The macosxhints Rating:
[Score: 8 out of 10]
- Developer: Patrick Stein/ Product page
- Price: €19.95 [free demo available]
There's a video on this page of the ScreenRecycler site that shows the program in action, using a PowerBook G4 as an additional screen for a MacBook Pro. It really is a pretty impressive solution, and works well for most programs. The exception are those programs that require hardware accelerated graphics; they may not work at all, or may not work correctly, when used on a second display that's running through ScreenRecycler. But for non-intensive tasks such as displaying palettes, editing text, writing emails, and even watching videos, ScreenRecycler works quite well (the faster the connection between the two machines the better, obviously). While it's not cheap, it's a heck of a lot less expensive than a second monitor.

