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It’s getting to be that time again. The old CPU seems
\n sluggish, despite regular maintenance and spring cleaning, and we have
\n access to software our hardware can’t handle. It happens like clockwork,
\n every three years or so, and starts as a mild but nagging interest in
\n the latest offerings from Apple. Within six months or so it usually evolves
\n into focused lust for one particular configuration, which like all true
\n lusts gradually aggravates until it becomes intolerable until consummated.<\/p>\n
This time, however, we are at a loss. The new Intel
\n Macs are intriguing, although we learned long ago to eschew the first
\n iteration of any major revision of hardware or software. Plus,
\n universal binary versions of the tools we use daily, (Office, Photoshop
\n and Dreamweaver), will not be available until late ’06 or early ’07.
\n Meanwhile, even Apple advises against using Rosetta emulation to run
\n "Professional level" aps like Photoshop or Final Cut Pro.<\/p>\n
Plus, we still love the iMac’s gorgeous 17-inch screen
\n on the infinitely adjustable articulated neck. The screen is as bright
\n and brilliant as the day we took it from the carton, and we love it more
\n than any screen we have ever had. Why? Because of the neck.<\/p>\n
Sometimes, early in the morning, after an industrial
\n mug of Flor de Manabi coffee, we are wont to sit up ramrod straight,
\n and need the screen high and tight. Other times, like late at night,
\n watching some pirate video or reviewing a movie for possible classroom
\n use, we slump in our chair like Caligula at a seder, and need the screen
\n down low and dirty. Sometimes we keep it at a respectable distance and
\n keep our spectacles on, sometimes, for detail work, we whip off our glasses
\n and pull the screen right up to our eyeballs.<\/p>\n
Unfortunately, Apple no longer makes a model with an
\n articulated neck. The new iMacs have a one-piece processor\/screen,
\n which can be tilted, but not raised or lowered, or moved closer and further
\n away. We even looked for third-party monitors, figuring we could get
\n a Mac mini or G5, but could find no reasonably=priced monitors as elegantly
\n articulate as the iMac’s.<\/p>\n
So our question is this: Is there any way to connect
\n a new computer to the iMac and just use it’s screen? Some kind of screen
\n sharing or remote desktop? How about a direct connection from the new
\n computer to the video card on the iMac, which unfortunately has no video-in
\n port? How long will we have to wait for infinitely resizable windows
\n floating in thin air, a la
\n "Reboot"?\n <\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
It’s getting to be that time again. The old CPU seems sluggish, despite regular maintenance and spring cleaning, and we have access to software our hardware can’t handle. It happens like clockwork, every three years or so, and starts as … Continue reading