Q: MacBook Pro with Retina display to imac
Hi
Can i connect a MacBook Pro with Retina display to a mid 2010 imac 27" ? in ANY way? to use as a second screen... HDMI to mini display.. ive a feeling i know the answer but its worth asking.....
thanks!
Posted on Mar 10, 2015 6:43 AM
"apple would prefer me to purchase a new tbolt screen that use the imac,"
Uhh yup, that's why there net worth is over $700 Billion. Well that and a few other things.
" imac (mid 2010 27")"
So here's something else you might consider:
http://eshop.macsales.com/shop/SSD/OWC/Mercury_6G/
Since that iMac is still a very viable machine you could drop an SSD in there.
Check out the benchmarks:
http://eshop.macsales.com/Reviews/Framework.cfm?page=/Benchmarks/CS6BenchmarkPag e-iMac.html
Not sure if you have the i5 or i7 but note the change in boot times from mid 40 seconds to 18 seconds.
I've put SSDs in 6 of my older machines and the difference is significant. In fact I was working on a 2010 MacBook w/ a conventional drive and saw the spinning beach ball. I realized I hadn't seen that on any of my machines in 5 months!
On my early 2011 MBP 13" Photoshop CS 6 starts in 3.4 seconds and Word 2011 in 2 seconds flat.
Times on browsers are comparable.
Taking that 27.5" apart is no easy task however!
Posted on Mar 10, 2015 5:01 PM