Mac Mini and IMac intergration

I'm preparing a presentation for my bosses who dislike having to basically halt production on other projects when exporting the print ready files of one in Indesign. (you can't package one file in indesign and work on another)
A idea i had was to find a way to take a mac mini backup and interface it so i could use my Dell XPS m1210 laptop or 17 In Imac as just the monitor.
any way i can link another computer with the Mini and just use the monitor?

NekoLLX wrote:
Does that make sense?
Not really
But I think I know what you're getting at...I just answered a similar question in another post...If you're just doing this occasionally you could use Apple Remote Desktop (or a free VNC client) to control your mini's "screen". Basically on your mini go to the Sharing control panel and turn on the Apple Remote Desktop service. Then click Access Privileges button and turn on "VNC viewers may control screen with password" and assign a non-trivial password.
now on your PC or another Mac download a free VNC client. (I use the Apple Remote Desktop app ($500) so am not familiar with free clients but I hear "Chicken Of The VNC" mentioned alot) and use client to connect to mini...
If it works then you should be able to start up the mini w/out a monitor (headless) and then connect to it using VNC. you may have issues with finding mini, however, if your network/subnet changes. Maybe Bonjour will help?!?

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I have owned two iMac G5 systems, and both had serious faults with their built-in LCD panel.
The first would permanently etch in anything on the screen for every hour of intensive use.
It wouldn't etch it in in normal use. But, if I did any of my audio work, it would heat up the system so hot that the image on the screen would literally cook into the LCD panels plastic surface.
It literally looked like you took a razor blade, and precisely carved the exact image into the surface of the screen. Pretty nasty looking. Nothing would get rid of it, and it would happen every time I did my audio editing / processing work for an hour.
Naturally, the more work I did, the worse it got. I only got two editing sessions out of an LCD panel before having it replaced.
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I got tired of damaging the screen after every hour of work.
The second iMac G5 was purchased a year later. That one also suffered permanent damage to it's LCD panel. But, not quite as noticeable.
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I was seeing actual permanent screen burn-in (which is not supposed to happen on LCD panels).
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Just made the move from pc to apple world. First time poster. Please feel free to suggest if this topic is better suited in another area.
I am looking for an ideal means of sharing my music library (+/- 1.5TB size) from my mac mini with my 2 kids iMacs.
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kenreau wrote:
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Connect Mac mini and iMac... please!

Connect iMac and Mac mini... please
Posted: Jan 30, 2006 7:17 AM Reply Email
Hi guys
I can't figure out how to make my iMac and Mac mini talk to each other... let me explain better...
I have a wired Linksys router that always worked ok connecting the iMac and a Windows XP... I used to connect them by SMB... I haven't been able to do the same with both Macs... do I have to enable "file sharing" or something?
Is there a way I can connect both macs wirelessly? even having a wired connection to the internet? both Macs have Blue Tooth and Airport ...
What I want...
I want to be able to share a printer connected to the iMac and have both HD mounted ALL THE TIME on both machines... so I would be able to work on the mini and save to the iMac... share my iTunes library that stays on the mini...
I am only being able to share my internet connection using the wired router... that's it... I can't go farther than that... why?
Sorry for the dumb question... I know it is supposed to be quite simple but I got stuck...
Cheers!

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