Thank you for the timely revew, as I am starting to push harder for a mac (well, two macs) that doesn't freeze every time I turn it on for the office, and I was afraid that Mom would decide we could get by on mini-macs. Instead, I commented on them...and headed her off at the pass on that one.
I think I am going to have to take her to the apple store and show her that the new macs don't bite. Sigh.
"Back in the lab, we were able to borrow a USB keyboard and mouse from a Tangerine iMac collecting dust in the closet and get the darn Mini booted up at last. This is where the first noticeable problem with Apple design arises. While there is a Mac-style “donnnnggggg” when the Mini is first turned on, during normal operation the unit makes no sound whatsoever. This could make it very difficult for a novice user to know whether or not the computer is on. In fact, it took our techs about fifteen minutes before we realized the unit itself was operating normally and it was the monitor that was not plugged in properly. It turns out the Mini uses a weird kind of display connector on the back that requires a special adapter if you want to plug it into a PC monitor. We used a 15” Compaq VGA display."
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Thank you for the timely revew, as I am starting to push harder for a mac (well, two macs) that doesn't freeze every time I turn it on for the office, and I was afraid that Mom would decide we could get by on mini-macs. Instead, I commented on them...and headed her off at the pass on that one.
I think I am going to have to take her to the apple store and show her that the new macs don't bite. Sigh.
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... he loves this kind of very subtle humor...
"Back in the lab, we were able to borrow a USB keyboard and mouse from a Tangerine iMac collecting dust in the closet and get the darn Mini booted up at last. This is where the first noticeable problem with Apple design arises. While there is a Mac-style “donnnnggggg” when the Mini is first turned on, during normal operation the unit makes no sound whatsoever. This could make it very difficult for a novice user to know whether or not the computer is on. In fact, it took our techs about fifteen minutes before we realized the unit itself was operating normally and it was the monitor that was not plugged in properly. It turns out the Mini uses a weird kind of display connector on the back that requires a special adapter if you want to plug it into a PC monitor. We used a 15” Compaq VGA display."
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Hey, don't look at me. He's all yours, kid ;) I have my own problem, and he's hopefully coming to grab the laundry from the bedroom soon. ;)
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