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Soylent Pudding
Jun 22, 2007

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I hope this is the right thread to ask. I'm designing a home office setup, likely with dual monitors. I am trying to figure out a cabling and input device solution that will allow me to relatively easily switch between the following setups, 1) a desktop PC connected to both monitors, 2) either a single laptop or MacBook connected to both monitors, and 3) a laptop and MacBook each connected to one monitor.

The more specific use cases are 1) connect both work laptops, a HP (display port) and a MacBook (usb-c), to a separate monitor, 2) connect either the HP or the Macbook to both monitors, 3) connect my gaming pc (currently 1 HDMI, 3 Display Port) to both monitors on weekends, 4) allow my girlfriend to connect her work laptop (HDMI) to both monitors when I am at my office, and 5) allow my girlfriend to connect her personal laptop (HDMI) when I am on work trips.

Using RDP or any software / network based approach with my work laptops is not possible. I am still researching monitors and will likely be posting in the monitor thread soon, so I can't specify what connections will be available on that end yet.

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