mac mini

I think Apple should really make the mac mini with an optical output, like on the Airport Express. If I could get 5.1 sound out of it, it would be a fabulous home theater pc. What does everyone think?

hi! Guys, i m newbie on mac, i would like to buy a mac desktop, but i cant decide, my budget is $1700. so i wonder what is best to buy.. 1. a mac mini 1.42 Ghz / 80 Gb ($670, the best mini) with a 20-inch Display Cinema Monitor ($750), and to buy an external 250 Gb hard drive ($130) or to...

Hi again, I ordered my mac mini quite a few weeks ago and thought I wouldent need airport extreme, now I really need it ASAP! Can I buy a card and install it?? It says something about having a "airport ready" mac!! What does this mean!? Also is is hard installing airport extreme or dead...

hi, my mac mini has internet access through lan with wired ethernet link. this interface has a fixed ip address and gateway/dns. i would like to share this connection using the airport interface. i guess i have to setup the macmini as a gateway. Maybe i'll need to setup another network for...

Okay, so I have 2 external 120gb harddrives linked to my new D-Link USB hub and one is formatted under NTFS and the other Mac OS. My problem is that when both are connected to the hub only the NTFS formatted drive appears, and when I hook up only the Mac OS drive it doesn't appear at all...

I own a Mac Mini. It connects to the internet through my wireless airport hub. I have a Fedora Core 4 Linux box. It connects to the internet through the ethernet port on my Mac Mini. I have web sharing turned on in the Mini. My problem is that I can view webpages on the linux through the...

Hey, I have a mac mini and orginally had it on a 23" cinema display with dvi when I installed OS X. Now I have it on a 17" lcd, but after I boot up and login the monitor seems to get out of range. How can I revert it back to a smaller resolution?

Thanks everyone for taking the time to try and help! I also took the time to search on this topic and couldnt find anything related Ok, heres the sitch! Computer = Mac Mini 1.42 model TV = Samsung TXR3079WH HDTV DVI to HDMI cable connected to a Samsung HDTV TXR3079WH the tv doesnt come...

I was just wondering, does anyone know what the oldest version of Mac OS X the new Mac mini's can run? I am considering buying one, but I would need it to run 10.3.9 (or whatever's the latest Panther version). Thanks.

I currently have debian running on an Athlon 2100 system for use as a combination web/file/print server. Wife has an iBook and I have a win2k desktop system. As I need another computer at my office, I'm thinking of getting a Mac mini for use as a server at home + an external 200gb hard...

I think so. What's your take?

I have a 40gb HDD in my mac mini but want to upgrade it, what type of HDD do I need to buy? Sorry if this has been asked before but whenever I do a search I get a back page as a result. :( Thanks.

A French customer ordered a mini, and here is the status of his order: MACMINI 1.42GHZ/512/80G/CMD/F Est. Build On or before 11/07/2005 Replaced with new product

Hello, I am a switcher and I have just switched to a Mac Mini about 1 month ago. I have ordered the Sims 2, and I'm curious from anyone who owns it, how does it run?? Graphics, Performance, Ect! Thanks Everyone, Kayle Mac Mini, 1.42GHz, 512MB, 80GB, Superdrive, Tiger...

Yesterday I experienced an odd problem with the firewire hard drives on my Mac Mini. I have a 1.42 GHz Mac Mini with 1 GB of RAM. I have two external firewire enclosures daisy chained to it, one with an 80 GB hdd, the other with a 250 GB hdd. I have Tiger installed on the 80 GB hdd and that...

I installed a new superdrive into my Powerbook that supports DL DVDs. I took my old superdrive and installed it into my Mac mini in my car. Now the optical drive is not recognized at all. I read somewhere that the superdrive is made tobe a master drive but in the Mac Mini, the harddrive is the...

I have lost my recovery disks for my Mac mini, who do i need to speak to to get a replacement set. I can provide pictures of my mini if you think i am trying to rip someone off, just could really do with the disk as i've messed up lots of things :( If any one else can help with disk then...

The electrical engineer at my work occasionally cuts out interesting articles / ads for me, and today he showed me this article, published in Electronic Engineering Times. The author, using the estimated minimal cost of $258.34, would result in a "low" profit of $240.66, "even before...

hello, just to share with you. In france, a retail store (La FNAC) is selling directly on shelves the WIFI and BT add-on module for the Mac Mini ! They are not supposed to do this, and papers on the box (white box with no marketing or packaging) say clearly that this must be sold with the...

Hello, Just bought a Mac mini 10 days ago. When plugged into my Viewsonic 21', I have a problem: strange lines of red dot blinking when there is some activity, for instance when moving the mouse over the dock which makes the zoom effect. I saw on the Internet that I am not alone with this...