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Has anyone mastered the 2 laptop, 4 monitor desk set up? (self.pcmasterrace)

submitted 9 months ago by Dingleberry to c/pcmasterrace

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If so, I'd love some pictures for inspiration. Bonus points if it's a corner or L desk.

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[–] Dingleberry 1 points 9 months ago (4 children)

I want to be able to poke around on the personal while on work conference calls... But would love to have the ability to share mouse and keyboard without using Logitech's native software.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I use Synergy for the KB/Mouse sharing.

You basically just load software on all wanted systems and tell the software where their screens are and you can seamlessly move your mouse from screen to screen and system to system. You can optionally allow it to keep the clipboards in sync too.

I got in on it like 10 years ago as part of a crowdfunding campaign, but they're still around and look to be relatively reasonably priced.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

I also use Synergy and bought one of those crowdfunding licenses a long time ago. Works great for multi-computer setups

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You can get a USB hub that can switch between 2 devices, that's what I am running in my current setup. But you have to manually switch between them obviously. Or you can use peripherals that has multiple device support but if you already have a good device then just stick to the hub.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

When I was looking, I had find that a proper KVM was way more expensive than a dock and standalone switch

[–] korny 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I do exactly this, and I have for years! It's a work laptop, so I can't install whatever I want. I have a dedicated mouse for the PC and another for the laptop, hdmi switch for a shared monitor, but also a dedicated monitor for both as well. Then a shared keyboard on a 4 port is switch.

I love it!

[–] Dingleberry 1 points 8 months ago

Would you be willing to share a picture or two?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Flow is neat, but I don't think it has the customizability that Synergy does