Plugging a cable in won't work. At least, I know DVI cables won't trick it, and I've been told that HDMI don't either. That said, people report that some newer Minis don't have the problem of lagging with no display connected. Mine did, and it was a 2011, but others report no such difficulties. It seems to depend on your machine. > On Apr 4, 2015, at 5:49 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > O, K, but I was just trying to make a point. If you don't have a monitor > connected, then how are you keeping Voiceover from lagging to a kur splat > crawl? I heard if you don't have a display connected, this will definitely > happen. Are you just plugging a dummy cable to the display port to trick it? > I hear you can do that, but I've never actually tried. > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kawal Gucukoglu" <kgli...@icloud.com> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 3:33 PM > Subject: Re: Bying a new mac. > > > I do not use a monitor with mine, I just have a headless device. Works very > well. If I needed a screen, I'd connect it to my I Mac. > > > >> On 4 Apr 2015, at 6:53 pm, Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Anders, >> >> Oh my heavens, yes! The new mac mini's are incredibly! and I do mean >> incredibly! well priced. If memory serves correct, an I5 4GB ram, 5200RPM >> mac mini is somewhere in the ballpark of $580 before tax. And yes, it would >> come with Yosemite. Now, beware, it doesn't come with a monitor, speakers, >> a mouse, or keyboard. You'd have to buy those separetly, however, you can >> get a fairly decently cheap monitor for just over $100. In fact, what I've! >> actually done is to get a cheap little flat pannel television with HDMI. >> Then, I just ran the mac directly into it, then set the source on the TV to >> HDMI, and boom! There you go! A very nice monitor, and, the sound audio >> even will be piped through the TV speakers, eliminating the need for seperet >> PC speakers. Now, that said, if you're gonna do audio production stuff, I >> don't know how serious you are about that side of music production, but if >> you're a pro, like me, then obviously, you're going to want to get a higher >> end audio interface, and maybe even a control surface. The surface isn't >> required, but it certainly bigtime will help. The interface however would >> almost definitely be a given. One interface I really really love, it's not >> being made any longer, but search Amazon, or EBay or the like, as I'm >> positivbe! you could find one still new unboxed, is the M-Audio Fasttrack >> C400. It's even very portable and quite accessible. If you find one, I'd >> be happy to help you set it up over Facetime, Skype, or the like. It would >> be a pleasure to do so. Also, obviously, if you're really serious about >> this, I'd look into a pare of good studio monitors. >> >> It really does just depend on how far you want to take things. >> >> Then, of corse, though Logic X is doable, dont' get me wrong, the >> accessibility isn't probably going to be the most ideal. Let me be very >> clear, so I don't get my ass kicked. Logic does? work, yes, but! you will >> be somewhat limited. >> >> Though way more expensive, I'll admit, ProTools definitely! is the way you'd >> wanna go. >> >> Chris. >> >> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anders Holmberg" <and...@pipkrokodil.se> >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 7:08 AM >> Subject: Bying a new mac. >> >> >>> Hi! >>> I am about to buy a new mac soon this year. >>> But i really don't know what to buy which fits my needs. >>> I will search for some funding to have the ability to buy a new one. >>> So i guess there wont be no mac pro which anyway is a bit overkill even >>> though it could be cool to have one. >>> And i am totally blind so i don't need the imac with retina support. >>> What i want is a computer for mail, internet and some music production. >>> Will a new mac mini be enough for music production or should i stick with a >>> macbook pro? >>> I really need some suggestions even though i know its hard to help. >>> I now have a mac mini mid 2011 which ofcourse begins to be a bit oldish. >>> The new upcomming macbook seems to be a bit to much for the money i think. >>> So please help. >>> Thanks in advance. >>> /A >>> >>> -- >>> 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> >> -- >> 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- > 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 macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
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