MacBook - Dual monitoring with 2 macbooks

mike.d756 · mike.d756 #1 (**permalink**)

10-21-2008, 05:10 AM

I need to be able to dual monitor with my macbook. I know this is possible with a projector or external display. But i now have another macbook that is not being used, and I was wondering if I could connect the two with firewire, usb, or any other way in order to use the screen of the second macbook as the dual monitor for the first one.

bad.heron · bad.heron #2 (**permalink**)

10-21-2008, 04:42 PM

I am not sure if this is possible - would be interested in seeing comments from the other guys. Bumping post up to the top.

ADKhikerVW · ADKhikerVW #3 (**permalink**)

10-21-2008, 06:58 PM

No this is not possible without using this, which uses VLC to connect to another computer over your network. Personally I do not find this to be a viable solution as it is too slow to be useful.

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Member Since: Oct 15, 2008 Location: England, UK Posts: 285 Mac Specs: 15.4" Macbook Pro, 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB DDR3, 128GB SSD Drive, NVIDIA GeForce 9400M+9600M GT	10-21-2008, 04:42 PM I am not sure if this is possible - would be interested in seeing comments from the other guys. Bumping post up to the top. 15.4" Apple Unibody Macbook Pro Mac OS X Snow Leopard (10.6.4), 2.8GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 4GB 1066Mz DDR3 SDRAM (2x2GB), 128GB Solid State Drive (SSD), NVIDIA GeForce 9400M + 9600M GT with 512MB, SuperDrive 8X - Apple Remote Infrared (IR) - Logitech MX Performance 2.4 GHz Wireless - Apple Keyboard Bluetooth - iPhone 4 32GB, Black
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Member Since: Oct 21, 2008 Posts: 1	10-21-2008, 05:10 AM I need to be able to dual monitor with my macbook. I know this is possible with a projector or external display. But i now have another macbook that is not being used, and I was wondering if I could connect the two with firewire, usb, or any other way in order to use the screen of the second macbook as the dual monitor for the first one.
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