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[Shawn Hartsock <hartsock AT acm.org>]

BTW: I use the Synergy KM gui on my setup.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/synergykm/

On Sat, Dec 15, 2012 at 2:28 PM, Susan LaBarre
<idodesignforchange AT gmail.com> wrote:
> Awesome… will check it out.
> Thanks for the response, Scott. I would love to hone down to a single mouse
> so I'll check out synergy.
>
> Susan
>
>
> On Dec 15, 2012, at 2:00 PM, Scott Zekanis <zekanis AT gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I've been down this path a couple different ways with just 2 computers. I
> did the single monitor with a Dual port DVI from IOGEAR GCS932UB which
> worked fine. They sell reasonable DVI/USB KVM's that work with hot keys.
>
> Then I got dual monitors and just used the KVM on one monitor and dual
> monitors for one machine.
>
> Then I started using Synergy to share the keyboard and mouse between the 2
> separate monitors (one on each machine) http://synergy-foss.org  This was
> even better, and I shared between OSX and Win7. If you have extra monitors
> it would be great but can do it on the laptop screens as well.
>
> Now that I no longer use anything Windows again I use Teleport to share the
> keyboard and mouse between 2 MacBookPros, one personal and one work.
> http://www.abyssoft.com/software/teleport/
>
>
>
> On Dec 15, 2012, at 12:32 PM, Susan LaBarre <idodesignforchange AT gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> I'm taking on a 2nd telecommuting job and will now have 3 laptop computers
> on my desk: a MacBook Pro, a ThinkPad, and an HP PC. The Mac and HP are
> connected to a 25" Samsung monitor that has dual video inputs and I switch
> effortlessly between them using the source button on my monitor's remote. I
> currently use a Mac Keyboard and Mouse and a Logitech combo for the PC. It's
> annoying, but I've gotten used to it. A second monitor is out of the
> question as my cat has adamantly claimed the real estate adjacent to the
> current monitor. Also, a third keyboard and mouse would really send me over
> the top as I already have difficulty switching the two existing sets between
> background and foreground.
>
> I've been researching KVM switches and some reviews are troublesome re
> quality of transmission, so I really don't know which is best to use.
>
> My systems are Mountain Lion and Windows 7 (I use the Mac nights/weekends
> and to check email periodically during the day).
>
> Any recommendations for a switch that won't degrade my VGA picture quality
> since I use the PCs for graphics work? I prefer not to have to spend
> hundreds of $$ for a high end 4-port setup; so a dual switch would be OK for
> the PCs and I'd just leave the Mac in the DVI port (switching the source as
> I have been doing).
>
> Thanks in advance for your feedback,
>
> Susan
>
> Susan LaBarre
> Mobile: 919-656-2216
> Email:  idodesignforchange AT gmail.com
>
>
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