Mac mini and dual screen

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Hello again, I posted a thread a few days ago and some people said that Mac minis are better than the old Mac Pros. So i wanted to check whether a mac mini would be a good investment for my home studio. Also would it be able to have dual screens? Is it just a matter of adding another video card?

thanks.
 
I've got a mini, and I can't imagine how I'd get two screens working with it. But if anyone knows, I'll be reading :)
 
GUITAR08 said:
Hello again, I posted a thread a few days ago and some people said that Mac minis are better than the old Mac Pros. So i wanted to check whether a mac mini would be a good investment for my home studio. Also would it be able to have dual screens? Is it just a matter of adding another video card?

thanks.
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Yes, mac minis are very good. I dont see how you could add a video card.My son has a mini, Im pc. They run great.Im betting there is not a way to expant to two monitors.
 
GUITAR08 said:
Also would it be able to have dual screens?
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Yes, you absolutely can! Most people don't think it's possible because they automatically associate 2 displays with have dual head video cards, and obviously you can't change the video card in the MacMini..

You'll need something like a Matrox Dual head 2Go to achieve it, but you can do it.
 
GUITAR08 said:
Hello again, I posted a thread a few days ago and some people said that Mac minis are better than the old Mac Pros. So i wanted to check whether a mac mini would be a good investment for my home studio. Also would it be able to have dual screens? Is it just a matter of adding another video card?
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You mean better than old PowerMacs. The slowest Mac Pro ever made contained two Core 2 Duo CPUs and the fastest Mini only has one....

You can't add additional video cards to the Mini because it has no slots. The Matrox thing might do the trick, though, provided that both your monitors are DVI panels at 1900x1200 or less.
 
MessianicDreams said:
Yes, you absolutely can! Most people don't think it's possible because they automatically associate 2 displays with have dual head video cards, and obviously you can't change the video card in the MacMini..

You'll need something like a Matrox Dual head 2Go to achieve it, but you can do it.
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Hey, thats good to know! Learn something new everyday:)
 
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