On 2010 Feb 7, at 10:46, 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?
There's a $30 piece of shareware called ScreenRecycler:
http://www.screenrecycler.com/home.html
I tried out the demo, but found it too slow for a 2003 vintage PowerBook on my
home router. Perhaps your iMac would have better results. If you have an
extra ethernet connection on you regular Mac, a cross-over cable might provide
better performance.
While it uses VNC under the covers, the nice thing about ScreenRecycler is that
it really looks like a monitor to the regular machine. You can either mirror
the displays or have multi-displays.
>
> My iMac is old and aging and ridiculously slow. I have a Mini that
> I've been using for other things that I no longer need to do, and it's
> much newer and faster and I'd like to use it as my regular desktop.
> The only downside is the only monitor I have is a very old 15" which
> is, well, small.
>
> My ideal would be to use the iMac screen, use the iMac disk as extra
> storage (if possible) and connect it to the Mini.
>
> Obviously, Screen sharing is one way to do this, but it's kludgy and
> doesn't really work quite as well.
>
> Any help is appreciated -thanks!
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Jeff Holmbeck
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