Re: OT Apple help

2024-11-01 Thread mike wilson
Good to see you both. I ended up paying just over £1800 for a one-step-up-from-bargain-basement macbook. You can imagine my joy when I saw an equivalent spec Dell PC for £220. All for some poxy software that she is having problems using as her version is much newer than the university's... >

Re: OT Apple help

2024-11-01 Thread Chris Mitchell
I'm still here too (but don't catch up very often). With the announcement if the M4 Mac Mini, there should be some good deals on M2 ones where people are upgrading. Might be too late though. Back to sleep now... Chris On Mon, 7 Oct 2024, 04:40 steve harley, wrote: > (yes, i am still on this li

Re: OT Apple help

2024-10-11 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
hi mike, I just went to the Apple UK website and priced out the exact same mini I mentioned (16G RAM, 512GB SSD, including Logic Pro installed). The price is £1248.99 compared to US$1198.99, which accounting for currency differences, say that the UK price is about 30% greater .. but that price

Re: OT Apple help

2024-10-11 Thread mike wilson
Sadly, you need to convert those figures to sterling and add quite a bit to obtain an equivalent here. And you hit SPAM as well. > On 02/10/2024 01:10 BST Godfrey DiGiorgi wrote: > > > I don't know what a "normal video connection is". > > A new Mac mini cpu configured with 16GB RAM and 512G

Re: OT Apple help

2024-10-11 Thread mike wilson
Thanks. Useful stuff that ended up in SPAM, for some reason. > On 02/10/2024 09:23 BST Bob W PDML wrote: > > > I have a Mac mini which I bought for the vanishingly rare occasions when > iPhone or iPad apps don’t have some functionality I need that a full-on bit > of software has. I already

Re: OT Apple help

2024-10-06 Thread steve harley
(yes, i am still on this list) i moved from a Mac Pro 2013 to a Mac Mini M2 Pro last year; the Mini is extremely capable; i don't think the regular M2 would make much difference, but i would suggest 16GB RAM — i push mine hard and sometimes wish i had 32GB; i run apps for audio, photo, GIS, des

Re: OT Apple help

2024-10-02 Thread Bob W PDML
I have a Mac mini which I bought for the vanishingly rare occasions when iPhone or iPad apps don’t have some functionality I need that a full-on bit of software has. I already had an Apple keyboard which I used with the iPad if I needed to do any big typing. I also have a trackpad which I prefe

Re: OT Apple help

2024-10-01 Thread John Sessoms
On 10/1/2024 10:31 AM, mike wilson wrote: My daughter is just starting uni and "needs" some form of Apple computer to run the software (Logic) she will be using. Needs at least OS13.5, apparently. After wailing and gnashing my teeth for some time because of the utterly ridiculous pricing str

Re: OT Apple help

2024-10-01 Thread Godfrey DiGiorgi
I don't know what a "normal video connection is". A new Mac mini cpu configured with 16GB RAM and 512GB SSD drive and delivered with Logic Pro installed is approx $1200. It has an HDMI port to drive video output, so any display with an HDMI input is usable, and any keyboard/mouse/trackpad inpu

Re: OT Apple help

2024-10-01 Thread mike wilson
Thanks all, for help and suggestions. It looks like some serious bullet-biting is in my future. > On 01/10/2024 21:01 BST Doug Brewer wrote: > > > Not natively. > > On 10/1/24 3:38 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: > > Am 01.10.24 um 20:04 schrieb Doug Brewer: > >> Have you considered laptops?

Re: OT Apple help

2024-10-01 Thread Comcast
That’s an M2 Mac mini. You can get it at a good price with 16 gigs of RAM. That will be plenty although more is available. Any bluetooth keyboard eill connect and any monitor will as well. Although for simplicity sake I’d go with the basic Apple wireless keyboard. it’s not expensive and quite go

Re: OT Apple help

2024-10-01 Thread Doug Brewer
Not natively. On 10/1/24 3:38 PM, Ralf R Radermacher wrote: Am 01.10.24 um 20:04 schrieb Doug Brewer: Have you considered laptops? Does Logic run under Windoze? Ralf -- %(real_name)s Pentax-Discuss Mail List To unsubscribe send an email to pdml-le...@pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML,

Re: OT Apple help

2024-10-01 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 01.10.24 um 20:04 schrieb Doug Brewer: Have you considered laptops? Does Logic run under Windoze? Ralf -- Ralf R. Radermacher - Köln/Cologne, Germany Blog : http://the-real-fotoralf.blogspot.com Audio : http://aporee.org/maps/projects/fotoralf Fotos : https://www.fotocommunity.de/user_p

Re: OT Apple help

2024-10-01 Thread Doug Brewer
Like Ralf said, the minimal RAM could be a choke point. Pretty much any USB-A keyboard and mouse should work. I have one from Macally that was around $40 and does the trick. Have you considered laptops? On 10/1/24 10:31 AM, mike wilson wrote: My daughter is just starting uni and "needs" some

Re: OT Apple help

2024-10-01 Thread Ralf R Radermacher
Am 01.10.24 um 16:31 schrieb mike wilson: So, bearing in mind that I am looking primarily at an Apple Mac mini MMFJ3B/A, some questions: Will this cope? The processor power will be quite sufficient, whereas 8 GB RAM is the absolute minimum and bear in mind that there's no way of extending it

OT Apple help

2024-10-01 Thread mike wilson
My daughter is just starting uni and "needs" some form of Apple computer to run the software (Logic) she will be using. Needs at least OS13.5, apparently. After wailing and gnashing my teeth for some time because of the utterly ridiculous pricing structure, I am having to work out a way to mak