Display with powerbook g4

i've seen two displays being used as one display (applications can be dragged from one screen to the other, pretty much making one big screen) on a power mac g5. so i was wondering if this is possible with a powerbook screen. thanks

Just turn off "Mirroring" in the "Displays" pane in "System Preferences" (You may be able to change this setting with one of the PowerBooks F keys. Look in the manual.)
For an iBook, you will need an unsupported firmware patch.

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i wonder if i could connect the pb 15" display with a new G5 dual and turn the pb off, only the display on?
that would be fun.
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I'm pretty sure that you can't use a PowerBook for it's display only. You already know, of course, that you can use the PowerBook, as a computer, with an external monitor, with or without the PB's own display running, but so far as I know you cannot use a PB solely for its display.
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