My Mac Mini should be posted sometime in the next 3 days. Judging by other people’s experiences, I should already have it by now. However, Apple’s dispatch date remains firmly set at Thursday, so I’ll just have to wait it out!
You’re a very lucky man. I would buy a Mac Mini but I’m about to blow most of my savings on a very nice flat panel monitor, and I could never put an Apple system next to an ugly beige CRT.
i got the dispatch notice for my new powerbook from apple today, it left shanghi at midnight last night and was then in holland at 8:30 this morning, so if i account for today to get to england and them some time tomorrow or by thursday i should have my new toy
i have a ViewSonic VP171s which is a 16MS model, although they have just started producing them with 8MS panels, not sure its that noticable and although they are expensive for 17″ (around ¬£280 inc vat last time i looked) they are top quality screens and perfect for people who enjoy playing computer games or watching movies on their pc.
can depend how you hook them up and i would agree that without the correct drivers the colours were slighly saturated on mine, however using a dvi connection straight into my computer the image is fantastic, many shops use the d-sub analouge connection from a buffer box so that could explain the lower image quality
3 years, 9 months ago 
March 8th, 2005 at 11:52 am
You’re a very lucky man. I would buy a Mac Mini but I’m about to blow most of my savings on a very nice flat panel monitor, and I could never put an Apple system next to an ugly beige CRT.
March 8th, 2005 at 5:11 pm
Absolutely! - I bought a new TFT around Christmas time, and it was a great investment. You use it so much!
March 8th, 2005 at 9:24 pm
i got the dispatch notice for my new powerbook from apple today, it left shanghi at midnight last night and was then in holland at 8:30 this morning, so if i account for today to get to england and them some time tomorrow or by thursday i should have my new toy
March 8th, 2005 at 9:39 pm
David - just out of curiosity, which monitor did you buy?
March 8th, 2005 at 9:46 pm
Well, the sooner the better William
Arman - Have a read here:
http://ppleyard.org.uk/archives/2004/12/29/new-time-tft-monitor.html
Hope that helps
- I think it’s an absolutely superb monitor
March 8th, 2005 at 10:28 pm
i have a ViewSonic VP171s which is a 16MS model, although they have just started producing them with 8MS panels, not sure its that noticable and although they are expensive for 17″ (around ¬£280 inc vat last time i looked) they are top quality screens and perfect for people who enjoy playing computer games or watching movies on their pc.
March 9th, 2005 at 3:46 am
Yeah, the ViewSonics look like the best, but I looked at them in real life and the image quality seemed below par.
March 9th, 2005 at 7:09 am
can depend how you hook them up and i would agree that without the correct drivers the colours were slighly saturated on mine, however using a dvi connection straight into my computer the image is fantastic, many shops use the d-sub analouge connection from a buffer box so that could explain the lower image quality
March 9th, 2005 at 7:35 am
I’ve never really known why they do that - You’d think it would be in their best interests to ensure that the picture quality is great!