It would sure be great, if we had an accessible solution for scheduling
and recording and playing TV programs from cable or antenna..
On 6/18/2010 7:23 AM, Chris Moore wrote:
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.
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