hello Jim On 27 Jul 2011, at 17:51, Jim Noseworthy wrote:
• Thanks for your comments. The only reason for the switch is that one can throw one of those computers in a small kit bag with the rest of one's stuff. Again, thanks much. The problem with that is that you can't use them without a keyboard or monitor so it's not an issue. Lynne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Smith" <gor...@mac-access.net> To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net> Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 10:31 AM Subject: Re: Mac Mini question. > HiJim > > I used to have one that a friend made for me. But it stopped working on the > 2010 models I tried. Ours are server models and they seem to sometimes work > alright without the display but not always. > > The primary server is a 2009 MacBook, (late 2009) and it definitely requires > a display. The mid 2010 versions seem to need it but not always. My advice > to you to be utterly honest would be stick with what you have unless you have > a compelling reason to switch. You'll lose a lot of the advantages of the > MacBook series and other than additional ports I can't see why you'd want to > switch to the Mini being totally honest. > > The Mini is not designed for portability. It is marketed as a desktop > computer. That's why it is logical that it needs a monitor. > > Gordon > > On 27 Jul 2011, at 14:15, Jim Noseworthy wrote: > > Gordon: > > I don't suppose there is a way to have a dummy terminator plug to fool the > computer in thinking that it is connected to a display? > > Cheers. > > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gordon Smith" <gor...@mac-access.net> > To: "Mac OSX & iOS Accessibility" <mac-access@mac-access.net> > Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2011 7:07 AM > Subject: Re: Mac Mini question. > > >> Jim >> >> I think you'll need some sort of display connected to the Mini in order to >> use it. If it's the same as the 2009/2010 models, they made it so that it >> wouldn't work properly without a monitor. >> >> Gordon >> >> On 26 Jul 2011, at 22:22, Jim Noseworthy wrote: >> >> Hi Folks: >> >> I am considering celling my MacBook Pro in favour of a Mac Mini for >> portability reasons. 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