Use MacBook as Amp with e-guitar

Hi,
I'm using Garageband '09 with an iStudio link cable that connects my e-guitar (Epiphone) to the line-in/out on my MacBook pro 13" (mid 2009).
My goal is to use my MacBook as an amp, i.e. get the guitar sound out of my MacBooks speakers with some effects (in real time).
What are the setting I have to apply (I suppose I have to switch the line-in/out to just line-in and I've already read something about turning "monitoring on")?
Thanks for helping!

Yes, you'll have to turn monitoring on - go to the guitar track's info pane by pressing cmd-I. If you're happy with the speakers' sound, fine - I don't think you'll be able to connect to better speakers through the line out since it's impossible to use your in/out jack as input and output simultaneously - but maybe someone else can help you with that.
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