MacBook + monitor + laptop as ext. monitor ?

[Monique Semp <monique -dot- semp -at- earthlink -dot- net>]

   Hello, WR-L-ers,
   My migration to the Parallels Windows 10 on MacBook OS X world is going
   so well that I anticipate being able to get rid of my current Dell
   Windows 7 laptop. But I'm reluctant to lose my 3-screen system, and
   wonder how I can replicate it with only a single machine providing both
   operating systems/applications?
   My desk is filled with my MacBook OS X on the left, my big monitor in
   the center, and my Dell Windows laptop on the right. I have a hardware
   KVM switch that I use to switch only the big monitor between the two
   machines, and I use ShareMouse to use my active keyboard/mouse (which
   can be the MacBook OS X or Dell Windows set: whatever I'm using most
   that day) on both systems, seamlessly (just keep moving horizontally).
   For reasons that I won't bore you with, I like certain OS-specific
   applications to be open on their relevant machines on their associated
   laptop screens. Then the big center screen is where I do the bulk of my
   work.
   But now with a single hardware machine (the MacBook Pro OS X) providing
   BOTH operating systems' applications (albeit through the Parallels VM
   for Windows 10), I'll be losing one of my screens. I've googled and
   found how to connect up two actual monitors, and how to use a laptop as
   third monitor.
   The obvious difficulty is that laptop video ports are output, and I
   need an input. So some sort of networking, Apple Play equivalent on my
   Dell would be needed.
   Any ideas?
   -Monique
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