>> - They need a resistor either in a dongle or build-in to make them >> start without a monitor attached. >> > > ... do you (or anyone else) by any chance know if this also applies to > the Mac Minis with PowerPC CPU? I'm considering buying one as web and > mail server but this could be a bit disturbing.
AFAIK it's the EFI (Intel Macs) which needs the resistor (as replacement for a monitor) to switch to the legacy BIOS mode (or so) and boot with a DOS partition. The native EFI boot with a HFS+ partition and Mac OS X doesn't need that. Open Firmware (PPC Macs) doesn't have such problems either. Tas.
