Folks, how r u juggling ur Corporate Laptop and ur...
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Folks, how r u juggling ur Corporate Laptop and ur personal laptop? Anyone using KVM switch with dual monitor to solve this problem? Any other suggestion?
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I don’t have personal laptop but a personal desktop PC and monitor has multiple video ins, 1 USB 3 upstream and 5 USB 3.0 downstream. So here’s what I did. - Connect both work mac and PC via HDMI/mDP - Connect keyboard, mouse and other peripherals to USB ports in the monitor - have a USB A to USB A cable shared between PC and Mac. When I need to switch, I manually switch the cable connected from PC to Mac and then switch video in from monitor. It takes about 10 seconds to switch and works without issues.
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What monitor is that @flat-morning-91037?
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Dell UltraSharp U2515H, it is discontinued but any UltraSharp monitor you buy will have similar ports.
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Good KVM switches are expensive. Not worth the investment for 10 second changeover manually if all peripherals are connected to a USB hub.
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Also, some wireless peripherals that are connected via USB receiver (read: all logitech mice/keyboards) would get confused if switch happens instantly.
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Monitor (benq pd2700q) has a usb hub. I just need to switch hdmi & usb cables from monitor.
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I only have company laptop, I know, this is not a good but my personal laptop stuck in Bangalore due to Covid since last March. (I came home for other work and then stuck at home)