[DM-MUG] Does a MacMini hook up to G4 iBook? and Making Music

[Matthew W.]

On Nov 16, 2006, at 9:52 AM, Victoria L. Herring wrote:

> Thanks Bill, my son wants a more powerful computer and I had hoped  
> the Mini would suffice and he could keep using his iBook....he  
> wants to write music and use Garage Band...he doesn't need the  
> latest and greatest so maybe we cna find an early MacBook or late  
> iBook that will suffice...any ideas???

You can use the Mini as a FireWire target drive, but the CPU in the  
iBook still powers the unit, and the drives are probably about the  
same speed in the Mini and the iBook anyway.

Why not get a cheap analog flat panel and use the DVI to VGA adapter  
that came with the Mini? Synchronize the documents or contents of  
particular folders by using Synchronize! Pro X, or something similar.  
A fast external FireWire hard drive from, say OWC, used as the boot  
drive of the Mini will noticeably increase the speed of the Mini and  
not require you to buy a new Mac. You could even use the flat panel  
monitor as a screen for the iBook when not portable.

Matthew


There is an evil tendency underlying all our technology - the  
tendency to do
what is reasonable even when it isn't any good.
     - Robert Pirsig, Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance