I personally think this is a good step taken by Apple. The introduction of HDMI on the mini is fantastic for those who wish to hook up a full computer to their HD TV. Internet browsing etc on the XBox/PS3 On 18 Jun 2010, at 12:11, Rob Lambert wrote: leaves a lot to be desired and the Mac mini fills the gap nicely. I know a great deal of my PC friends have been waiting for an HDMI Mac mini, so can see many people switching. I also know a number of bars that use the Mac mini to power power their displays, so having HDMI built in will make life easier.
Also some low vision users will appreciate being able to easily connect a mac up to a huge TV will benefit from this. I know if I still have had my vision I would have bought one of these, as they are much better then the Apple TV. However I would have liked to have seen the Mac mini starting price at £499 to keep it below the £500 price tag as you can buy a Windows laptop for less then the price of the Mac mini. Would have also liked the Mac mini to be available in black too to fit in with most AV equipment. Maybe at its current price blu-ray should have been built in? Would like to see Apple add more TV like features too. Imagine talking menus and TV guide on a HDTV? now that would be useful as I find it very difficult to use my cable set top box since going blind. > Apple has redesigned it's mac mini. It's now shorter (at just over an inch > thick), but also wider (at approximately 7.1" square). The big thing on this > one is, on the bottom, there is a round cover. Twist this cover, and remove > it, and you are immediately granted access to the RAM. There is also a model > range cut for the mini. You now just have the one lower priced (what I call > "consumer") model at $699, and then the server at $999. There's also an SD > card slot on the back (come in from the left hand side, and it's on the top, > above the two round audio ports). Finally, keep going beyond the SD card, > towards the right. You will first find four USB 2.0 ports, and beyond the > furthest right port (or the one closest to the center of the back of the > Mini, however you prefer) there are two ports. One is the mini DVI port > that's found on Apple's MacBook Pro. The one to the right of that is long, > rectangular, and has an angular shape on the bottom. This is Apple's brand > new HDMI port. This means that, if you have an HD TV, you can hook up your > Mini and use your HD TV as the monitor. A full port description is as > follows. If you come in from the right hand side, the back has the following > ports from right to left: Power (switch), power (A/C adapter port), ethernet, > Firewire 800 (the horizontal long line below this is a cooling vent), then > thee's the HDMI port that I spoke of earlier, and the Mini DVI port. Finally, > following on from the DVI port, again proceeding to the left, there is the > four USB ports, and an SD card slot, and that's where you will see the left > edge of your Mini. Below the SD card slot are two audio jacks. The one > closest to the edge is headphone, and the one closest to the center is > line-in. More info can be found at http://www.apple.com/macmini/ I'm curious > about your opinion on this. For those who don't know, the Mini has been > around since 2005, and this is it's first full redesign in five years. In my > opinion, it was way overdue, and I'm glad they finally got around to it. > > -- > 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.
