Gotcha.
Chris.
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From: 'Chris Blouch' via MacVisionaries
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 11:00 PM
Subject: Re: Bying a new mac.
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.
----- Original Message -----
From: Alex Hall
To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 6:17 PM
Subject: Re: Bying a new mac.
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
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