Hi Ronn, Thanks for that, I will forward the info on but in the meantime, my daughter is planning on paying a visit to MacWorx in Joondalup so she will get their advice on the matter also.
Apparently, it is the Graphics card in her iMac and that item is no longer available. Regards John > On 6 Feb 2019, at 11:10 am, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: > > Hi John, > > I don’t mind you forwarding the information to your daughter, but please make > sure she seeks professional advice as to the feasibility of using a Windows > laptop as a Monitor for the Mac Mini. There might be too much lag in the > screen refreshing etc to be a viable option. > > Kind regards, > Ronni > > Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > > >> On 6 Feb 2019, at 10:58 am, John Thompson <jetj...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: >> >> Hi Ronni, >> >> Many thanks for that info. I will, with your permission of course, forward >> it on to my youngest daughter. Her 2007 27” iMac died recently - the >> problem was in the Monitor and apparently, replacement parts are not >> available - don’t know the exact cirumstances. Due to serious health >> situations in her family she is not in a position to puchase a new full >> computer (of the Apple kind) but will have to buy a cheap Windoze laptop for >> work purposes. She would like to purchase a MacMini and be able to use the >> laptop as a monitor. >> >> Please let me know if there is a problem with forwarding this information. >> >> Regards >> >> John T >> >> >>> On 6 Feb 2019, at 10:36 am, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >>> >>> Hello John, >>> >>> I’m not sure if this is still applicable, Daniel, Peter H or others will be >>> able to confirm. >>> I prefer to use a separate monitor. >>> >>> It’s a Yes and No situation. >>> /Begin Quote: >>> “The vast majority of Windows laptops have a graphics OUT port, but no >>> graphics in port, so you can't just connect up your Mac Mini to the >>> graphics port on the back of your laptop. >>> >>> However, you can run remote control software on your Mac that displays your >>> Mac output on the screen of another computer (and, for that matter, allows >>> the remote computers keyboard and mouse to be used.) The fact that the >>> remote computer could use its keyboard and mouse doesn't stop the devices >>> actually plugged into your Mac Mini from working, so you could quite >>> happily control the Mac with its own devices, but let the screen display >>> over the network onto your Windows laptop. >>> >>> There are some caveats, the solution I'm describing works well for office >>> applications, and stuff where the screen doesn't update that quickly. Don't >>> even consider using it for games - you need a direct connection from the >>> Mac Mini to a real monitor for those.” >>> /End Quote: >>> >>> Kind Regards, >>> Ronni >>> >>> Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB >>> >>> >>>> On 6 Feb 2019, at 9:55 am, John Thompson <jetj...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: >>>> >>>> Just a quick question to the group. >>>> >>>> Is it possible to use a laptop, any laptop not just Apple, as a monitor >>>> for a MacMini? >>>> >>>> Regards >>>> >>>> John Thompson > > -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- > Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> > Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> > Settings & Unsubscribe - > <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug> -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
