Control pc and macbook with one mouse via wifi

[68cal]

I have a desktop pc for gaming and a macbook for work. sometimes i park my macbook beside my computer screen.

I was wondering if anyone could help me find a product that lets me simply move my cursor/keyboard over to my macbook?

 

[td|35mm]

Never heard of that one before ...

I know there are some stuff like "switches" that will allow you to move from one computer to another as long you use the same monitor. But not sure that will allow you to pass the same keyboard and mouse as well.

Not sure you can do something like that by software though ... sound kind of impossible. especially when there are 2 different type of OS ...

 

[Low Budget]

You can try using a USB KVM switch.

Like those:

http://www.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=172698

http://www.usbgear.com/computer_cab...tid=116,585,377,908,,230,,229,216,907,989,133

http://www.connectpro.com/prod_kvm_usb.html

 

[Low Budget]

I didnt realize you meant via wifi. Can't help u there.

 

[68cal]

Yeah iv heard of those before. sounds like an option. and yeah having two different os's makes things difficult. I'm sure theres something out there. they do have Maxivista, but that just turns your second pc into another monitor.

 

[Low Budget]

They are mac compatible. It switches mouse/keyboard/monitor back nad forth from PC to MAc or PC to PC. That's why they are USB because mac needs USB.

Here are two more:

http://www.iogear.com/product/GCS72U/ (VGA)

http://www.iogear.com/product/GCS932UB/ (DVI)

 

[68cal]

it would be rly sweet to have my mac doing all its maclike things, and my pc doing all its pc like things. Then, have a program installed on my pc and mac. so i can just press a hotkey and use my peripherals to work on my mac, then press the hotkey again and start shooting people on TD =p

 

[68cal]

ooh that iogear one looks nice tho, its got a remote i could press

 

[Low Budget]

I've used it for PC to PC before. I had an iogear, and it was using ps/2. U press a set of keys and everything switches to the other machine. They work pretty well.

 

[68cal]

hmm i think i might buy this one

http://www.iogear.com/product/GCS72U/

its only $26

why is the dvi one like $100?

 

[OG buckshot jr]

KVM is your only option. The only other option that I can think of having a bluetooth mouse (Mac has bluetooth, you'd have to get your PC to have bluetooth as well - FutureShop, $39.99, or have a friend buy it on staff for like $10).

Then you can just "reconnect" the device to mac of pc as needed.

Bunn the wifi solution, you won't find it.

 

[Low Budget]

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hmm i think i might buy this one

http://www.iogear.com/product/GCS72U/

its only $26

why is the dvi one like $100?


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I know eh. I didn't think DVI was THAT much more lol.

 

[68cal]

thanks for the help guys. i might go over to staples this week and find sumthin. I was gunna order off amazon but it wasnt in stock