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I got very excited by his diagram, which seemed to imply that there exists a TB3 dock that's also a KVM. This is a product that needs to exist and I would pay a
by glangdale 6y ago
I got very excited by his diagram, which seemed to imply that there exists a TB3 dock that's also a KVM. This is a product that needs to exist and I would pay a lot of money for it (as long as it worked well - there seem to be a lot of janky TB3 docks already even without the challenges of KVM).
If I had a slightly less wacky WD19 that had 2 or 4 input ports it would enormously simplify my current and future setups.
- MAGZine 6y agonot exactly what you're asking, but i've used a dell monitor that acted as a kvm switch. macbook was connected via usb-c, and dell laptop was connected via HDMI. Though you could also use displayport. Monitor seemlessly switched my magic trackpad/keyboard input between the mac and pc.
- glangdale 6y agoI have 2-3 monitors I'd like in this setup. My Dell monitor can do what you describe, but lacks the ports of a real dock (don't think it has outgoing Ethernet). At the moment I have 2 monitors on the dock (which is my main setup) and a 3rd monitor on a separate machine with KVM (which means 2 keyboards and 2 mice) - this supports 4 computers (2 laptops, 2 desktops) - work+home laptops on the dual-monitor dock and Linux+PC desktops on the KVM. It's not a pretty setup.
- greggyb 6y agoI've had good luck with an IOGear DisplayPort KVM. I would also like the two items merged. As it stands, I'm already in the process of making a new desk-top (like the wood on top of the legs, not like another computer), and I plan to give these items their own space on the underside of the desk top, either on shelves or with some other mounting mechanism. You can see the major layout here (just listing the connectivity): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25522719 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25522719