On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 10:33 AM, Karl Kuehn <[email protected]> wrote: > On Feb 7, 2010, at 8:46 AM, Jeff Weinberger wrote: > >> This may seem like an odd question, but does anyone know if there is a way >> to use an iMac as a monitor for another Mac? > > <snip> > >> Obviously, Screen sharing is one way to do this, but it's kludgy and doesn't >> really work quite as well. > > > Unfortunately Screen Sharing is probably going to be your only viable > option this way. The latest wave of iMacs do have a way of being driven by an > external source, but that source must be capable of driving DisplayPort > devices (HDMI and DVI need not apply). But that does not help you with an old > iMac. > > In theory there might be some creative soldering/surgery where you > could solder a ribbon cable in place between the two computers to do this, > but there is a good chance that they don't have matching internal connectors, > and that this would be more trouble than it was worth (and a good chance you > would fry both). > > You are probably better served giving up on the old computer, and > buying a real monitor for the mini. > > -- > Karl Kuehn > [email protected] >
As I suspected...but had to ask :( Thank you!! _______________________________________________ MacOSX-talk mailing list [email protected] http://www.omnigroup.com/mailman/listinfo/macosx-talk
