Is there any way I can use my macbook pro as a second monitor?

I want to connect it to my Mac Pro, I have two video cards and was hoping I could just run a VGA cable between the two.
Thanks,
Chad....

With Mac OS X v10.5 and later, you can connect to another computer on your network and display that computer’s screen on your computer. While you share the computer’s screen, you can control what happens on that computer, such as opening documents or applications, opening, moving, or closing windows, and even shutting down the computer.
You can also share your computer’s screen with another computer on your network.
Mac OS X: Screen Sharing
If you can connect each computer to the Internet without changing cables, you already have the infrastructure needed for Screen Sharing. (File Sharing as well it turns out.)
All you need to do is use System Preferences to allow it, and specify who can connect and how much control they get.
OS X: Share the screen of another computer
Whether a WiFi connection, especially using an older 2.4GHz-only Router can give you good results is a separable issue. Using the mouse when there is a lot of lag is truly vexing.

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