On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 6:03 PM, Larry Colen <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 05, 2013 at 03:50:18PM -0600, steve harley wrote: >> >> if the CPU is obsolete, just put it in TDM and it will act just like >> a Thunderbolt display (the CPU can idle or remain booted headless) > > How would I do this with my old iMac? It doesn't have a thunderbolt port.
Sadly, you can't. >> some advantages for the iMac: >> >> * iMacs have discrete graphics; this is the only major performance >> difference (assuming you aren't relying on spinning disks, which are >> slower on the Mini); when the GPU matters, the iMac will be *much* >> faster > > I thought that Lightroom didn't make use of the GPU. As all screen output goes through the GPU, _everything_ makes use of the GPU. Some apps make additional use of it by sending CPU intensive graphics work there to be handled in parallel with the main CPU. >> >I'm also hoping that I can pull the superdrive out of >> >a dead macbook to repair the dead drive in the iMac. >> >> probably simpler to pop it into a cheap USB case > > If I have everything apart anyways, I might as well just do it right. Easier said than actually done. I'd use an external case myself. Also allows you to move it around--more flexible. -- -bmw -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
