I do not use a monitor with mine, I just have a headless device. Works very well. If I needed a screen, I'd connect it to my I Mac.
> On 4 Apr 2015, at 6:53 pm, Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Anders, > > Oh my heavens, yes! The new mac mini's are incredibly! and I do mean > incredibly! well priced. If memory serves correct, an I5 4GB ram, 5200RPM > mac mini is somewhere in the ballpark of $580 before tax. And yes, it would > come with Yosemite. Now, beware, it doesn't come with a monitor, speakers, a > mouse, or keyboard. You'd have to buy those separetly, however, you can get > a fairly decently cheap monitor for just over $100. In fact, what I've! > actually done is to get a cheap little flat pannel television with HDMI. > Then, I just ran the mac directly into it, then set the source on the TV to > HDMI, and boom! There you go! A very nice monitor, and, the sound audio > even will be piped through the TV speakers, eliminating the need for seperet > PC speakers. Now, that said, if you're gonna do audio production stuff, I > don't know how serious you are about that side of music production, but if > you're a pro, like me, then obviously, you're going to want to get a higher > end audio interface, and maybe even a control surface. The surface isn't > required, but it certainly bigtime will help. The interface however would > almost definitely be a given. One interface I really really love, it's not > being made any longer, but search Amazon, or EBay or the like, as I'm > positivbe! you could find one still new unboxed, is the M-Audio Fasttrack > C400. It's even very portable and quite accessible. If you find one, I'd be > happy to help you set it up over Facetime, Skype, or the like. It would be a > pleasure to do so. Also, obviously, if you're really serious about this, I'd > look into a pare of good studio monitors. > > It really does just depend on how far you want to take things. > > Then, of corse, though Logic X is doable, dont' get me wrong, the > accessibility isn't probably going to be the most ideal. Let me be very > clear, so I don't get my ass kicked. Logic does? work, yes, but! you will be > somewhat limited. > > Though way more expensive, I'll admit, ProTools definitely! is the way you'd > wanna go. > > Chris. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Anders Holmberg" <and...@pipkrokodil.se> > To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 7:08 AM > Subject: Bying a new mac. > > >> Hi! >> I am about to buy a new mac soon this year. >> But i really don't know what to buy which fits my needs. >> I will search for some funding to have the ability to buy a new one. >> So i guess there wont be no mac pro which anyway is a bit overkill even >> though it could be cool to have one. >> And i am totally blind so i don't need the imac with retina support. >> What i want is a computer for mail, internet and some music production. >> Will a new mac mini be enough for music production or should i stick with a >> macbook pro? >> I really need some suggestions even though i know its hard to help. >> I now have a mac mini mid 2011 which ofcourse begins to be a bit oldish. >> The new upcomming macbook seems to be a bit to much for the money i think. >> So please help. >> Thanks in advance. >> /A >> >> -- >> 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.
