iMac as a monitor?

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Mc Pavel

macrumors member

Original poster

• Feb 10, 2006

• #1

Hello!

Sorry for a stupid question guys, but i wonder if i can connect an iMac G5 (or iMac Intel Core Duo) to a PC and use it as just a monitor? I 😛 🙄

Thanx...

 

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Danksi

macrumors 68000

• Feb 10, 2006

• #2

Mc Pavel said:

Hello!

Sorry for a stupid question guys, but i wonder if i can connect an iMac G5 (or iMac Intel Core Duo) to a PC and use it as just a monitor? I 😛 🙄

Thanx...

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No - not directly out of the box.

You may be able to find a USB video input device, that supports VGA input for the PC's VGA out.

If the machines are networked:-

If you're running XP Pro, you can use RDC

If you're using something else, perhaps VNCTight

 

CanadaRAM

macrumors G5

• Feb 10, 2006

• #3

Video to USB inputs are going to suck for quality.
Networking connections are going to suck for speed.

McPavel We've answered this many times before on MR. Search is your friend,

 

dops7107

macrumors 6502a

• Feb 10, 2006

• #4

The OP raises a point though. The iMac G5 monitor is beautiful and it would be great if it had some form of input, so it could act as a single monitor for two computers, KVM-style. But I guess Apple wouldn't like to share its monitors so freely.

 

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Danksi

macrumors 68000

• Feb 10, 2006

• #5

dops7107 said:

The OP raises a point though. The iMac G5 monitor is beautiful and it would be great if it had some form of input, so it could act as a single monitor for two computers, KVM-style. But I guess Apple wouldn't like to share its monitors so freely.

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Nope.

They'd probably prefer you to buy an iMac Duo, a second Apple screen (since the Intel iMac now officially supports ext.desktop via DVI) and then use a KVM switch. 🙂