Georg R. Baumann
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Greetings,
my first Mac should arrive end of the week. Now I have a basic question. I like the idea to have only monitors and keyboard/mouse/wacom in my office, hence would like to place the mac into the adjacent maschine room which would be round about 8 meters away.
1.
I ordered 10 meter cables for the monitors, but what about bluetooth? I have no experience with bluetooth. Can I use the keyboard and mouse over that distance with a stone wall inbetween?
2.
What about USB and Firewire connections, what maximum cable length can you use without need to boost the signal?
3.
Assuming bluetooth works as described in 1., it is my understanding that the macbook pro cann communicate with the mac pro via bluetooth, hence I can access data on the mac pro via my mac book. But waht about the DVD drive in my mac book? Can I use that to install software on the mac pro?
Thanks!
my first Mac should arrive end of the week. Now I have a basic question. I like the idea to have only monitors and keyboard/mouse/wacom in my office, hence would like to place the mac into the adjacent maschine room which would be round about 8 meters away.
1.
I ordered 10 meter cables for the monitors, but what about bluetooth? I have no experience with bluetooth. Can I use the keyboard and mouse over that distance with a stone wall inbetween?
2.
What about USB and Firewire connections, what maximum cable length can you use without need to boost the signal?
3.
Assuming bluetooth works as described in 1., it is my understanding that the macbook pro cann communicate with the mac pro via bluetooth, hence I can access data on the mac pro via my mac book. But waht about the DVD drive in my mac book? Can I use that to install software on the mac pro?
Thanks!