I'm a long time user of Synergy, and awesome tool! john> Your option 3 sounds viable as could do that.
john> On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 1:22 PM, Nick Peelman <n...@peelman.us> wrote: john> Concur with Dan. There isn’t a solution to this problem that approaches john> acceptable, in my experience. USB adapters “work”, but can [read: will] john> cause system instability, unpredictable graphics behavior, and generally john> terrible experience (unless your standards are rock-bottom-low). john> Your options are basically: john> * upgrade your current displays to the highest-res your laptop can drive john> two of john> * work on a desktop (and enjoy being able to drive > 2 displays ad john> infinitum) and keep the laptop for mobile tasks john> * Set up a NUC or something to drive an additional display, and use a tool john> like Synergy (http://symless.com/synergy/) john> Personally I’m a fan of option 3, regardless of the states of option 1 and john> 2, especially for things that are relatively static views you want in john> sight, but need interactivity frequently enough to merit having a keyboard/ john> mouse attached. john> -nick john> — john> Nick Peelman john> n...@peelman.us john> On Nov 4, 2016, at 1:14 PM, john boris <jbori...@gmail.com> wrote: john> Dan, john> Thanks. I understand that. I mostly need it for comparing spreadsheets john> or even having another window open for monitoring. This past year I john> have been on so many conference calls that I got fed up sliding windows john> back and forth where that third one to handle the conference call would john> have been handy. john> On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 12:59 PM, Dan Ritter <d...@randomstring.org> john> wrote: john> On Fri, Nov 04, 2016 at 12:41:12PM -0400, john boris wrote: >> I currently have a dual monitor setup. I had planned to use the john> laptop >> monitor as my third monitor and have two monitors connected to john> the two DVI >> ports. I quickly found out that the video card on the laptop only john> supported >> 2 monitors. So the laptop has stayed closed in my docking john> station. I now >> have a larger desk setup and an extra monitor so I thought I john> would revisit >> this. I have seen people's setup with multiple monitors with john> laptops as >> their desktop so I know they didn't add an extra card to it. Does john> anyone >> have any suggestions of a good/decent usb device/dongle etc that john> would >> allow me to add a third monitor? I am running Windows 7 on the john> laptop in >> question.It is running an INtel i7-2600 and 32gb of RAM. I john> understand there >> is a latency when using these devices but that isn't an issue as john> I have >> found instances where the 3rd monitor would have come in handy. john> There are no good USB2 devices for this purpose. (There are many john> such devices.) The typical problem is that it can't even keep up john> with your typing. john> I haven't tried many of the USB3 devices, but I haven't found a john> good one there, either. john> Sorry. john> -dsr- john> -- john> John J. Boris, Sr. john> _______________________________________________ john> Tech mailing list john> Tech@lists.lopsa.org john> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech john> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators john> http://lopsa.org/ john> -- john> John J. Boris, Sr. john> _______________________________________________ john> Tech mailing list john> Tech@lists.lopsa.org john> https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech john> This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators john> http://lopsa.org/ _______________________________________________ Tech mailing list Tech@lists.lopsa.org https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tech This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators http://lopsa.org/
