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I have two laptops. One is a chromebook and one i a macbook pro. I wonder if there's any way to connect the two and have the chromebook as a secondary display? If not like this, is it possible with other Os?

 

 

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Not that I know of. Neither of them has a video input. 

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1 minute ago, Jamiec1130 said:

Not that I know of. Neither of them has a video input. 

That's unfortunate. Would be really nice to have :-) 

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2 minutes ago, MacHiver said:

That's unfortunate. Would be really nice to have :-) 

You can get one of those small USB powered portable monitors for your MacBook to use though. 

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Just now, Jamiec1130 said:

You can get one of those small USB powered portable monitors for your MacBook to use though. 

I have monitors to use, but I would really want to use this laptop as a display. It's trash and all, but for extra monitoring windows and stuff I would like it. 

If I were to take it apart, wouldn't I be able to use the display and a adapter?!

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Just now, ricksteendam1 said:

https://symless.com/synergy/linus22 maby this 

No. That is a software based keyboard and mouse switch. It doesn't allow you to share screen real-estate. It's only for mouse and keyboards. 

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1 minute ago, ricksteendam1 said:

https://symless.com/synergy/linus22 maby this is not really what you ask but you will get almost the same result 

Haha I was just about to link that as well xD

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1 minute ago, Jamiec1130 said:

No. That is a software based keyboard and mouse switch. It doesn't allow you to share screen real-estate. It's only for mouse and keyboards. 

but you have 2 separate screens that way to work on even clipboard 

ask me about your system builds, AIO's, CPU's, PSU's, and GPU's.

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Yeah, thought about that.

Correct me if I'm wrong. If I have like a program with several windows that communicate with each other, synergy can't do that. It can only move mouse and files and stuff?!

 

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Just now, ricksteendam1 said:

but you have 2 separate screens that way to work on even clipboard

But you'd still be using the second device only for it's OS, not extending the display of the main device. It's not what the OP is looking for. 

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Just now, MacHiver said:

Yeah, thought about that.

Correct me if I'm wrong. If I have like a program with several windows that communicate with each other, synergy can't do that. It can only move mouse and files and stuff?!

Yes, it's only for sharing mouse, keyboard and clipboard. 

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Secondary System: York

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Older File Server: Yet to be named

Intel Pentium 4 HT (1C/2T), Intel D865GBF, 3GB DDR 400MHz, ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB (HIS), 80GB WD Caviar, 320GB Hitachi Deskstar, Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows Server 2003 R2

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Might be time to explain my case then. 

I draw in sketchUp quite a lot on my macBook. I got this chromeBook from school, but it's, I'm not gonna lie, trash. I would like to have all my tool-windows and color-windows and stuff like that on the chromebook and only draw on the macBook. I have more displays, but I also have this computer that just sits there

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Think that would work, at least if you experiment a little and spend some time on it. The problem then is that I'm not running windows on either coumputer. Have considered dualbooting on the macBook, but not a chance the chromebook would handle that.

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Your best bet is seeing if there is an Airplay reciever software available to ChromeOS or Ubuntu. If not, see if there is any wireless screen mirroring software that has a transmitter for OSX and a reciever for ChromeOS os Ubuntu.

 

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4 hours ago, ricksteendam1 said:

you mean something like this? 

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/17463/windows-7-connect-to-another-computer-remote-desktop-connection

No, that's still not what the OP wants. That will allow you to use a computer's desktop remotely, not extend the desktop. 

Main System: Phobos

AMD Ryzen 7 2700 (8C/16T), ASRock B450 Steel Legend, 16GB G.SKILL Aegis DDR4 3000MHz, AMD Radeon RX 570 4GB (XFX), 960GB Crucial M500, 2TB Seagate BarraCuda, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations/macOS Catalina

 

Secondary System: York

Intel Core i7-2600 (4C/8T), ASUS P8Z68-V/GEN3, 16GB GEIL Enhance Corsa DDR3 1600MHz, Zotac GeForce GTX 550 Ti 1GB, 240GB ADATA Ultimate SU650, Windows 10 Pro for Workstations

 

Older File Server: Yet to be named

Intel Pentium 4 HT (1C/2T), Intel D865GBF, 3GB DDR 400MHz, ATI Radeon HD 4650 1GB (HIS), 80GB WD Caviar, 320GB Hitachi Deskstar, Windows XP Pro SP3, Windows Server 2003 R2

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