Connect one macbook to another to use as external display

Hi, I would like to know it it is possible to connect two MacBook Pros (17" and 15") with a thunderbolt cable and use one as external display.

I'm pretty sure you cannot do this. The port is for video out, and I would be very surprised if were able to handle video in.

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