Setting Up Extended Desktop

I am trying to set up an extended desktop for my iMac.  The operating system on it is 10.6.8 and I am trying to set it up so that the extended desktop utilizes my Macbook Pro system 10.7.5.  I have the thunderbolt cable and have connected it to both computers and tried the following:
System Preferences -> Displays -> Arrangement
However, when I go into system preferences there is no option under displays for arrangement.  What am I doing wrong or what should I be doing to make this work?  Is it even possible?  Thank you.

There is no MacBookPro model that I know of that you could use as an extended desktop for your iMac.  I don't think any MBP's ever supported use of the MBP as a display for another computer.
Only certain iMac models support(ed) their use as a monitor for another computer connected to it via miniDP.  If you have such an iMac, you may be able to use it as an extended desktop for your MacBookPro, but not the other way around.

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