R-3 Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Calling all computer nerds Just kiddin guys. Okay here is my question. I have a Dell Pc I just bought about 6 months ago and a Powermac G4 I just bought from Mike. Im gonna use the dell for most of my daily stuff and the mac for video, music, etc. My questions is that I dont wanna buy another monitor two run both. Can I used one monitor for both. I would be also cool to use one keyboard and mouse too. So I found this. Anyone know anything about them? http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1956231&Sku=T156-2286&SRCCODE=GOOGLEBASE&cm_mmc_o=TBBTkwCjCVyBpAgf%20mwzygtCjCVRqCjCVRq Thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andy Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 We use KVM switches in the labs at work, and they usually work just fine. Every once in a while, we run into a PC that won't boot if it isn't the 'selected' one (boot sequence) expects a keyboard to be connected; fancier KVM switches might fix this, I dunno. We use a lot of Belkin stuff (http://www.belkin.com/kvm/). We've found that the cheap switches often have problems with higher resolution video signals (interference, ghosting, etc). You'll also have to check and make sure that the Mac can use USB mouse and keyboard, I don't remember when Apple dumped ADB. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted July 7, 2008 Author Share Posted July 7, 2008 I think im gonna give it a shot. It comes with the cables which is a big plus. Yeah Im on the Mac right now with my dell keyboard and mouse. Seems to work. There are just a couple buttons that are not on the Pc keyboard. I can live with that. Later Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uhuru Posted July 15, 2008 Share Posted July 15, 2008 So you getting a hang of the macs? This is probably too late, but I used to switch between a PC and Mac on the same monitor at my old job, shouldn't be a problem for the mac. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted July 15, 2008 Author Share Posted July 15, 2008 I found the same one TigerDirect was selling at Radio Shack for pretty much the same price after shipping. It is working great. Later Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reefin' Posted July 16, 2008 Share Posted July 16, 2008 Calling all computer nerds Just kiddin guys. Okay here is my question. I have a Dell Pc I just bought about 6 months ago and a Powermac G4 I just bought from Mike. Im gonna use the dell for most of my daily stuff and the mac for video, music, etc. My questions is that I dont wanna buy another monitor two run both. Can I used one monitor for both. I would be also cool to use one keyboard and mouse too. So I found this. Anyone know anything about them? http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/searchtools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1956231&Sku=T156-2286&SRCCODE=GOOGLEBASE&cm_mmc_o=TBBTkwCjCVyBpAgf%20mwzygtCjCVRqCjCVRq Thanks in advance So who's the computer nerd now Ryan???(rock2) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmhuntley Posted July 20, 2008 Share Posted July 20, 2008 be sure you get one that has audio jacks as well, then you can share one set of speakers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-3 Posted July 20, 2008 Author Share Posted July 20, 2008 Yeah its working great Mike! I didnt get the one with audio Roy, they didnt have it. That probably would be pretty sweet. I will figure out something for that. Later Ryan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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