Imac 27inch display with laptop

Hi there all,
I have a iMac 27inch and would like to know if it is possible to use it as a display when working with my windows work laptop?
Cheers
Straydingo

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Not unless your laptop has a mini-DisplayPort. Your new iMac can only be a display for another computer that has mini-DispayPort output.
You can set up the laptop to share its screen with the iMac over a local network which would allow you to operate/control the laptop, but that is not quite the same thing and has a few seconds of delay usually. From experience it is not something that you would want to do all of the time.
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