I know the older minis required a video connection or the machine would bog down. I suspected it was some hardware issue in which the video subsystem was trying to detect the resolution of the attached device. The workaround at the time was various VGA dongle tricks that made the mini think there was some kind of display connected. In more recent discussions on this list it sounds like that has been fixed in recent models but my Mac Mini is still an old one which needs the hack. You can dig up the specifics in the mailing list archive but I did a VGA dongle hooked to a cheap NTSC adapter.

CB

On 4/4/15 7:28 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland wrote:
Hmm. Interesting. I wonder what on earth would make it vary from machine to machine, or do you mean more not so much that, as much as more model to model.
Chris.

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    *From:* Alex Hall <mailto:mehg...@icloud.com>
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    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 <mailto: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.

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    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 <mailto: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 <mailto:and...@pipkrokodil.se>>
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    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

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