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#545682 - 11/28/10 11:45 PM Re: Monitor for Mac Mini? [Re: Reboot]
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Originally Posted By: Reboot
oxygen depraved. (carpŠ)


Yeah, I hear oxygen has that effect on some people. Mostly Martians but hey, who's counting toes, eh?


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#545685 - 11/28/10 11:49 PM Re: Monitor for Mac Mini? [Re: Reboot]
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So, no special adapters/cables, etc. are needed, right? Just plug it in?
I thought I read somewhere that one had to get special adapters for the Mac mini. But I guess this was for the older ones...

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#545692 - 11/29/10 12:00 AM Re: Monitor for Mac Mini? [Re: Mike]
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The Mini has a mini-DVI port, Mike, but it also has an HDMI port, and it comes with an HDMI to DVI adaptor according to the Apple Store specs.
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#545744 - 11/29/10 09:03 PM Re: Monitor for Mac Mini? [Re: Reboot]
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Originally Posted By: Reboot
I was taking 5 from raking the last of the $#!*@ leaves, probably oxygen depraved. (carpŠ) I saw where you mentioned that it comes with the adapter when I came in the second time.

Well excuuuuuse me! grin


No problem big guy laugh

I will say that in this current Apple (photo) - mine came with the adopter only . <-- no Pig Tail , like shown in the photo.
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#546068 - 12/02/10 06:58 AM Re: Monitor for Mac Mini? [Re: carp]
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Hooked up a buddy over the Summer with a Hannspree 22" (21.5" actual) monitor. US$139 + sales tax at Staples. I saw in the Sunday paper that somebody has them now for the same price.

I did the research and it specs and compares pretty decently with other monitors of the same size, many for much more money. It's tough to go wrong at that price.

EDIT: Even cheaper...
http://www.staples.com/Hannspree-HF225DPB-22-Widescreen-LCD-Monitor/product_864217


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#546268 - 12/05/10 01:35 AM Re: Monitor for Mac Mini? [Re: Phosphor]
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Well, I found a nice 22" Viewsonic for about $150. No HDMI port but DVI. Works flawlessly with the additional Apple adapter. That small Mac Mini is a gem!

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#546902 - 12/12/10 06:59 PM Re: Monitor for Mac Mini? [Re: Mike]
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I'm not a fan of Viewsonic - had 2 at work that stopped working after 8 or 9 months. But I've had my Dell 30" LCD for quite a while and love it (cost nearly half what the Apple 30" cost at the time). The Dell ULTRASHARP models are quite good. Samsung makes decent ones as well.
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#546915 - 12/12/10 09:36 PM Re: Monitor for Mac Mini? [Re: MacGizmo]
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IIRC, Samsung or Sharp make the Dell monitors. My 2 Viewsonics are going fine after three years of use so far.
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#546935 - 12/13/10 12:20 AM Re: Monitor for Mac Mini? [Re: Phosphor]
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Originally Posted By: Phosphor
Hooked up a buddy over the Summer with a Hannspree 22" (21.5" actual) monitor. US$139 + sales tax at Staples. I saw in the Sunday paper that somebody has them now for the same price.
Wonder if that's the same as Hanns-G. I bought a couple of 19" over 3 years ago for around $130. They are not the quality of a Dell or Apple but I don't do graphics. At the time they compared to monitors around $250-300. Both are still going strong, but on one, the one used the most, I did have to replace the caps on the fluorescent power supply/starter board. About $1 in cost. It was an obvious fix, most of them were swollen.

That is usually the problem with an LCD that goes out/won't start, the caps go bad is all.
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