Using Laptop screen as second monitor?

Hey gusy,
I have a Mac Pro and a MacBook Pro. With the Mac Pro I have just the one screen - used to have two, but now just the one as I rarely need it. However, for a job I'm doing at the moment, it would be handy to have the use of two screens. Do you know if it's possible to hook both computers up and use the LapTop screen as a second monitor for my Mac Pro?

James Arter1 wrote: ... older Mac Pro's, so no Thunderbolt :-(
Then it seems you can't use your LapTop as a second monitor for Mac Pro.
An external monitor would seem to be the least cost path to more display.
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