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Re:Can Dell’s 6K monitor beat their 8K monitor? by TheSpiceIsLife on Monday July 03, 2023 @10:54PM (#36581641)
There’s an app called Synergy that lets you seamlessly move mouse and keyboard input between devices, if you ever feel the need to run the Mac and the Windows machines side by side rather than using a KVM switch.
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Re:Can Dell’s 6K monitor beat their 8K monitor? by brailsafe on Monday July 03, 2023 @11:08PM (#36581710)
But... it can be a bit spotty. A physical KVM will be far better.
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Re:Can Dell’s 6K monitor beat their 8K monitor? by grogenaut on Monday July 03, 2023 @11:33PM (#36581876)
do they make kvms for moving the mouse between screen borders or just switching displays / inputs to a seperate pc?
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Re:Can Dell’s 6K monitor beat their 8K monitor? by brailsafe on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @12:05AM (#36582109)
Not sure, but that's definitely a particular thing Synergy does alright. I do find it's a bit meh still between OS' but only in some cases where you might have a full-screen game open on one computer and other non-full-screen content on another.
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Re:Can Dell’s 6K monitor beat their 8K monitor? by grogenaut on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @01:05PM (#36589469)
I personally just use a kvm to switch between computers on my desk with monitors that are dedicated to them because of issues with synergy. But also synergy doesn't work with vpns.
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Re:Can Dell’s 6K monitor beat their 8K monitor? by 111111IIIIIII on Monday July 03, 2023 @11:48PM (#36581985)
Have you tried that? How does it actually work? Does it not add lag?

I use a USB switch connected to both displays for my input devices so I can switch between screens/computers: https://a.co/d/ckNXGpt

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Re:Can Dell’s 6K monitor beat their 8K monitor? by engie on Tuesday July 04, 2023 @03:37AM (#36583463)
Synergy worked great without perceptible lag for normal desktop stuff in the late 90s (including across all the steam powered pcs in the school computer room).
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