Can i use my imac g5 as a monitor only?

i want to get into the intel world at home and i have an imac g5. i was thinking of buying a mini and hoping that i could use the monitor of the imac as the monitor for the mini (without using the computer part of the imac). i'm not sure if/how this can be done but it would save me the money of having to buy another monitor when the one in the imac works fine.
thanks

If your Mac Mini has 4 USB ports, it may have difficulty with Screen Recycler and an iMac G5. Older PowerPC Mac Minis with 2 USB ports would play better together with iMac G5s. The Intel and PowerPC Macs don't play well together with that program.
Your other options are listed here:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=1587927
If migrating data to an Intel Mac, look over this user tip:
http://discussions.apple.com/thread.jspa?threadID=435350&tstart=0

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