Re: Using a KVM switch to connect 3 computers at once

On Thu, 16 Nov 2023 14:10:35 -0500, micky <[email protected]> wrote:

>Running two computers at once. 
>
>It happened sort of by accident but now I'm runing my laptop and my
>desktop all the time.  And I have a spare computer I really should set
>up.  
>
>To use just one mouse and one keyboard and switch them from PC to PC, I
>need a KVM switch, but it seems that those that supply more than 2
>computers all have HDMI outputs.   And maybe I should get HDMI just
>because it's newer than USB. But my laptop and desktop inputs are all
>USB.   I gather someone like me is supposed to get an HDMI to USB cable,
>but that seems to connect only the mouse OR the keyboard, not both?   So
>what am I to do? 
>
>I don't want to use only one monitor. It's good to be able to look at
>both so easily .

If either of your PCs can support Remote Desktop (RDP), I would 100% recommend
that approach over a KVM. I had two KVM switches a long time ago, but they've
both gone to Goodwill. Good riddance.

With a KVM, you normally have to switch to the PC that you want to use, but with
RDP you simply click in a window, or if the 2nd PC is running full screen, just
click anywhere in that screen. It's so much faster, easier, and convenient.