[AccessD] OT: Working with Mac Mini from MS Windows via RealVNC. Was: Re[2]: Microsoft stock price crashed today

Jim Lawrence accessd at shaw.ca
Tue Feb 3 21:52:17 CST 2015


What's xcode? 

What's a Mac? Isn't that just a distro running on top of version a freeBSD Unix? ;-)

Jim 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Steele" <dbdoug at gmail.com>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, 3 February, 2015 3:52:35 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Working with Mac Mini from MS Windows via RealVNC. Was: Re[2]: Microsoft stock price crashed today

Hi Shamil:
Replies are embedded in questions

On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Salakhetdinov Shamil <mcp2004 at mail.ru>
wrote:

>  Hi Doug --
>
> Thank you, as you're not on dba-Tech, I will try to ask you my questions
> on Mac Mini usage here as I suppose your answers would be interesting for
> this group members:
>
> Main questions:
>
> - What (wireless) keyboard and mouse do you use with your Mac Mini?
>
I normally use a wired USB large Apple keyboard and an Apple Bluetooth
trackpad; I just tried it successfully with an Apple Bluetooth keyboard and
a Logitech mk360 USB dongle wireless keyboard and mouse.  They worked as
soon as they were plugged in.


>
> - Would it be a viable option to use a RealVNC Viewer (free version as
> paid one doesn't exists) running on an MS Windows system to control a Mac
> Mini (with RealVNC Server paid version)?
>
I've got no experience with this, but I imagine it would be fine.  From
what I've read, OSX works well with the VNC standard.

>
> Secondary questions,  just reply if you have any experience and/or wish to
> share your opinion:
>
> - What Mac Mini configuration would be good enough for  iPhone/iPad
> development with iOS 8 SDK and XCode?
>

I've done some XCode work.  My Mini is a 2.3Ghz I7 (late 2012) with 16gb
ram, and it runs very well.  I can have two Windows Parallels virtual
machines running and MS Access is just fine.  My Macbook Pro is a 2.3Ghz I5
(early 2011) with 8gb ram.  It's perfectly adequate for XCode development,
but I can't run more than one Windows VM without bogging down. Both
machines are running Yosemite.  Based on my experience with my Macbook Air,
which has an SSD instead of a HD, I think that a Mini with an SSD drive
would be a rocket.

>
> - Have you ever tried to connect a Mac Mini via HDMI to a Smart TV as
> e.g. Samsung UN40H6350 40-Inch 1080p 120Hz Smart LED TV (
> http://tinyurl.com/lvgmw9j)  to use it as a display? Thank you.
>

No, I haven't.

>
> -- Shamil
>
>
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