> 3. I bought my first Mac Mini in 2010 and tried to run it without a >> Monitor. As I recall, I was successful. but I recall there being some >> discussion about how Mac Minis of that era ran sluggishly or not at all with >> VO if a monitor was not connected. For reasons of portability, I would like >> the option of being able to use my Mac Mini without a monitor if I happen to >> be in a place where a suitable monitor isn't available, but all the rest of >> my easily transportable stuff, small MIDi keyboard, small flash drives, etc >> are in my small backpack. Does anyone know if current Mac Minis can or >> can't use VoiceOver in the absence of a monitor? >> >> >> Thanks, >> Kevin >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
