Working with powerbook and imac TOGETHER ??!

Is it somehow possible to use my powerbook as a keyboard for the imac (i like the powerbook a lot more for typing)
or is it even possible to connect powerbook and imac in that way that i can type at the powerbook, use the imac as computer and having BOTH screens available as one big screen?
any suggestions or just impossible??

"Is it somehow possible to use my powerbook as a keyboard for the imac (i like the powerbook a lot more for typing) "
I guess nothing is impossible as long as you have the skills to take apart a PB and do A LOT of modifications. Well, I don't, you I'll focus on the real world options..
1. The only way would be to create a network and use VLC, which is taking control of your iMac remotely via your powerbook. You can use the build in Apple Remote Desktop client (well, actually it's a server, since it's providing the information) and a VLC viewer like Chicken of the VLC (search www.versiontracker.com). I would work, no doubt about that, yet it would be overkill if you asked me.
2. You mean having both screens work as one big screen? No way. You'd have to get an external display. PBs officially support a dual monitor set up. In iMacs it's disabled for marketing reasons (Apple wants to distinguish between avar. user and pros). You can enable it using "screen spanning doctor". It will work, yet you might loose your warranty for doing unsupported modifications.

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