Using a laptop as an extra monitor

I have a G5 desk top, and an old power mac G4 laptop. The laptop is pants now and reallly slow. What I would liek to do is use the laptop as an extra monitor, as I work a lot in final cut pro, and studio pro, so a separate screen woudl be very handy. Is there any way to connect the two so that the laptop is just a second monitor?

I don't know the answer to your question of whether there's Mac software to do this. I do know there is Windows XP software to do the same thing on Windows (one such program is http://www.maxivista.com), so I wouldn't be surprised if there is similar software for Mac. In fact, I might be disappointed if there is not similar software for Mac.
One other possible option is to use something like VNC. If there are any VNC servers for the Mac that allow you to set up a server as a second virtual display, then you could run a VNC client on your laptop. It wouldn't be fast, but might be good enough. But I'm a Mac newbie, and don't know what VNC servers exist for it.
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