New iMacs in Early 2004?

[MarkCollette]

he only practical solution there is to have a monitor in port to use the whole base+monitor as just a monitor.

I was readign thru the old posts in this thread and that idea stuck out to me... (it was refering to having the iMac keep its attatched monitor, but having a pass thru mode to plug in a newer system to).

This'd be great! Imagine being able to setup your old iMac as a web/file/print/whatever server, and use its 17 or 20" display for your new powermac or whatever. Not to mention using it as a compiler/video conversion/number cruncher/etc (all the tasks that just take time, but you don't need done as fast as possible) while not bogging down your PM as you play a game of Halo ;-). Also being able to quickly switch the display over to the iMac so that you could easily troubleshoot problems with it would be nice.

Anywho, seemed like a neat idea. Would be a worthwile/profitable hack if someone could figure out how to do it...

Yes, and how about making the video in be able to take TV stuff as well, so with zero CPU load I could switch to watching TV while waiting for a compile or whatever.

 

[Urdam]

I agree

I agree