#545685 - 11/28/1003:49 PMRe: Monitor for Mac Mini?
[Re: Jim_]
Mike ZigMeister
Registered: 09/01/01
Posts: 2360
Loc: SW Illinois
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...
#545744 - 11/29/1001:03 PMRe: Monitor for Mac Mini?
[Re: Jim_]
carp
Dino's are Babe magnets
Registered: 04/19/02
Posts: 27021
Loc: Hawaii
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!
No problem big guy
I will say that in this current Apple (photo) - mine came with the adopter only . <-- no Pig Tail , like shown in the photo.
#546068 - 12/01/1010:58 PMRe: Monitor for Mac Mini?
[Re: carp]
Phosphor An unreasonable man
Registered: 10/08/07
Posts: 1963
Loc: Lancaster PA USA
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.
#546268 - 12/04/1005:35 PMRe: Monitor for Mac Mini?
[Re: Phosphor]
Mike ZigMeister
Registered: 09/01/01
Posts: 2360
Loc: SW Illinois
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!
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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#546935 - 12/12/1004:20 PMRe: Monitor for Mac Mini?
[Re: Phosphor]
Jim_ Number 9
Registered: 04/21/02
Posts: 12648
Loc: Columbus OH
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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