On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 11:38 AM, LuKreme <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 7-Feb-2010, at 09:46, 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?
>
> Not as such, but you could run a VNC server on the mini, or use Apple's 
> Screen Sharing to control the mini via the iMac. It would be *mostly* 
> seamless. I use Apple's Screen Sharing quite a bit, and as long as I remember 
> that I'm sharing, I find it very workable.
>
>> Obviously, Screen sharing is one way to do this, but it's kludgy and
>> doesn't really work quite as well.
>
> About as well as it's likely to get. I do not believe there is anyway to 
> disconnect an ild iMac's screen from the motherboard and attach it to another 
> machine. at least not easily (it's not like there's a DVI port and a pug 
> inside the case).
>
> Which iMac, specifically, is it?
>

I suspect as much.

I use spaces a lot, and space switching keyboard shortcuts don't work
over screen sharing, making it a bit more cumbersome, but I agree,
it's manageable.

It's an iMac (Intel) mid-2006.
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