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Doubtful
May 8, 2006, 08:41 PM
Ok, I have 2 iMac 20" G5s here. One a PowerPC and one an Intel Core Duo. Both serve me well as I do some graphics work but not to the end that I need to spend more on the G5 tower. Anyhow...here's where the stupid question comes in. Is there any possible setup to hook them up in a way that the PowerPC iMac would function as a display for the Intel Core iMac? So that I could take advantage of the 20" display for use in applications like Photoshop and so on? So I could be running the Intel Core Duo while the PowerPC is serving as a display only is where I'm getting at, I suppose.

I'm already pretty positive that this can't be done but I've discovered a lot of people have solutions to things I wouldn't know how to do.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Just try not to laugh at me too hard. :p



WildCowboy
May 8, 2006, 08:42 PM
No...the iMac doesn't have a "video in" port.

jsw
May 8, 2006, 08:47 PM
I'm pretty sure you could do something like that with some X11-based apps, but I'm not aware of any way to do such a thing with an app like Photoshop. I hope someone else could suggest some options....

disconap
May 10, 2006, 05:17 AM
Not to be a jerk, but if one of your two imacs is an intel, it's not a G5...