iBook G3 with Mac Mini

Hi

Unfortunately, you won't be able to use your iBook as a monitor for the Mac mini, since it has no video-in port. You would need an actual DVI or VGA monitor.

Matt

Welcome to Apple Discussions!

It's possible to use your iBook to control a Mac mini, but you'd need to use something like VNC - with the iBook running as the 'host' and mini running as 'client'. The mini would then show up as a window on the iBook screen, but it's doubtful that performance would be particularly great for anything but fairly basic work, and certainly not up to the power of the mini itself. The mini would run at it's normal speed of course, but the performance you'd see would be governed by how quickly the iBook could handle network data and refresh window content. Disabling all unnecessary processes in the iBook would help a little, but whether you'd find it acceptable depends on what you were trying to do.

I would look for an inexpensive display - possibly even a CRT type if funds are limited - and use the mini as a stand alone system for best performance and least complicated solution!

AndyO wrote:
It's possible to use your iBook to control a Mac mini, but you'd need to use something like VNC - with the iBook running as the 'host' and mini running as 'client'.

True, but of course you'd need to connect the mini to a regular monitor first to set up the VNC access ...

Matt

Indeed, certainly true and a critical point if there is no display available.