Hi!
I bought a small device that fits in to the hdmi port which acts as a dummy.
You can buy it on amazon.
/A
> 5 apr 2015 kl. 01:28 skrev Christopher-Mark Gilland <clgillan...@gmail.com>:
> 
> Hmm.  Interesting.  I wonder what on earth would make it vary from machine to 
> machine, or do you mean more not so much that, as much as more model to model.
>  
> Chris.
>  
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: Alex Hall <mailto:mehg...@icloud.com>
>> To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com <mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com>
>> Sent: Saturday, April 04, 2015 6:17 PM
>> Subject: Re: Bying a new mac.
>> 
>> 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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