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Comment by Jose on "3 Monitor Setup With Two Computers And One Keyboard"

suppressed@unknown.org (Jose) — Thu, 06 May 2010 13:40:27 GMT

I knew you'll end up with three monitors up in your desk ;) Enjoy!

Posted by: Jose

Comment by BryanP on "3 Monitor Setup With Two Computers And One Keyboard"

suppressed@unknown.org (BryanP) — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 22:45:50 GMT

Jon, great article! I was looking for a 3 monitor setup but this would work even better for me because sometimes I need that extra pc to run some large video jobs. My question is have you had a chance to try out Input Director yet? Just curious what your thoughts were as far as how well it compares to Synergy. Thanks!

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Comment by JustinB on "3 Monitor Setup With Two Computers And One Keyboard"

suppressed@unknown.org (JustinB) — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 21:46:51 GMT

I was a devoted Synergy user for quite some time, but I found a piece of software that blows it out of the water: MaxiVista. MaxiVista can, at a minimum, do exactly what synergy does. Where it veers into "holy crap" territory is its ability to actually extend your current machine's desktop onto another machine, using VNC and some driver-level trickery to make it happen. Essentially it creates a "soft" monitor and then displays the contents on a remote machine. With a flip of a switch on the system tray icon, the extended desktop is hidden, and your main computer has synergy-style control of the remote system. Pretty amazing stuff :) The cheapo $40 version can handle one external monitor and doesn't support synergy-style remote control. The $50 version supports up to three external monitors (even if some are already in multi-monitor setup on their host computer). The $99 version adds "desktop mirroring and "maximized display performance", which seems superfluous to me, since it's already fast enough that I can play video content on the remote monitor. Smart money's on the $50 version, of course. There are two notable downsides compared to synergy: 1. You lose Aero Glass while the external monitor is connected. A fair trade-off, IMO. 2. MaxiVista is Windows Only. One of the best things about synergy is that you can control a mac, linux, and windows machine from the same console. I use MaxiVista at work (a Microsoft shop), so it's not a big deal for me. Still, I'd love to see them develop a remote client for Mac/Linux. http://www.maxivista.com

Posted by: JustinB

Comment by Jon Arild Tørresdal on "3 Monitor Setup With Two Computers And One Keyboard"

suppressed@unknown.org (Jon Arild Tørresdal) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 19:53:15 GMT

Lomox: Input Director looks good. I'll check it out.

Posted by: Jon Arild Tørresdal

Comment by lomox on "3 Monitor Setup With Two Computers And One Keyboard"

suppressed@unknown.org (lomox) — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 05:41:40 GMT

There is also a software called Input Director

Posted by: lomox