"How to Use Your Laptop as a Secondary Monitor" thread

[goldtoes]

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I really want to do this but I have a couple questions.

1) My laptop is running OSX while my desktop runs XP, I noticed the program Dave posted should work like this, but will Maxivista as well?

2) how are your monitors connected? is there a cable connecting them directly or are they plugged in to the same router? something else maybe? I don't have any more space on my router to plug in my laptop, but it does have wireless. what do I need to do to make this work?

thanks a lot, great thread btw.

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1. MaxiVista will not work for Mac, yet they only support Microsoft Windows 2000/2003/XP/Vista x86 or XP/2003 x64

2. It just has to be connected to your LAN. My laptop is wireless. Then you install the client on it and mine auto connected.

[ScottySo]

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I really want to do this but I have a couple questions.

1) My laptop is running OSX while my desktop runs XP, I noticed the program Dave posted should work like this, but will Maxivista as well?

2) how are your monitors connected? is there a cable connecting them directly or are they plugged in to the same router? something else maybe? I don't have any more space on my router to plug in my laptop, but it does have wireless. what do I need to do to make this work?

thanks a lot, great thread btw.

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thank you. I guess I will try out synergy since that does work on my Mac. I will probably be back with more questions later, thank again.

[goldtoes]

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thank you. I guess I will try out synergy since that does work on my Mac. I will probably be back with more questions later, thank again.

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yea, I'll have to try to get Synergy fired up so I can test it out just in case people have problems.

[Freakin]

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thank you. I guess I will try out synergy since that does work on my Mac. I will probably be back with more questions later, thank again.

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yea, I'll have to try to get Synergy fired up so I can test it out just in case people have problems.

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Synergy is for a different purpose. It lets you control multiple computers and monitors with one keyboard and mouse.

So if you had one computer with two screens, plus a laptop, you could control them all with your main keyboard and mouse. It acts like it is an extended desktop, but it is an entirely separate OS and you cannot drag windows between the screen.

[goldtoes]

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Synergy is for a different purpose. It lets you control multiple computers and monitors with one keyboard and mouse.

So if you had one computer with two screens, plus a laptop, you could control them all with your main keyboard and mouse. It acts like it is an extended desktop, but it is an entirely separate OS and you cannot drag windows between the screen.

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thanks for the info freakin...I hadn't had time to look into the program at all so I just was taking their word for it.

[_dave_]

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Synergy is for a different purpose. It lets you control multiple computers and monitors with one keyboard and mouse.

So if you had one computer with two screens, plus a laptop, you could control them all with your main keyboard and mouse. It acts like it is an extended desktop, but it is an entirely separate OS and you cannot drag windows between the screen.

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thanks for the info freakin...I hadn't had time to look into the program at all so I just was taking their word for it.

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Oops, my confused mistake [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

Probably still worth a mention in this context, however useful for a different purpose in a similar context.

[Freakin]

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Synergy is for a different purpose. It lets you control multiple computers and monitors with one keyboard and mouse.

So if you had one computer with two screens, plus a laptop, you could control them all with your main keyboard and mouse. It acts like it is an extended desktop, but it is an entirely separate OS and you cannot drag windows between the screen.

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thanks for the info freakin...I hadn't had time to look into the program at all so I just was taking their word for it.

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Oops, my confused mistake [img]/images/graemlins/blush.gif[/img]

Probably still worth a mention in this context, however useful for a different purpose in a similar context.

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synergy is freaking awesome. I used it to control 3 comps right on my desk across 3 monitors + laptop screen

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for macs (as primary machine) you can also try Screenrecycler

as secondary displays you can use any machine which can run a VNC client (for more info check out the site)

[goldtoes]

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for macs (as primary machine) you can also try Screenrecycler

as secondary displays you can use any machine which can run a VNC client (for more info check out the site)

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this looks more like what we are looking for, for Macs ... nice link.

someone with a Mac try it out and let me know how it goes!

[aflaba]

Can I use my laptop as a secondary monitor while it is running other stuff like datamining (without showing it on the screen)?