yes, it definitely does need a monitor, it's to bad that most of us didn't know that when we bought them. I, fortunately, have an old old VGA monitor here,a dn, just having it hooked up makes a big big difference.
On Nov 24, 2009, at 6:42 PM, David McLean wrote: > Actually the mini is a great machine with the exception that it needs a > monitor. Pretty minor for me although I wish the mini adapter did work > because it would increase the portability of the machine a bit. > > On Nov 24, 2009, at 3:05 PM, Rich Ring wrote: > >> I guess that's what I'll do. Wish I had never wasted my money on this >> computer, I should have held out and bought a Mac Book, but who knewA? >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "David McLean" <david.mcl...@cox.net> >> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 1:58 PM >> Subject: -- Mac Mini problem >> >> >> Well I had exactly the same problem last week. >> My only recommendation is to buy a cheap monitor just for the mini which is >> what I did. >> Of course you can also do what I did and buy yourself an early Christmas >> present (an imac). >> >> On Nov 24, 2009, at 2:43 PM, Rich Ring wrote: >> >>> Hello: >>> I have finally gotten around to purchasing the mini to dvi adapter that >>> many >>> folks told me would solve the problems I am having with my Mac Mini's poor >>> performance on the web, and its inability to play DVDS. I have been very >>> busy because of a change in my job description, so I've kind of put the >>> Mac >>> on hold. However, life is calming down and I decided to get down to it >>> with >>> the mac. Imagine my frustration when, I received the adapter today, >>> connected it to the back of my Mac, started the machine, and I have no >>> speech. If I start the machine without this adapter connected, VO comes >>> up >>> as expected, and if I subsequently plug in the adapter all is still well, >>> but Safari is still just as slow as it was before. I'm wondering why the >>> system doesn't seem to come up if the adapter is plugged in. If any of >>> you >>> have an idea what could be causing this and, better yet, if any of you >>> have >>> a solution, I will be incredibly grateful. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Jess Smith" <theeternal...@gmail.com> >>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> >>> Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 3:09 AM >>> Subject: A question about streaming audio in vlc media player >>> >>> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Whenever I stream audio in Vlc through an m3u playlist, the player skips >>> ahead to the next track in the playlist before the current one finishes >>> playing. What's going on here, and how can I fix this? >>> Thanks. >>> >>> Jes. >>> >>> -- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >>> >>> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >> >> >> -- >> >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. >> >> > > -- > > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@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.