Please don't take this too seriously.

[Al B. Sure!]

I'm only going to fight him on so many things. He's convinced I need a second monitor, for example, and I'm pouring most of my energies into preventing that from happening. At home, he uses more monitors than I have fingers, and he can barely work on the two he's forced to contend with in the office. I'm not really sure what he needs all those extra monitors for; alt-tab exists for a reason.

What was he in the Marine Corps? Admin? They all have a bunch of monitors each.

What do you do for your job?

[Sava]

Having only one monitor lets me hide Poly without suspicion.

[Lorizael]

What was he in the Marine Corps? Admin? They all have a bunch of monitors each.

No, I'm pretty sure he was an aircraft mechanic.

What do you do for your job?

Data entry, mostly. Some arts and crafts.

[rah]

I have two monitors but they're for two separate machines using the same key/mouse.
It's quite handy. (One is a 32 bit machine the other is 64 so it's easier to test software compatibility.)
And I do crunch a lot of data so a second machine can be quite useful when one gets bogged down grinding.

[Sava]

I have two monitors but they're for two separate machines using the same key/mouse.
It's quite handy. (One is a 32 bit machine the other is 64 so it's easier to test software compatibility.)
And I do crunch a lot of data so a second machine can be quite useful when one gets bogged down grinding.

Hi. I am interested in this one keyb/mouse setup. How is this achieved?

[rah]

You can do it with hardware but that's clunky.

But if your machines are networked

http://www.inputdirector.com/

[The Mad Monk]

Look up KVM switches at Newegg or Amazon, among others.

[rah]

I've tried both hardware and software for this. And the software option is cheaper and easier to use. The switches require hitting a key where the software only requires for you to move the mouse to the screen you want use.

[Sava]

I've tried both hardware and software for this. And the software option is cheaper and easier to use. The switches require hitting a key where the software only requires for you to move the mouse to the screen you want use.

Does it function similar to a single system that has the desktop spanned across multiple displays?

[Lorizael]

HEY EVERYBODY MY LIFE SUCKS OVER HERE.

[N35t0r]

I have now been promoted to 3 monitors at work. FTW.

[rah]

Does it function similar to a single system that has the desktop spanned across multiple displays?

Never had that so not sure. But it sounds like it might. Whichever screen your mouse is on is the system that is controlled.

[The Mad Monk]

HEY EVERYBODY MY LIFE SUCKS OVER HERE.

You said not to take the too seriously, MAKE UP YOUR MIND!

[The Mad Monk]

Maybe... except for this:

you have another mental disorder?

[Lorizael]

Just cleared my work inbox down to two emails. One is a reminder of something I need to keep track of. The other is an HHS-wide message informing us of the mental health services available to employees. I probably don't count.