Is this plausible?
Scenario: I buy that 20" iMac & it's a charmer BUT can't play some games well enuff & chokes on a coupla demanding jobs i do.... so, a few months later i can afford th single 1.8 PM w/decent graphic chip - no new monitor- but that's ok cos i just plug it into my iMac (w/appropriate input) & thanx to something like xgrid (or allenmcjones' "Wolf" maybe) i have a dual CPU setup w/great graphics capability & nice monitor.
Even if th iMac's CPU was dedicated to just running th OS plus managing th processing stream leaving th PM's CPU to run apps unhindered i'd consider this a worthwhile trade-off.
[& a dual PM plugged in could really show off! th Trinity system.]
So - is there any real hardware limitation preventing this possibility? or is it just lack of DV input on th iMac? bus speeds need to match so only th single 1.8 could do it? fine...but couldn't th iMac's G5 make any adjustments needed in software if it's just running th OS & plug-in demands?
wouldn't th iMac make a worthwhile "smart" monitor allowing for such an upgrade path? kinda pricey screen i know but it would've paid for itself to some extent while it's used standalone.
is this just too much upgrade/reusability for Apple to consider?
Even if th iMac's CPU was dedicated to just running th OS plus managing th processing stream leaving th PM's CPU to run apps unhindered i'd consider this a worthwhile trade-off.
[& a dual PM plugged in could really show off! th Trinity system.]
So - is there any real hardware limitation preventing this possibility? or is it just lack of DV input on th iMac? bus speeds need to match so only th single 1.8 could do it? fine...but couldn't th iMac's G5 make any adjustments needed in software if it's just running th OS & plug-in demands?
wouldn't th iMac make a worthwhile "smart" monitor allowing for such an upgrade path? kinda pricey screen i know but it would've paid for itself to some extent while it's used standalone.
is this just too much upgrade/reusability for Apple to consider?
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Now I guess they should have banned me rather than just shut off posting priviledges, because kickaha and Amorph definitely aren't going to like being called to task when they thought they had it all ignored *cough* *cough* I mean under control. Just a couple o' tools.
Don't worry, as soon as my work resetting my posts is done I'll disappear forever.