Google| Subject | Re: mac sales down |
| From | Snit |
| Date | 05/16/2008 00:03 (05/15/2008 15:03) |
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"Glorb" <Glorb@orb.com>stated in post 52334$482cacb4$26400@news.teranews.com on 5/15/08 2:35 PM:
You claimed the Mac mini could not be used as a part of an entertainment center based on its "specs". I proved you wrong.SnitGlorb
You are wrong:
<http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en-us&q=mac+mini+entertainme nt+center>
The specs clearly do not prevent many people from using it as such.
You should have read some of those articles. You would have seen them talking about adding hardware to the Mini.
A laptop is tied to its monitor. Take it off and you break its warranty. This is such common sense as to be stupid to debate about. Might there be some laptop which is an exception? Perhaps... but for the general case this is just the way it is.GlorbSnitGlorbSnitSnitGlorb
if it will be moved a lot,
Get a notebook computer instead.
That ties you to its monitor (though you can use another).
You can use a Mac Mini without a monitor?
Well, yes, but that is irrelevant.
No it isn't. It has to do with your "that ties you to it's monitor" remark.
You talked about using computers without monitors at all. You left the topic.SnitGlorb
Why not stick to the topic?
I haven't left the topic.
That is not the same thing as removing the monitor it has.SnitGlorb
With a laptop you are tied to the one monitor it comes with -
No you're not.SnitGlorb
while you can remove it, I suppose, that would void the warranty.
A sane person would just use the VGA out port to attach to another monitor.
You are simply incorrect. Pathetically so. A laptop is tied to a monitor. A Mac mini is not. The fact you can add another monitor to a laptop is not in question.SnitGlorb
With the mini you are not tied to the same limitation.
Neither is a notebook.
In some cases, yes... but not always... depends on your needs. What if you want a larger monitor? What if you want a different keyboard? A mouse? Why have multiple of each?SnitGlorb
For moving a computer around a house on a semi-regular basis the mini makes sense (say people who have two homes and move the computer back and forth between homes or people who have a guest house and move a computer there for company or... well, hopefully you get the idea).
No, it makes more sense to have a notebook and move the keyboard, screen, and computer as one compact, complete unit.
If you wish to support this then please do. But you won't. Ever. This is quite apparent at this point. You are really, really bad at supporting your views.GlorbSnitGlorbSnitSnitGlorb
if it will be a part of a lab
Inadequate for the task.
What makes you think that?
The specs.
The Mac mini would do quite well for many labs. Depends on what the lab is used for. Your answer, pretty much, is a dodge.
No, your hemming and hawing up there is a dodge. The Mac Mini is inadequate for a lab.
Full sized computers were way too big for the environment. A Mac mini would have been great... or an iMac.GlorbSnitGlorbSnitSnitGlorb
where you want to be able to easily lock it down and position it, etc.
Larger computers can be locked down easily. In fact, if theft is your concern, you're probably better off without a computer that fits in somebody's pocket.
Some truth to that, but it depends on the furniture and the layout.
I haven't seen a lab yet that couldn't accommodate regular computers.
I have worked in labs where "regular" computers made things far to compact.
Whatever that means.
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05/08/2008
