Used Mac Mini Issues Please Help
Hi!
I am completely computer illiterate so please, if you respond, explain it to me in simple terms! Thanks!
Just bought a Mac Mini with the specs below off eBay to plug into my tv to use for watching Xfinity and HBOGo but when I plugged it all up the screen gets scrambled where the headings are all jumbled together at the top, and all the sites look really, really outdated and weird. I wanted to download Firefox as well, since I have that on my MacBookPro, but it won't let me do that either. I am so confused! If anyone can help (in simple terms!) I would very much appreciate it!
silvermoon
I am the original owner of this upgraded (by Apple) Mac Mini G4, with 512 MB of RAM, an 80 GB hard-drive, Bluethooth, and dual-layer Superdrive (plays and burns both CD-ROM and DVD-ROM).
This package includes ALL original Apple software (including OS 9 Classic, OS X 10.3" Panther"), along with the power-supply and a DVI-VGA adapter (so you use a standard SVGA monitor with the Mac Mini).
It comes with Apple iLife.
Details:
The Apple Mac mini G4/1.42 features a 1.42 GHz PowerPC 7447a (G4) processor with the AltiVec "Velocity Engine" vector processing unit and a 512k on-chip level 2 cache, 512 MB of 333 MHz PC2700 DDR SDRAM memory (512 MB after July 26, 2005), an 80.0 GB Ultra ATA/100 hard drive, a slot-loading 4X DVD±RW/CD-RW "SuperDrive", and an ATI Radeon 9200 graphics processor (4X AGP) with 32 MB of DDR SDRAM.
Connectivity includes DVI (DVI-to-VGA adapter included), USB 2.0, FireWire, and a headphone/line out jack, as well as support for AirPort Extreme (802.11g) and Bluetooth.
Comments
Can you try a "regular" computer monitor first and report the results? Also, what is the TV you are trying to use? It may be a resolution compatibility issue.
Hi!
Thank you so much for responding! Unfortunately I do not have a regular monitor, we work off MacBooks. Is there another way to test the resolution issue?
Thanks!
No, there may be others on this forum who can help.
Did you know that HBOGo is available on a $99 Apple TV? Plus you can mirror your MacBook if it has a fairly recent OSX with this capability. Finally you can connect the Macbook to the TV with a cheap adapter cable available fron eBay and such.