I eventually got the VGA adapter for my Mini and hooked any old monitor to it. Don't even put it on often, or soon put it off once running. Not sure how Mini is meant to cope with that, I just don't do enough with it to really test it. I do the same with the old XP machine, and even got a network hub on a switch to isolate the computers to shut the gate on intrusive malware, the sort of bot type that sit there and take remote instructions.
It all seems to work for me, most the time. Still getting complaints about my old browser despite updating it to the last known recommended. Must move into Mac soon, but work quicker and smoother on the old familiar;... isn't it ever the way. Wouldn't it be an aass if you had to learn a new language every few years as the old ones had gone out of fashion. This is about the essence of modern digi-tech. R. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Cheryl Homiak" <cah4...@icloud.com> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2014 10:38 PM Subject: Re: Apple presentation seemed to offer nothing Well, actually, with my 2008 mac mini, which I can't upgrade past Lion, this is still possible. It works fine with an adapter hanging out where a monitor would be connected. But I think somewhere after that, it may have stopped being possible to do that at least from what I hear. I also still have an old ppc mini running Leopard and I don't even have an adapter onit. If at some point I get a new mini I might first try it but all I hear is that it no longer works to use it without a monitor. And there is the occasional possible need for sighted help or desire to show somebody something. Still, you can pick up a monitor pretty inexpensively if you don't need something fancy. -- Cheryl I tried and tried to turn over a new leaf. I got crumpled wads of tear-stained paper thrown in the trash! Then God gave me a new heart and life: His joy for my despairing tears! And now, every day: "This I call to mind, and therefore I have hope: The steadfast love of the Lord never ceases; his mercies never come to an end; they are new every morning; great is your faithfulness." (Lamentations 3:21-23 ESV) On Oct 16, 2014, at 2:48 PM, Rich Ring <richr...@gmail.com> wrote: > But, sadly, you still need a monitor, and don't tell me there's an adapter > you can buy that will solve the problem, back in 2009 I purchased 3 > different adapters that were supposed to solve the monitor problem, none > of them worked. > > You can have an off day, but you can't have a day off! ---The Art of > Fielding > Sent from my Mac Book Pro > richr...@gmail.com > > On Oct 16, 2014, at 2:18 PM, Christopher Hallsworth > <challswor...@icloud.com> wrote: > >> I have no plans to upgrade the mini but as a loyal customer the >> presentation looked good. So happy to see the new Mac Mini come down in >> price as well starting at just $499, causing potentially more new >> customers to join the ecosystem. >> >> >> Sent from my laptop >> >> On 16/10/2014 20:12, Sandi Jazmin Kruse wrote: >>> I am not agreeing there, i got my next Mini. >>> >>> On 10/16/14, Ray Foret Jr <rforet7...@comcast.net> wrote: >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> Did anybody else here get the impression that the Apple presentation >>>> seemed >>>> to offer nothing that we would care about? >>>> >>>> Not even speks. >>>> >>>> >>>> Sincerely, >>>> the Constantly Barefooted Ray, Still a very happy Mac and iphone user! >>>> Sent from my Mac, the only computer with full accessibility for the >>>> blind >>>> built-in and fully protected by ClamXav Antivirus! >>>> >>>> -- >>>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>>> Groups >>>> "MacVisionaries" group. >>>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>>> an >>>> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >>>> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >>>> >>> >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionaries@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. 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