2009 Mac Mini discussion thread

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: Phobic9

Originally posted by: Kaido
FWIW, the rep at my local Apple Store said that the Mini could only drive one (1) monitor at a time, not two

100% false. I'm using the new Mini on 2 24" LCDs (via HDMI out to displayport & mini-DVI) right this very second. I'd be happy to provide pics if you want.

That is AWESOME news! He assured me, very seriously, that the new Mini was only capable of driving one monitor at a time, despite having two jacks. I was really bummed, haha.

And just for kicks, I'd love to see photos as well

 

[Zaap]

Ditto on the pics.

Currently I know several people on the fence between a new Mini, and a Hackintosh, hinging around dual monitors.

 

[manly]

Originally posted by: Kaido
FWIW, the rep at my local Apple Store said that the Mini could only drive one (1) monitor at a time, not two

That should have convinced you otherwise.

 

[Phobic9]

Monitor shot - http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7158/img0663f.jpg - Pretty dark but the flash was being annoying plus I just woke up.
Screenshot -http://img13.imageshack.us/my....image=rsz1picture4.jpg -(click right pic for bigger) Included my system profiler screen and a web page on how to take screenshots in OS X. Yeah I'm fairly new at it.

Anyway, the Mini was more of an impulse buy for me. I had originally intended to buy the mini and sell my Macbook for a netbook (to recoup some cash). I like the Macbook too much now to go back to a netbook. *sigh*

There are rumors of an Apple netbook though... hmmm....

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: Phobic9
Monitor shot - http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7158/img0663f.jpg - Pretty dark but the flash was being annoying plus I just woke up.
Screenshot -http://img13.imageshack.us/my....image=rsz1picture4.jpg -(click right pic for bigger) Included my system profiler screen and a web page on how to take screenshots in OS X. Yeah I'm fairly new at it.

Anyway, the Mini was more of an impulse buy for me. I had originally intended to buy the mini and sell my Macbook for a netbook (to recoup some cash). I like the Macbook too much now to go back to a netbook. *sigh*

There are rumors of an Apple netbook though... hmmm....

That, sir, is a beautiful sight :thumbsup:

 

[Zaap]

Indeed, that is awesome!

Thanks for posting those!

 

[Shlong]

Originally posted by: Phobic9
Monitor shot - http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7158/img0663f.jpg - Pretty dark but the flash was being annoying plus I just woke up.
Screenshot -http://img13.imageshack.us/my....image=rsz1picture4.jpg -(click right pic for bigger) Included my system profiler screen and a web page on how to take screenshots in OS X. Yeah I'm fairly new at it.

Anyway, the Mini was more of an impulse buy for me. I had originally intended to buy the mini and sell my Macbook for a netbook (to recoup some cash). I like the Macbook too much now to go back to a netbook. *sigh*

There are rumors of an Apple netbook though... hmmm....

Nice, what kind of monitors are those btw?

 

[mugs]

How long does it take for new Apple computers to start selling at places other than the Apple store? i.e. Amazon?

 

[Phobic9]

Originally posted by: Shlong

Originally posted by: Phobic9
Monitor shot - http://img13.imageshack.us/img13/7158/img0663f.jpg - Pretty dark but the flash was being annoying plus I just woke up.
Screenshot -http://img13.imageshack.us/my....image=rsz1picture4.jpg -(click right pic for bigger) Included my system profiler screen and a web page on how to take screenshots in OS X. Yeah I'm fairly new at it.

Anyway, the Mini was more of an impulse buy for me. I had originally intended to buy the mini and sell my Macbook for a netbook (to recoup some cash). I like the Macbook too much now to go back to a netbook. *sigh*

There are rumors of an Apple netbook though... hmmm....

Nice, what kind of monitors are those btw?

A pair of Westinghouse L2410NMs. Fairly good monitors for what I paid for them (sub $200 each) but there's an issue with the HDMI ports overheating that causes the display to flicker every once in a while. Works with the Mini fine though and with the gaming PC I have connected to the left monitor for when I want to play a PC game.

 

[Kaido]

Both ports have HDCP, yay!

http://www.macworld.com/articl.../03/mac_mini_2009.html

 

[jalaram]

Granted, it's the older one, but there's a refurb Mac Mini for $419 here