Connecting computers and monitors?

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June 25th, 2007, 07:01 PM

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Connecting computers and monitors?

Hey all

I was just here pondering and wanted to know if there was an easy solution to my situation: I have a work computer and personal laptop and I was wondering if there was a way to connect the monitors together while not disconnecting them from their original computer? It'd be more convenient if I could run programs from both computers on both screens at the same time.

If so, let me know please. If not, oh well, I'll live

Thank you.

Brandyn

June 26th, 2007, 02:40 PM

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Not sure I understand what you mean about connecting the monitors together ??

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June 26th, 2007, 04:32 PM

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Connecting monitors as in running dual monitors.

June 27th, 2007, 02:34 AM

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It's possible with two seperate monitors, for sure, but I don't think you'll be able to run the monitor on the notebook from the desktop.

July 2nd, 2007, 07:03 PM

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I can connect the laptop monitor and a regular monitor already. There's a dual monitor connection built onto my laptop and I use it quite frequently.

July 2nd, 2007, 07:06 PM

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this is probably not what you are after, but synergy is a neat client/server program that allows multiple computers to share the same keyboard/mouse via ip. you will be able to run programs from each computer on their own monitor(s) but i am not aware of any software/hardware that allows you to mix/match hardware/os amongst multiple monitors.

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