Can I hook up my desktop tower to my laptop for a monitor?

dupontmom Posts: 3, Reputation: 1

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Sep 13, 2009, 07:04 AM

Can I hook up my desktop tower to my laptop for a monitor?

I want to hook up my desktop tower to my laptop to use my laptop as a monitor.

ScottGem Posts: 64,966, Reputation: 6056

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Sep 13, 2009, 07:12 AM

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