Turn your notebook into two workstations

Turn your notebook into two workstations

 

 

Most notebooks are shipped with a dual-head display card, one head of the card is connected to the LCD, and the other head is usually a VGA port, which allows you to connect the notebook either to a projector or to a second display monitor.

 

Now let’s extend the VGA port to a second workstation, which can be operated independently with the notebook. It looks as if you have got two computers working concurrently, here are the steps:

 

STEP ONE: Prepare the hardware/software components

Hardware:

       VGA cable

              LCD monitor

       USB Hub

              USB keyboard

              USB Mouse

              USB Audio Card

Software:

       BeTwin 2.00.419 (supports Windows XP SP3)

       (Other similar softwares are : Buddy, HiShare, SoftXpand, Aster XP)

 

Connect the LCD monitor to the notebook via the VGA cable, connect the three USB peripheral devices to the notebook via the USB Hub; Make sure the four devices all function well.

 

Install BeTwin and reboot the machine.

 

STEP TWO: Configuration

Follow the instructions appeared on both monitors to assign independent keyboard and mouse to separate workstations. And reboot, after you logon to the notebook, another logon window will appear on the second monitor, just logon using another username. Now you have got two full functional computers, either of which has independent keyboard, mouse, display, and audio! Just play them with your lover~

 

This solution reduces your TCO: saving money, saving power, saving space, single OS configuration!

(As for linux platform, you can use Userful Multiplier - Turn 1 linux PC into 10, but it supports only upto Fedora8. I hear that Fedora12 will have a new feature called MultiSeat, which does exactly the same thing, let's open eyes waiting....)