"Asking the Cogent Question: is one computer screen ENOUGH?
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From: Anthony.Garcia
Subject: Re: is one computer screen ENOUGH?
Date: January 20, 2005 2:54:48 PM CST
It's a beautiful thing. See attached photo.
The display card is a Radeon 7000 which retails for about $40.
I'm driving the laptop from the desktop's keyboard and mouse using Synergy, a handy open source application.
http://synergy2.sourceforge.net/ (MacOS X, Windows)
If I wanted to use the laptop display as a 3rd monitor for the desktop, there's a $35 commercial app that does it. I tried the demo but didn't find myself using it often.
Haven't found an open source equivalent yet.
http://www.maxivista.com/ (Windows)
There's another $40 commerical app that improves the behavior of the Windows GUI over multiple monitors. Haven't tried it yet.
http://www.realtimesoft.com/ultramon/ (Windows)
(Sorry about the Windows-centricity; I've been a Mac user since 1984 but my workspace is Windows at the moment.)
Of course, what I really want is one of these:
http://www.asktog.com/images/strfr.jpg
( http://www.asktog.com/starfire/starfireHome.html )
-Anthony Garcia
