Hi John, I don’t mind you forwarding the information to your daughter, but please make sure she seeks professional advice as to the feasibility of using a Windows laptop as a Monitor for the Mac Mini. There might be too much lag in the screen refreshing etc to be a viable option.
Kind regards, Ronni Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB > On 6 Feb 2019, at 10:58 am, John Thompson <jetj...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: > > Hi Ronni, > > Many thanks for that info. I will, with your permission of course, forward > it on to my youngest daughter. Her 2007 27” iMac died recently - the problem > was in the Monitor and apparently, replacement parts are not available - > don’t know the exact cirumstances. Due to serious health situations in her > family she is not in a position to puchase a new full computer (of the Apple > kind) but will have to buy a cheap Windoze laptop for work purposes. She > would like to purchase a MacMini and be able to use the laptop as a monitor. > > Please let me know if there is a problem with forwarding this information. > > Regards > > John T > > >> On 6 Feb 2019, at 10:36 am, Ronni Brown <ro...@mac.com> wrote: >> >> Hello John, >> >> I’m not sure if this is still applicable, Daniel, Peter H or others will be >> able to confirm. >> I prefer to use a separate monitor. >> >> It’s a Yes and No situation. >> /Begin Quote: >> “The vast majority of Windows laptops have a graphics OUT port, but no >> graphics in port, so you can't just connect up your Mac Mini to the graphics >> port on the back of your laptop. >> >> However, you can run remote control software on your Mac that displays your >> Mac output on the screen of another computer (and, for that matter, allows >> the remote computers keyboard and mouse to be used.) The fact that the >> remote computer could use its keyboard and mouse doesn't stop the devices >> actually plugged into your Mac Mini from working, so you could quite happily >> control the Mac with its own devices, but let the screen display over the >> network onto your Windows laptop. >> >> There are some caveats, the solution I'm describing works well for office >> applications, and stuff where the screen doesn't update that quickly. Don't >> even consider using it for games - you need a direct connection from the Mac >> Mini to a real monitor for those.” >> /End Quote: >> >> Kind Regards, >> Ronni >> >> Ronni Brown’s iPad Pro 12.9-inch 256GB >> >> >>> On 6 Feb 2019, at 9:55 am, John Thompson <jetj...@optusnet.com.au> wrote: >>> >>> Just a quick question to the group. >>> >>> Is it possible to use a laptop, any laptop not just Apple, as a monitor for >>> a MacMini? >>> >>> Regards >>> >>> John Thompson -- The WA Macintosh User Group Mailing List -- Archives - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/archives.shtml> Guidelines - <http://www.wamug.org.au/mailinglist/guidelines.shtml> Settings & Unsubscribe - <http://lists.wamug.org.au/listinfo/wamug.org.au-wamug>
