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Switching monitors between two machines (lemmy.sdf.org)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/pcmasterrace

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Hello! I'm in a situation, where I have a work laptop and a personal computer, the latter is used mostly for gaming. In order to switch between them I have to plug all the peripherals from one machine to the other, to help with that I bought a dock, to which I can connect everything, and connect the dock via one USB-C cable. The trouble begins with the monitors, as my laptop supports thunderbolt, but my motherboard doesn't, so it's a bit of a chore to switch them.

To alleviate the issue I'm considering changing my motherboard to one that has thunderbolt 4 support, as I have one 4K monitor and one full HD, and I've read it should support them fine on one cable. Is this a good solution? I'm thinking I might run into some issues with monitors not being connected directly to my GPU, latency or otherwise.

I beseech thee for help o masters of the PC.

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[–] whitefalcon684 1 points 1 year ago

A solution that doesn't involve you buying anything. Are you able to remotely access your work laptop? I know in my case I simply remote into my work laptop to perform work duties and make use of my big dual monitors, keyboard and mouse. I can then easily switch between my remote session to my work laptop and my gaming PC. It may not be the most elegant solution but I found it works just fine for me and may work for you too.