This is sad news, because even if I order it, it will take days to get it. I was planning to do a lot of work with the little guy this weekend, but as slow as it does the web right now, it isn't worth it. But, thanks for the info. From: macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:macvoiceover-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Marty Rimpau Sent: Thursday, September 03, 2009 11:23 AM To: macvoiceover@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [macvoiceover] Re: Two questions Hi Richard, you need both a mouse, and a monitor for your mac mini, I don't know why apple didn't provide something in the operating system where if voice over was running, there could be a script or something to tell the operating system to ignore the request by the operating system for a monitor, and operate as normally, since the other platform doesn't require one, but these are just my comments. There is a dvi to video adapter for $20, and I believe the part number for this is m/9267 and once plugged in, it will trick your mac mini in to thinking there's a monitor, when there isn't one, and certain dialogs like the empty trash dialog, and the change all portion of the get info dialog, where you can change what player plays which file types, will work better, as a friend of mine who was helping me with an i-mac, when I first got my mac mini, couldn't figure out why I was having so many problems, and as far as telling the operating system to ignore the monitor when voice over was running, I did put in a request to apple accessibility regarding that, but apparently, it fell on deaf ears. On Thu, 3 Sep 2009 09:15:53 -0500, Richard Ring wrote: I have two questions regarding my Mac Mini which is 5 days old. First, someone told me that the Mac would run better if I attached a mouse. When I went to the Apple store to make my purchase, they wanted to sell me a mouse for $50. No way was I going to put down that kind of money for a rodent. However, I have a few USB mice that are gathering dust that I could connect if necessary. Second, web pages download at a snail's pace on my Mac. I don't know why this is so, but my cheapy Windows netbook downloads web pages far faster than the Mac Mini running Snow Leopard. It should be noted that the Mac has a much faster processor than my netbook, so I am wondering if there are settings I should change or is this simply how Macs do things? I am not picking on my Mac, I am simply asking for information here. Thank you all. > > Click on the link below to go to our homepage. > http://www.icanworkthisthing.com > > Manage your subscription by using the web interface on the link below. > //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > > Users can subscribe to this list by sending email to > macvoiceover-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > with 'subscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the Web > interface at //www.freelists.org/list/macvoiceover > Marty