New iMac as monitor for Windows PC?

cks1885 · Dec 9, 2012, 11:32 AM

Hi all,

so alot of different opinions is out there. My you can verify it for me?

Have a lenovo X230 "work pc" with a mini display port output. I need to hook it up to a monitor when im working in my "home office".

I would really like to grab one of the new imac's but i need to be sure if i can use the monitor.

I saw this link:
http://techtips.salon.com/use-imac-pc-monitor-1648.html

Can someone confirm that this can be done?

Thanks alot

FreemanW · Dec 9, 2012, 01:56 PM

Let me call, um, . . . . ********.

Enlarge this for yourself and find the port being discussed in that Salon article.

It's not there.

I think since (2010?) Apple monitors are Thunderbolt.

drambuie · Dec 9, 2012, 02:20 PM

The only iMac this has a possibility of working with is the 2010 27" iMac. The 2011 and 2012 iMacs have Thunderbolt inputs only. Mini displayport connections won't work. There are some PC motherboards with built-in Thunderbolt controller connections, but so far, according to discussions in this forum, it appears that the iMac's Thunderbolt target display mode works with output from Macs only.

Stetrain · Dec 9, 2012, 02:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FreemanW

Let me call, um, . . . . ********.

Enlarge this for yourself and find the port being discussed in that Salon article.

It's not there.

I think since (2010?) Apple monitors are Thunderbolt.

The article is correct, but it's about the older models (2009-2010):

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3924

Blkant · Dec 9, 2012, 02:32 PM

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4469?v...S&locale=en_US

Maybe this could help get you in the right direction in seeing if the new models will support this somehow. Thunderbolt to hdmi?

glitch44 · Dec 9, 2012, 03:01 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blkant

http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4469?v...S&locale=en_US

Thunderbolt to hdmi?

No.

Dec 9, 2012, 11:32 AM	#1
cks1885 macrumors newbie Join Date: Dec 2012	New iMac as monitor for Windows PC? Hi all, so alot of different opinions is out there. My you can verify it for me? Have a lenovo X230 "work pc" with a mini display port output. I need to hook it up to a monitor when im working in my "home office". I would really like to grab one of the new imac's but i need to be sure if i can use the monitor. I saw this link: http://techtips.salon.com/use-imac-pc-monitor-1648.html Can someone confirm that this can be done? Thanks alot
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Dec 9, 2012, 01:56 PM	#2
FreemanW macrumors regular Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: The Real Northern California	Let me call, um, . . . . ********. Enlarge this for yourself and find the port being discussed in that Salon article. It's not there. I think since (2010?) Apple monitors are Thunderbolt.
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Dec 9, 2012, 02:20 PM	#3
drambuie macrumors 6502a Join Date: Feb 2010	The only iMac this has a possibility of working with is the 2010 27" iMac. The 2011 and 2012 iMacs have Thunderbolt inputs only. Mini displayport connections won't work. There are some PC motherboards with built-in Thunderbolt controller connections, but so far, according to discussions in this forum, it appears that the iMac's Thunderbolt target display mode works with output from Macs only.
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Dec 9, 2012, 02:32 PM	#5
Blkant macrumors member Join Date: Jul 2012	http://support.apple.com/kb/PH4469?v...S&locale=en_US Maybe this could help get you in the right direction in seeing if the new models will support this somehow. Thunderbolt to hdmi?
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