It's been slow ever since I got it a year ago, so I don't think it's logs. Sounds like it's the monitor problem. This cramps my style a bit as it's a lot harder to cary around a monitor and the mac mini is remarkably easy to port back and forth between home/school and take with me wherever I may want to go if I need it. Thanks guys - I'll steal one eventually.
James On 5/4/09, Krister Ekstrom <kris...@kristersplace.com> wrote: > > Hi, > I'm sorry to have to say this, but the adapter alone won't work. There > was some adapter or other one could buy from Apple i think, but i can > be wrong that fooled the Mini into thinking it had a monitor, but > other than that, nope, an adapter alone won't work. > /Krister > > > 4 maj 2009 kl. 18.18 skrev Brett Campbell: > >> >> I submitted an almost identical post a few weeks ago. Krister's >> Suggestion is the ticket. My mini is brand new with 4 gb of ram. I >> connected a monitor and every little trouble, especially the busy >> disappeared. I understand being reluctant to connect a monitor, but >> based on my recent experience, you'll be amazed with the difference. >> I didn't try just using the adapter, it may work, but the monitor >> changes everything for sure. >> >> Brett >> >> >> >> >> On May 3, 2009, at 12:09 PM, James Dietz wrote: >> >>> >>> I did a brief search to see if this was mentioned before, only to >>> find >>> something on Mac Mini's issues when a mouse isn't hooked up. >>> >>> Certain apps are impossibly slow with my mac mini. These range from >>> iTunes (smart playlist editor and just occasional unexplainable >>> "busy"s from voiceover no matter what I'm doing) to Finder (Copy and >>> other warning dialogues literally hang voiceover for up to 10 seconds >>> before they read anything (only to be interupted by the announcement >>> that finder is ready; attempting o read it again results in another >>> wait and usually another message interupting the desired >>> information). >>> I've a 2.0 ghz 2 gb ram mac mini, and I think it's pretty well >>> equipped to handle something like a dialogue box in finder without >>> hanging so frustratingly. Anyone else having similar issues with >>> minis? I tried my roommate's new macbook and it's a lot more >>> responsive - I haven't interacted with a finder dialogue or similar >>> but switching apps is a little faster. >>> >>> James >>> >>>> >> >> >> > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
