Two monitors on Macbook and PC sharing keyboard/mouse

[jfwalkermac]

Hi,
Ok, I'm going to try and break your brain...

So what you think might work on this setup:

Shared keyboard/mouse with:

1. Macbook - needs to connect to hdmi/dvi monitor 1 and monitor 2 as separate screen (separate browsing, etc.). In effect, macbook would be open with monitor 1 and monitor 2 useable as additional desktop space.

2. PC - needs to able to use monitor 1 as well. When PC is running Mac does not need to use either monitor 1 or 2. PC is sort of secondary to all this so I'm willing to be a bit more "manual" with PC monitor connection if necessary.


I am currently using an iogear device to share keyboard/mouse, though I'm flexible in losing it if needed.

Is this a brain teaser or what?

Thanks,
Jim

 

[guitargoddsjm]

I'm not sure how you'd be able to use two displays on your macbook without a second graphics card driving the second display...

BUT, you could use your macbook screen as "monitor 2" and your monitor as "monitor 1". Use a KVM switch to swap your keyboard/mouse/monitor between computers.