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connect imac as a extrenal monitor to my t420
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 11:12 am
by koden
anyone knows how to do that.
Only useful port on imac is a mini display port.
Must be some MAC port ???
can I use this and how?
Re: connect imac as a extrenal monitor to my t420
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 12:34 pm
by Neil
I don't have an iMac, so never had the opportunity to try such a thing. But, I figured Google would know how, and so here is the first response:
http://techtips.salon.com/use-imac-pc-monitor-1648.html
Re: connect imac as a extrenal monitor to my t420
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 1:36 pm
by koden
I did google something like this... just not sure what a mini display port is and what kind of connection that have to be in both ends...
is it a normal avi or monitor connection in the one end and a apple mini port connection in the other end...?
does such kind of cable exist?
Re: connect imac as a extrenal monitor to my t420
Posted: Wed Oct 24, 2012 4:42 pm
by Neil
Here is a link about the kind of cable needed:
http://www.cultofmac.com/20176/using-im ... ble/20176/
Apparently your T420 has a display port connection... so maybe the cable is all you will need.
http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/DisplayPort
Re: connect imac as a extrenal monitor to my t420
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 12:53 am
by koden
the first link appears to be a try and it did not work. He write that he will come back, but never did..
There are some comments underneed and as I understand nobody can get it work.
one use remote desktop from imac to laptop, so maybe that a solution,
I can understand on other comments that maybe there laptop are to old to send the right signal to imac.
Or have you read some solution in the link that i maybe don't understand?
My english sometimes not good when I have to understand tech. stuff

Re: connect imac as a extrenal monitor to my t420
Posted: Thu Oct 25, 2012 6:54 am
by Neil
Sorry...no...I don't see any solution that works in those sites either. I think you are understanding them correctly.