Comments on: Mac mini: Creative Uses for the Little Mac that Could

By: العاب فلاش

العاب فلاش — Thu, 06 May 2010 10:46:36 +0000

The new Mac mini is just great, it opens and works with Microsoft programs and even runs Windows — so it’s compatible with the PC world.

By: Casey

Casey — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 05:04:44 +0000

Hey. I would love to have it if u dint want it or don’t mind! E-mail me at caseyrox95@yahoo.com

By: John Bailey

John Bailey — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 00:16:47 +0000

The Mac Mini is a good computer, I like mine. It’s fast and everything and it works well with all my stuff so if you’re thinkin about buying one, may I be so bold as to suggest you do? Peace my friends, peace

By: العاب

العاب — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 09:47:21 +0000

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By: العاب

العاب — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 05:44:40 +0000

peter you doing fantastic job…. when is the new mini going to make ?

By: Jethro

Jethro — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:28:37 +0000

Peter, I have been using a USB HD for my media. Photos and music work great, but video doesn’t.

By: peter

peter — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 07:25:44 +0000

Jethro, thanks for your advice!
I hope to get an external HD as well, for back-up and storing the photos and maybe storing my CDs so I can listen to them through my hifi system. Should I get a fast HD with Firewire for all that?
Peter

By: Jethro

Jethro — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 00:18:09 +0000

Peter, I think that the 1GB mini would cope, but I think down the road you would me happier with the 2.0 GB mini. If you are going to keep it for five years again, it will probably be worth the extra money right now.

By: peter van balen

peter van balen — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 20:02:09 +0000

I’m thinking of getting a mini mac to replace my (5 year old windows xp) PC, which I use for browsing the internet & email (70%), photo-editing (photoshop elements or similar; 10%), and office work (wordprocessing, spreadsheets; 10%), and watching dvd’s (10%).
For the latter use I’m thinking of buying a biggish (at least 22″) LCD screen.
Would a 1.83GHz Intel Core 2 Duo with 1 GB mini mac cope with the above or should I opt for the 2.0GHz version and/or upgrade to 2 GB RAM?
Any advice is greatly appreciated
Peter (in France)

By: erichansa

erichansa — Tue, 05 Aug 2008 16:48:11 +0000

mac toilete plper?!

By: Buill

Buill — Thu, 03 Apr 2008 02:39:53 +0000

So when is the new mini going to make its appearance?

By: A. Kimball

A. Kimball — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 17:15:06 +0000

Jeff,
We have our Mac Mini connected via optical cable to our surround sound amplifier. At first, it seemed like only Apple’s DVD application would output surround sound, but now I do believe that QuickTime also will use at least 5.1 when available (I could be wrong about this). I know that until 1 year ago, getting surround sound out was a problem for QuickTime… it might be worth the research. DVD_Player on the Mac Mini works well and it lights up the surround sound detection LED’s on the audio equipment and sounds great.

Not sure if it will do 7.1. I believe that Apple may have some documentation on all of this some place.

By: Jeff

Jeff — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 16:49:00 +0000

hello i would just like to ask about the audio out of the mac mini. can it connect to a optical in of a theater system? or is it limited to rca connections? jethro your setup sounds great, may i ask what type of connections do you use for the audio of your mac mini connected to your movie system? ty

By: Jethro

Jethro — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 03:06:09 +0000

Sticky Rice,
Blu-Ray movies will display at whatever resolution your TV and player support. If the Mini does get a Blu-ray player then it will display at a much higher resolution. So, if you have a 720p TV, that is the max your movies will play at. They won’t go any higher than the lowest maximum resolution of the player, TV, or disc. I think I understood your question right. Let me know if that didn’t answer it.

By: Sticky Rice

Sticky Rice — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 22:07:24 +0000

Thanks for the advice, Jethro. I’ll certainly look into it if the rumors about the upgrade to the Mac mini prove true. One further question, though. Do your comments about showing DVD movies on a small, 720p LCD HDTV also apply to movies on Blu-Ray optical discs? Won’t they be in 1080p format?

By: Jethro

Jethro — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:33:29 +0000

@Sticky Rice,
If your main interest is watching DVDs, you aren’t going to be able to push out 1080p. DVDs are only 480p at most, so having a full HD 1080p tv won’t do that much for your DVDs. I have a 1080p capable DVD player hooked up to my 1080i TV through HDMI, but regular DVDs don’t look any better on that player than they do using my 480p DVD player hooked up with component cables. You would probably be fine with your 23″ Cinema Display. Otherwise, Vizio makes a good screen that isn’t that expensive. Your desktop would be a high resolution on the TV, but the DVD quality will still be limited to 480p, regardless of your setup.