Snergy

Do you use more then one computer at a time like I do. Some of you will ask, why in earth would you use more then one computer at time. Simple answer is that you have multiple things processing and doing them on one computer is slow.

If you do use a couple of systems and need to see what is happening on the different computers and want to save some space by eliminating the multiple keyboards and mice. You can do this by using a open source program called Synergy. This is not new, I thought I would post this as I had to add another computer into my setup and thought I would mention that it has full support for Mac OSX leopard. It works with PC/Mac/Unix and allow you to mix all the environments.

Just to clarify, this is not the same as using a switch to change the monitor to display a different computer, e.g. a couple of computer all sharing the same keyboard, mouse and screen. This only let you view one computer at a time. Usually you see this in a server room.

This setup allows you to see all the screens at the same time and allow you to have one keyboard and mouse with any costs. You can have all the monitors setup across the desk and have one mouse and keyboard for all the computers. When you move the mouse to the edge of the screen, it will move to the next computer. You can place the monitors across left or right and on top or bottom.