mini and imac

bobs7 · bobs7 #1 (**permalink**)

01-09-2013, 06:21 AM

i am thinking of buying a mini
my old imac is 2006 model
acn i use the old imac purely as a monitor screen for the new mini and what needs to be done/taken off the old imac first to make this work if poss??

mrplow · mrplow #2 (**permalink**)

01-09-2013, 08:12 AM

There's no video input on the iMac so I'm afraid that using it as a monitor is a non starter

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bobs7 #1 (permalink)
Member Since: Jan 09, 2013 Posts: 1	01-09-2013, 06:21 AM i am thinking of buying a mini my old imac is 2006 model acn i use the old imac purely as a monitor screen for the new mini and what needs to be done/taken off the old imac first to make this work if poss??
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