Subject | Re: mac sales down |
From | Glorb |
Date | 05/16/2008 00:27 (05/15/2008 17:27) |
Message-ID | <229d$482cb8de$32536@news.teranews.com> |
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Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.advocacy |
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SnitNo, I said the Mac Mini is inadequate to the task.
"Glorb" <Glorb@orb.com>stated in post 52334$482cacb4$26400@news.teranews.com on 5/15/08 2:35 PM:SnitYou are wrong:Glorb
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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.
You claimed the Mac mini could not be used as a part of an entertainment center based on its "specs".
I proved you wrong.You proved me right by referencing articles that told what equipment had to be added to the inadequate Mac Mini.
I'm not the one debating that. You are.SnitGlorbSnitGlorbSnitif it will be moved a lot,Glorb
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.
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.Might there be some Mac Mini that doesn't need a monitor? Then it's stupid to point out that the laptop makes you have a monitor.
To match your insistence upon a laptop with no screen.SnitWhy not stick to the topic?Glorb
I haven't left the topic.
You talked about using computers without monitors at all.
You left the topic.Not me.
Why would you want to remove the laptop's monitor? Why would you even object to using it in the first place?SnitWith a laptop you are tied to the one monitor it comes with -Glorb
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.
That is not the same thing as removing the monitor it has.
You're describing your own answers.SnitWith the mini you are not tied to the same limitation.Glorb
Neither is a notebook.
You are simply incorrect. Pathetically so.
A laptop is tied to a monitor.No it's not.
A Mac mini is not.A Mac Mini doesn't even have a monitor.
The fact you can add another monitor to a laptop is not in question.You brought it into question.
Use the VGA out port into a larger monitor. What happened to your idea of this being portable? How big of a monitor are you going to lug from room to room?SnitFor 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).Glorb
No, it makes more sense to have a notebook and move the keyboard, screen, and computer as one compact, complete unit.
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?USB ports will handle that.
Where did you support your view that it is adequate for a lab? When have you used a Mac Mini to do anything?SnitGlorbSnitGlorbSnitif it will be a part of a labGlorb
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.
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.
Have you been spending time at the Smurf village again?SnitGlorbSnitGlorbSnitwhere you want to be able to easily lock it down and position it, etc.Glorb
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.
Full sized computers were way too big for the environment. A Mac mini would have been great... or an iMac.