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<blockquote data-quote="pal" data-source="post: 232996" data-attributes="member: 13675"><p>OK. I've managed to resolve one of the issues (although I'm not 100% sure how it happened), but it has also had a beneficial impact on another of them.</p><p></p><p>After three or four reboots (shutting down via the option on the apple menu - top left), and having the mini rebbot back in ntsc again, the next time, it did stay with the pal, resolution etc. setting that I had put into it. I'm not aware of having done anything any different when setting the video options, so I have no idea why it started to play ball, but am willing simply to accept that it did.</p><p></p><p>Once this happened, then the osx applications that had not been sizing correctly all started to do so. There are of course still some apps that don't like 640x480, like Garage Band for example, but it does pop up a window saying the resolution is not ideal, so that is OK and quite understandable.</p><p></p><p>Now that the window size is fitting the display resolution, I have started playing with the "visually impared" options for larger mouse pointers and zooming and the like. It's not as efficient as a hi-res monitor, but is at least working.</p><p></p><p>The other issue of software overriding hardware setting is still evident. The first example I found is the bundled marble game - not a significant loss I know - but the principle that concerns me is that it is possible for any program to choose to ignore the hardware settings. Can they (the hardware settings) be locked somehow to make them mandatory for <em>all</em> software?</p><p></p><p>The productivity in the office issue stems from the fact that everything I use is networked. The mini seemed unable to reliably keep a network connection with my file shares, or printers. The nas drive is in the office so that wasn't so bad, but my main laser printer is in the house. Having to run back and forth between the house and the office because the mini kept loosing contact with it, or claiming it was busy when it wasn't, etc etc., just wore me down. I have a linux machine in the office that "just works", and I got sick of chasing after the mini.</p><p></p><p>Don't get me wrong. The mini looks cool, and what it does, it does quite well. If you want to run it as a stand alone machine, and especially if you've never touched a computer before, then I'm sure it would be great. But in my experience, it just doesn't play well with others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pal, post: 232996, member: 13675"] OK. I've managed to resolve one of the issues (although I'm not 100% sure how it happened), but it has also had a beneficial impact on another of them. After three or four reboots (shutting down via the option on the apple menu - top left), and having the mini rebbot back in ntsc again, the next time, it did stay with the pal, resolution etc. setting that I had put into it. I'm not aware of having done anything any different when setting the video options, so I have no idea why it started to play ball, but am willing simply to accept that it did. Once this happened, then the osx applications that had not been sizing correctly all started to do so. There are of course still some apps that don't like 640x480, like Garage Band for example, but it does pop up a window saying the resolution is not ideal, so that is OK and quite understandable. Now that the window size is fitting the display resolution, I have started playing with the "visually impared" options for larger mouse pointers and zooming and the like. It's not as efficient as a hi-res monitor, but is at least working. The other issue of software overriding hardware setting is still evident. The first example I found is the bundled marble game - not a significant loss I know - but the principle that concerns me is that it is possible for any program to choose to ignore the hardware settings. Can they (the hardware settings) be locked somehow to make them mandatory for [I]all[/I] software? The productivity in the office issue stems from the fact that everything I use is networked. The mini seemed unable to reliably keep a network connection with my file shares, or printers. The nas drive is in the office so that wasn't so bad, but my main laser printer is in the house. Having to run back and forth between the house and the office because the mini kept loosing contact with it, or claiming it was busy when it wasn't, etc etc., just wore me down. I have a linux machine in the office that "just works", and I got sick of chasing after the mini. Don't get me wrong. The mini looks cool, and what it does, it does quite well. If you want to run it as a stand alone machine, and especially if you've never touched a computer before, then I'm sure it would be great. But in my experience, it just doesn't play well with others. [/QUOTE]
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