2 Dec
2005
2 Dec
'05
4:47 a.m.
Doesn't that essentially get you a VIA EPIA motherboard (except for the
SCSI)? Only problem there is that it doesn't run OSX.
On my PC at home, although I have "legacy" ports on my Shuttle XPC, I don't
use them. I have a USB scanner and color printer. The laser printer is
attached to the network though a Netgear print server. The DV_cam connects
through FireWire and I use a card reader for the Memory Sticks from my Sony
camera. I have a 56k modem, but it's internal. I don't really have any
daily-use peripherals that use legacy ports. If I need, I have several other
machines that I could use.
I personally have not had a problem with USB but maybe I'm not looking hard
enough :-)
Rich
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Jules Richardson
Sent: Friday, December 02, 2005 4:30 AM
To: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Mac Mini
Adrian Graham wrote:
I
On 2/12/05 02:34, "Scott Stevens"
<chenmel at earthlink.net> wrote:
>> My only issue with it is that it only has 2 USB ports and no mic input
so
by
>> the time you've got your kbd/mouse plugged
in your remaining port is
taken
>> up by the USB sound module though I guess I
could plug that into the
>> keyboard too.....the hard drive is also slow....
>>
> Can't you just plug a USB hub into one of the ports, and make it into a
big
maze of cables
if that suits your desires?
Yes, and belkin produce such a thing that's the same shape as the mini but feel that that's not the point of the machine.
Yep, personally I'd only buy a Mac mini if it was 10-20% bigger and came
with
some real ports - say serial, parallel, and SCSI. Then it'd be a nice
compact
well-designed machine with some useful connectivity too. It seems that no
matter what the USB-advocates say, bodging that sort of stuff on top of
Universal Screwed-up Bus plain doesn't work...
cheers
J.