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I have a Macpro (dec.2007) and a brandnew Macbook pro. I bought a 24" Cinema Led Display to use with my Macpro only to find out that it needs to have a minidisplay connector.
Anyway; I am now thinking if it would be possible to use my macbook pro as my main computer with the new display attached and link it to my 'old' Macpro. Would that work? The MacPro runs on Max OSX 10.5.8 and the new Macbook on Snow Leopard.
I am not sure if it is such a great idea and what the problems are but I was wondering if it is at all possible and if anyone has any experience with this.
Thanks!
Simone

That depends on what you mean by "use." What exactly do you mean?
If you mean harness the full power of the Mac Pro, you could do it using Screen Sharing to control the Mac Pro from the MacBook Pro.
If you mean to access the files from the Mac Pro from the MacBook Pro, then you want to use File Sharing from the Mac Pro.

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