I plan to buy a Mac Mini to use as a media centre. Plan is to hook it up to my plasma screen via an HDMI or DVI connector. I have an iMac G5 upstairs on a Linksys wireless internet connection. My questions are:
1. Will the Mac Mini connect directly to my TV with a simple DVI cable ?
2. Does 'Bonjour' automatically detect my iMac G5 over the wireless network ?
3. WIll I be able to stream my iTunes content (songs and video) from my iMac, to my Mac Mini and then to my TV ?
4. If I have a keybaord and mouse for the mac mini, will I be able to surf the net with Safari / Firefox showing the pages on the TV screen ?
Thanks .... JP
1. Will the Mac Mini connect directly to my TV with a simple DVI cable ?
2. Does 'Bonjour' automatically detect my iMac G5 over the wireless network ?
3. WIll I be able to stream my iTunes content (songs and video) from my iMac, to my Mac Mini and then to my TV ?
4. If I have a keybaord and mouse for the mac mini, will I be able to surf the net with Safari / Firefox showing the pages on the TV screen ?
Thanks .... JP
... It'll simply let the TV act as the main monitor. You could mount the iMac's drive over the network (nothing "streaming" going on) and simply open the files from there. Depending on the network speed, that should be fine. Of course you could also use iTunes' sharing feature - and yes, Bonjour should find a shared iTunes library just fine. But why not buy a big external harddrive for the Mac mini and host the media there. This way, you can power the iMac off when you want to lay back and enjoy some movies/music etc.