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[tunnie]

Although you might already be using this, nifty program i have been using for a while.

Its called 'Synergy' - Its basically keyboard and mouse sharing over a network (wireless or wired), its cross platform and very good.

Not intending to show off, but i have 3 seperate computers here with 3 seperate screens:

Vaio Laptop 16" Screen (yes yes its a Sony)
Mac Mini - Connect to a 19" TFT
Normal PC - 15" TFT

3 seperate PC's networked.

Synergy allows you to share you keyboard and mouse from one computer to others. So you only have to use 1 set, its basically like a KVM with out the V  

I have it set on my MacMini in both windows and Mac, i have my 2 other screens next to my 19" and i can take my mouse to the edge of the screen on the MacMini, and it magigally appears on my laptop screen!  

I go back can take it across 2 screens to my right hand side 15" which i use for iTunes!  

Really is nifty and its like having 3 monitors connected to one PC, although you can't drag windows between them.

As i said its cross platform too, so when i am on my mac in Mac, i can take my mouse across the screen from mac and it appears on my windows laptop, I can type in there with the keyboard, and whats really cool is i can copy and paste text from 1 pc to the other! Very handy

Link: http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/

Its a bit fiddly to get working, but easy enough any problems PM me  

[Bo Bo]

Interesting, but I can't even get one PC to work at the mo.......

[tunnie]

Interesting, but I can't even get one PC to work at the mo.......

 

They can be a pain, although i do like my Mac now, it just 'works'

[theolodian]

Interesting, but I can't even get one PC to work at the mo.......

 

They can be a pain, although i do like my Mac now, it just 'works'

Yeah, funny isn't it?  It's also by far the best XP machine that I've had.  Makes you wonder how many XP issues are really crap drivers from the various manufacturers.

[tunnie]

Interesting, but I can't even get one PC to work at the mo.......

 

They can be a pain, although i do like my Mac now, it just 'works'

Yeah, funny isn't it?  It's also by far the best XP machine that I've had.  Makes you wonder how many XP issues are really crap drivers from the various manufacturers.

Yeah i am megga impressed by it, its so small. But its by far the fastest thing i have, and its silent too. Must admit i use it more for windows than mac at the moment!  

I was reading MacWorld magazine the other day, slightly biased towards mac but had an interesting artical.

They specced up a real beasty machine, couple TB's of disk space about 8GB's of RAM, basically a very high specification. They asked for the exact same spec from Apple and Dell.

The Apple PowerMac tower was nearly 2 grand cheaper than the dell!!!!  2 GRAND!!

After uni as my main PC and laptop age, i am sersiouly thinking of replacing it with a big Mac tower, because its by far the best machine to run Windows!

[theolodian]

Actually I'm not surprised.  Apple starts off with a good value and a decent spec.  Dell et al get you in the door with crap at cheap prices, and then get money out of you with the upgrades to a decent spec or a higher.  Even the Macbook is very good value as a windows machine.

[tunnie]

i did nearly get a macbook but did't really need its portable features, plus heard a few problems with the early batches shuttin down. The Mini had been out for a while and proven reliable so went for that. Best computer i ever bought!  

[theolodian]

Yeah, I'm glad that I was able to avoid the issue of buying a laptop by borrowing this stinkpad.  That way I can just be happy with my mini.  Still need to buy a tft for it tho', maybe in Jan.

[Taxi_Driver]

Although you might already be using this, nifty program i have been using for a while.

Its called 'Synergy' - Its basically keyboard and mouse sharing over a network (wireless or wired), its cross platform and very good.

Not intending to show off, but i have 3 seperate computers here with 3 seperate screens:

Vaio Laptop 16" Screen (yes yes its a Sony)
Mac Mini - Connect to a 19" TFT
Normal PC - 15" TFT

3 seperate PC's networked.

Synergy allows you to share you keyboard and mouse from one computer to others. So you only have to use 1 set, its basically like a KVM with out the V  

I have it set on my MacMini in both windows and Mac, i have my 2 other screens next to my 19" and i can take my mouse to the edge of the screen on the MacMini, and it magigally appears on my laptop screen!  

I go back can take it across 2 screens to my right hand side 15" which i use for iTunes!  

Really is nifty and its like having 3 monitors connected to one PC, although you can't drag windows between them.

As i said its cross platform too, so when i am on my mac in Mac, i can take my mouse across the screen from mac and it appears on my windows laptop, I can type in there with the keyboard, and whats really cool is i can copy and paste text from 1 pc to the other! Very handy

Link: http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/

Its a bit fiddly to get working, but easy enough any problems PM me  

Thanks for that Tunnie, ive give it a go later  ..........Ive got 2 pc's under my desk upstairs......one screen 19" TFT (its got two inputs) but 2 keyboards and 2 mouses and they are forever getting in the way!

[supermop]

I just use VNC if i ever need to use me other computers.

[Salty]

I just use VNC if i ever need to use me other computers.

I use VNC too, very useful little program

[TheBoy]

Anyone using RealVNC, please ensure you are using latest versions (released in summer).  There is a blindingly stupid flaw in the previous versions, which was the attack vector used in Friday's little outage.  

[tunnie]

I just use VNC if i ever need to use me other computers.

I use VNC too, very useful little program

I also used RealVNC at work, its great if you have a Gigabit network, however VNC here at home is no good really, 54g wireless network thats constantly getting hammered, we have download stats and we downloaded almost 115Gb's last month!  

TD - Yep its a great program, although getting it working can be a little fiddly. Few tips:

To configure it right, use the network names of your machine in the config, so "marklaptop" is on the right of "markpc".

That will make sense when you see the config  

Also make sure you install the 2 extra so that it loads on boot, simple button on the menu for that...

[TheBoy]

I just use VNC if i ever need to use me other computers.

I use VNC too, very useful little program

I also used RealVNC at work, its great if you have a Gigabit network, however VNC here at home is no good really, 54g wireless network thats constantly getting hammered, we have download stats and we downloaded almost 115Gb's last month!  

TD - Yep its a great program, although getting it working can be a little fiddly. Few tips:

To configure it right, use the network names of your machine in the config, so "marklaptop" is on the right of "markpc".

That will make sense when you see the config  

Also make sure you install the 2 extra so that it loads on boot, simple button on the menu for that...

115Gb is a bit naughty tunnie - probably related to your other post I've modified

OOF only uses around 15 - 20Gb per month...

[tunnie]

might have to mod that one too!  

Trouble is we end up getting the same stuff twice really as we don't really tell each other what we download. Last month was a bit exessive, but thats cause my planning for the euro trip.