Use laptop display for dual display

I'm working on a G5 w/ artisan monitor and want some extra screen real estate. I have a G4 power book and wondered if I can somehow use the screen on the laptop as a dual display for the G5? Both run OSX tiger.

Hi Virginia,
Welcome to the discussions.
As far as I am aware, the graphics cards on the powerbooks enable you to run a second display from the laptop, but only as a "mirrored" (i.e. identical picture) of the main display on the laptop. For extra screen real estate, you need fully independant operation, and that can't happen.
Also, I don't think you can use the screen off the laptop as a "passive" display, as there is no practical way of supplying the correct video input to your laptop display from the second graphics port of the G5.
For these two reasons, I believe that what you are considering will not be possible.
Cheers!
Karl

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1.0
1.1
1.2
1.3
1.4
2.0
Date initially released
December 9, 2002
May 20, 2004
August 8, 2005
June 22, 2006
May 28, 2009
September 12, 2013
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165
165
165
340
340[109]
600
Maximum TMDS throughput per channel (Gbit/s) including 8b/10b overhead
1.65
1.65
1.65
3.40
3.40
6
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4.95
4.95
4.95
10.2
10.2
18
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3.96
3.96
3.96
8.16
8.16
14.4
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36.86
36.86
36.86
36.86
36.86
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24
24
24
48[a]
48
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1920×1200p60
1920×1200p60
1920×1200p60
2560×1600p75
4096×2160p24
4096×2160p60
Maximum resolution over single link at 30-bit/px[c]
N/A
N/A
N/A
2560×1600p60
4096×2160p24
Maximum resolution over single link at 36-bit/px[d]
N/A
N/A
N/A
1920×1200p75
4096×2160p24
Maximum resolution over single link at 48-bit/px[e]
N/A
N/A
N/A
1920×1200p60
1920×1200p60
Maximum 3D resolution (using a full resolution 3D format) over single link at 24-bit/px
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
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Hello Everyone:
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