Hi Godders, On it’s website, Apple says the 2010 iMac can be driven thought the mini display port, with the cable plugged into the thunderport on the newer Mac.(https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204592) They provide instructions for setting it up. I assume there is some coding in firmware to make it happen. If it doesn’t work, I’ll just stick with my NEC monitor and give the 2010 iMac to my son. It still works, just has occasional hiccups. (It’s much improved since I disconnected one of my external drives.) Paul
> On Oct 2, 2015, at 10:27 PM, Godfrey DiGiorgi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sounds good. However, I'm not entirely sure that the 2010 iMac 27" can be > driven as an external display. That's pre-Thunderbolt, and I am under the > impression that the ability to be used as an external display came in with > the Thunderbolt hardware. > > G > >> On Oct 2, 2015, at 3:47 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> The old iMac has 16 gigs of memory, which should be adequate. I knew I could >> use the iMac as a monitor with the laptop, but I really need two large >> monitors for my journalism and marketing work so that I can open five or >> more docs at once. And that 5k display is stunning. I want the upgrade! > > > -- > 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. -- 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.
