Macbook Pro for second monitor?

[btadler]

Hello All,

I am assuming the answer to this is No but I couldn't find any recent threads on this topic but maybe I didn't look hard enough.

Anyways, my question is if I can use my Macbook Pro Retina 13" as a second monitor for my Windows 7 computer either through a direct connection to the video card or with the assistance of software. Most of what I found in my search said no but those threads were few years old so I was hoping something has changed since then. Really I just want to use my MB Pro for a side display while gaming to display team speak and a reference browsers etc. and I would prefer not to buy another monitor if I don't have to.

Thanks for the assistance.

 

[dave_the_nerd]

You're right, the answer is no!

(At least not as such. You could probably hack something with VNC over the network, but that's not really working as a monitor anyway.)

Although if the application in question is teamspeak and web browsing, the MBP will do an adequate job of both of those things just fine, without hooking it up to your desktop.

 

[btadler]

I suppose you are right that I could just lunch separately on the MBP... Just have to install everything on here... Sometimes I don't think things through properly... Thanks for the advice!