IMac the Perfect Monitor

So I've been thinking about
buying an iMac Mini
I just use my computers for home
and Macintosh is the only computer I use
so I never had a computer monitor...
So is there a way
I could use my iMac G5
as a monitor screen for
the iMac Mini
I'm planning to buy?

Hello,
The only way to do that would be to rewire the iMac G5 computer internally. You would need to manually rewire the wires leading to the monitor to adapt them to connect to your Mac Mini.
It's not impossible. But, it is not practical unless you have the schematics and experience with a soldering iron.
Otherwise, there is no simple "plug-in" solution to use your iMac G5 as a monitor for another system.
I hope this helps.

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