So you're saying that all people, from newbies to IT professionals, who are fed up with Windows are blithering idiots?
People can tell what a connector is from the look of it.
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Mac Mini to Gain Support for Dual Displays?
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So you're saying that all people, from newbies to IT professionals, who are fed up with Windows are blithering idiots?
People can tell what a connector is from the look of it.
Okay, let's not get carried away. A lot of switchers would be people who have been recommended Macs by friends, or just want a computer that works.
Not everyone is some suber ubber computer geek who knows everything
A few of my friends who aren't computer illiterate but aren't geeks wouldn't know what Mini DisplayPort is and wouldn't know what adapter to buy.
Whoa! It either gets progressively larger as you move backward or Apple has figured out how to bend spacetime to fit a tesseract in the Mac Mini case.
But seriously, I like that style.
Even Mac users can be blithering idiots. Apple's plethora of mini adapters tend to get confusing, I've encountered people thinking that the mini-VGA to VGA adapter works on the unibody MacBooks.
I hope it has a more than 1 type of port…
If it does, I will buy!
Oh only a week to go!
That doesn't make anyone an idiot; only means they are technically challenged.
If it does, I will buy!
Oh only a week to go!
That doesn't make anyone an idiot; only means they are technically challenged.
woops, I was using my macworld countdown widget and I didn't take the extra hours into account, haha. keynote is on my birthday, such a good present
Assuming people know what their connectors look like. If someone else hooked up your computer for you, or you bought and set up your computer some time ago and never looked at the connectors again, you might have a hard time remembering what the heck your monitor has.
Well, you'll know when you detach your monitor to plug it into your new Mac Mini, won't you?
I think Apple is usually really good about sticking to their price points for systems. The unibody MacBook still maintained a $1299 price, while the low-end plastic MacBook dropped $100 and the high end price point went up $100. I don't understand how people think prices went up across the board on the MacBook with the new release. The MacBook Pro still maintains all the same prices.
I think the $599 / $799 should be something Apple must stick to. Going up from there isn't going to make the Mini the viable switcher computer that it has been good for. If they could bring down the entry model to $499 I think it would sell incredibly well. However if the specs are good enough to justify a $599 price I won't complain.
I agree 100% I've been wanting a desktop and a $500 Mac Mini with good specs would sell me
I must admit
I really hope that the computer is a good machine that I can use to do all my computing.
I am less concerned about the display port issue, personally.
I do hope however that the mini is not underpowered or bogged down by old technology. Hard drive, optical drive, memory and of course the processor and graphics are of greater importance.
I just hope Apple gets that right.
I really hope that the computer is a good machine that I can use to do all my computing.
I am less concerned about the display port issue, personally.
I do hope however that the mini is not underpowered or bogged down by old technology. Hard drive, optical drive, memory and of course the processor and graphics are of greater importance.
I just hope Apple gets that right.
Why would Apple want a 'low cost, stripped down mac' with support for dual displays? Anyone who has the need or want for two displays worth of screen real estate is going to want more power than the mini can offer.
Glad you can tell everyone what they want!
I'd love the extra screen space because I have the display already set up(I use it to game currently)...and it be nice to be able to use it on my Mac.
Sure they would. So all those people who use MacBooks with external monitors don't know what they want or need in a computer, then, eh?
Dual Mini
Disagree. Lots of folks have email in one window and surf in another on a variety of different platforms. I run MS work apps in one monitor, and mac apps in the other on my mini.
You don't need a lot of power to watch Outlook update via Exchange, or do Access reporting.
Disagree. Lots of folks have email in one window and surf in another on a variety of different platforms. I run MS work apps in one monitor, and mac apps in the other on my mini.
You don't need a lot of power to watch Outlook update via Exchange, or do Access reporting.
I would love this but I just cant see it happening. Why not have already done this on the Pros allowing tri-monitor setups when you get home or to work?
wow, some of the comments on here are dense.
screen real estate and high power are not necessarily linked.
I am an IT professional, and I use dual monitors to keep track of many simultaneously open windows, in several different "spaces".
But I don't do rendering, I don't do video editing, I don't do audio processing, I don't do digital drawing, or database crunching on my workstation. I have e-mail, multiple web browsers with database and other interfaces up, office apps, Calendar, and screen sharing for my server, and it is nice not to have to shuffle those windows on one screen.
I don't need high power MacPro stuff, an iMac or a Mac Mini does fine, except for the fact that the iMac is only one screen, and is a bit tall for just one screen, while compromising heat dissipation by sandwiching all that componentry into a big single monitor.
Not only that, but a pair of good monitors can last quite a long time, while computers in an IT setting can get rotated through an upgrade cycle of hand me downs, and various tasks, so it can be nice to have a computer separated from the display or displays it drives.
I have three good uses for a nicely equipped macMini, if they are nicely equipped when they get announced.
1: dual monitor workstation, just as I mentioned. Not heavy lifting, but a good amount of display space.
2: headless screen-shared NetBoot/NetRestore server, for backups and software distribution on my work bench.
3: home theater PC, driving a single HD monitor, and digital input audio receiver.
Three distinct uses that a MacMini, if well equipped and reasonably priced, could not only do well...
but would be better suited to than ANY of the other Macs in the lineup. iMacs are configuration limited by being all-in-one. MacPros are overkill for what I need, and too expensive for those roles. Laptops are too limited, and I don't need a built-in keyboard, trackpad and screen with a very tight space limitation. My users use laptops, and for good reasons, but I have different demands than they do, as support, and in my personal use.
screen real estate and high power are not necessarily linked.
I am an IT professional, and I use dual monitors to keep track of many simultaneously open windows, in several different "spaces".
But I don't do rendering, I don't do video editing, I don't do audio processing, I don't do digital drawing, or database crunching on my workstation. I have e-mail, multiple web browsers with database and other interfaces up, office apps, Calendar, and screen sharing for my server, and it is nice not to have to shuffle those windows on one screen.
I don't need high power MacPro stuff, an iMac or a Mac Mini does fine, except for the fact that the iMac is only one screen, and is a bit tall for just one screen, while compromising heat dissipation by sandwiching all that componentry into a big single monitor.
Not only that, but a pair of good monitors can last quite a long time, while computers in an IT setting can get rotated through an upgrade cycle of hand me downs, and various tasks, so it can be nice to have a computer separated from the display or displays it drives.
I have three good uses for a nicely equipped macMini, if they are nicely equipped when they get announced.
1: dual monitor workstation, just as I mentioned. Not heavy lifting, but a good amount of display space.
2: headless screen-shared NetBoot/NetRestore server, for backups and software distribution on my work bench.
3: home theater PC, driving a single HD monitor, and digital input audio receiver.
Three distinct uses that a MacMini, if well equipped and reasonably priced, could not only do well...
but would be better suited to than ANY of the other Macs in the lineup. iMacs are configuration limited by being all-in-one. MacPros are overkill for what I need, and too expensive for those roles. Laptops are too limited, and I don't need a built-in keyboard, trackpad and screen with a very tight space limitation. My users use laptops, and for good reasons, but I have different demands than they do, as support, and in my personal use.
Two video ports don't necessarily mean dual displays. It could be an either/or sort of setup, like those PC video cards that had both a VGA port and a DVI port (I've got one of these in my Linux box, actually).
Given the Mini's target audience, I'd think this is a more likely scenario.
Given the Mini's target audience, I'd think this is a more likely scenario.
