- Multi-tasking with Multiple Macs -

Hi,
I don't know anything about networking computers or suchlike, so I hope there's someone who can help me.
I'm thinking about connecting 2 Mini-Macs to my iMac, in order to improve the amount of work I can handle - 1 Mini-Mac to import information, my iMac to actually work on things, the other Mini-Mac to burn DVDs.
In such a setup :-
Can I switch to each Mac, to access it and start off a process ??
Transfer information between them ??
I'm sure the above isn't very difficult to sort out, and seems like a great way to be more productive without needing to spend too much extra money or take up too much desk space.
Any comments or suggestions will be gratefully recieved.
Thanks,
Peter
2.0 Ghz G5 iMac   Mac OS X (10.4.5)   Lotsa RAM, Lotsa HD, BlueTooth, Wireless, Bioware Neural Interface Data System

The goal for me is to have each machine doing something at athe same time..
..If I'm importing something into iMovie, for instance, I can't do much else with it until it's finished.
With multiple machines, I should be able to import with 1 Mac and then import something else when I'm working on the file from the 1st Mac.
Because I wouldn't want to jeapordise the file I'd be importing I wouldn't want to do anything too intensive - ergo, pass off the importing to a seperate machine.
My idea is to be able to be doing 3 things at once - as I said, importing, working and burning.
I don't need a powerhouse of a mzchine to do what I'm planning on doing, nor several screened Macs - however, I do need several processes to be ongoing at the same time.
Peter
2.0 Ghz G5 iMac   Mac OS X (10.4.5)   Lotsa RAM, Lotsa HD, BlueTooth, Wireless, Bioware Neural Interface Data System

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