Amazon sells them. 15 and 25 bucks
the 25 dollars one is for 5k resolution, but the 15 bucks one works just fine.  
YOur mini will never know any different.
> On Apr 5, 2015, at 3:37 PM, Kevin Cussick 
> <the.big.white.sheph...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
> Ok,   where do you buy these headless devices? thanks in advance.
> 
> On 04/04/2015 23:17, Alex Hall wrote:
>> Plugging a cable in won't work. At least, I know DVI cables won't trick
>> it, and I've been told that HDMI don't either. That said, people report
>> that some newer Minis don't have the problem of lagging with no display
>> connected. Mine did, and it was a 2011, but others report no such
>> difficulties. It seems to depend on your machine.
>>> On Apr 4, 2015, at 5:49 PM, Christopher-Mark Gilland
>>> <clgillan...@gmail.com <mailto:clgillan...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> O, K, but I was just trying to make a point.  If you don't have a
>>> monitor connected, then how are you keeping Voiceover from lagging to
>>> a  kur splat crawl?  I heard if you don't have a display connected,
>>> this will definitely happen.  Are you just plugging a dummy cable to
>>> the display port to trick it?  I hear you can do that, but I've never
>>> actually tried.
>>> 
>>> Chris.
>>> 
>>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kawal Gucukoglu"
>>> <kgli...@icloud.com <mailto:kgli...@icloud.com>>
>>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>> <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>>
>>> Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 3:33 PM
>>> Subject: Re: Bying a new mac.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 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 <mailto: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 <mailto:and...@pipkrokodil.se>>
>>>> To: <macvisionaries@googlegroups.com
>>>> <mailto: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
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