Wow, Nancy, you've packed some excellent information into your presentation! I have two Mac laptops and am thinking I could maybe use the monitor on the 2nd laptop as my 2nd monitor. If not, I might just have to go out and purchase a 2nd monitor. It seems like it would save so much time!
Thanks! I am glad that you liked the presentation. See below for what John says about your Mac possibilities. Good luck with it!
Nancy
The closest thing to your request seems to be ScreenRecycler (Mac primary computers only, any OS for "extra" screen, http://www.screenrecycler.com/video.html). It's about $30, and I have not tested it. It should allow dragging of windows to the "extra" screen as you'd expect. It's also based on VNC, so it might have some issues with playing videos or fast screen updates on the second screen, but it hopefully won't be noticeable for common applications and web browsers. The following video shows what I mean - the TV is hooked to the black 4Macbook (like a common external monitor), and the white Macbook is an extra screen by ScreenRecycler. When the movie is dragged to the white Macbook (after 0:50), the movie's window drags smoothly enough, but the video itself is updates in blocks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_VWSCmdYc4
I have used Synergy (multiple operating systems, http://synergy-foss.org/) because it's free and open source, and it may be of interest if moving windows between computers isn't important to you. You could think of it as being more of an input redirector because it shares a computer's keyboard and mouse with another (or many) computers by hotkey or when the mouse moves off the main screen, allows copying and pasting between computers, but windows can not move across screens.
Maxivista is the Windows-only payware version of the idea you want. It seems they have been working on a Mac version since 2007, but it's not really available - at least not for Mac hosts/primary comps.
I am a firm believer in having multiple monitors. I work at GCU as a full time online faculty member and I would not be able to survive without having my multiple monitors. We use four monitors at a time and I always have each monitor being used for various tasks that I am doing for each of the classes that I teach. I appreciate your thorough insights and suggestions. Keep up the great efforts and thank you for the help. Take care and God Bless.
I also am utilizing multiple monitors for teaching the courses. I have also recently bought and use the ebook app from Elsevier to down load the book to my iPad 2. I use the iPad with the book open when I need references to cite for my discussions or my comments on students papers. Having multiple monitors has lessened the wait times and increased my proficiency at online facilitation. I am so glad you addressed this. It is amazing the many things that are available to make our work more timely and better use of time. God Bless,
Your presentation makes perfect sense. Having 4 monitors at the office allows me to effectively manage my time and tasks in order to meet the full-time faculty expectations. On the possible occasion that I work from home, I do have a dual monitor set-up at my personal work station in my home office. I find that multiple monitors can help to improve timeliness in providing feedback and grading for students. Nicely done!
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Wow, Nancy, you've packed some excellent information into your presentation! I have two Mac laptops and am thinking I could maybe use the monitor on the 2nd laptop as my 2nd monitor. If not, I might just have to go out and purchase a 2nd monitor. It seems like it would save so much time!
Thanks again for all the useful information.
Becky
Hi Becky,
Thanks! I am glad that you liked the presentation. See below for what John says about your Mac possibilities. Good luck with it!
Nancy
The closest thing to your request seems to be ScreenRecycler (Mac primary computers only, any OS for "extra" screen, http://www.screenrecycler.com/video.html). It's about $30, and I have not tested it. It should allow dragging of windows to the "extra" screen as you'd expect. It's also based on VNC, so it might have some issues with playing videos or fast screen updates on the second screen, but it hopefully won't be noticeable for common applications and web browsers. The following video shows what I mean - the TV is hooked to the black 4Macbook (like a common external monitor), and the white Macbook is an extra screen by ScreenRecycler. When the movie is dragged to the white Macbook (after 0:50), the movie's window drags smoothly enough, but the video itself is updates in blocks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_VWSCmdYc4
I have used Synergy (multiple operating systems, http://synergy-foss.org/) because it's free and open source, and it may be of interest if moving windows between computers isn't important to you. You could think of it as being more of an input redirector because it shares a computer's keyboard and mouse with another (or many) computers by hotkey or when the mouse moves off the main screen, allows copying and pasting between computers, but windows can not move across screens.
Maxivista is the Windows-only payware version of the idea you want. It seems they have been working on a Mac version since 2007, but it's not really available - at least not for Mac hosts/primary comps.
--John/CP44
Hi Nancy,
I am a firm believer in having multiple monitors. I work at GCU as a full time online faculty member and I would not be able to survive without having my multiple monitors. We use four monitors at a time and I always have each monitor being used for various tasks that I am doing for each of the classes that I teach. I appreciate your thorough insights and suggestions. Keep up the great efforts and thank you for the help. Take care and God Bless.
Hello Nancy,
I also am utilizing multiple monitors for teaching the courses. I have also recently bought and use the ebook app from Elsevier to down load the book to my iPad 2. I use the iPad with the book open when I need references to cite for my discussions or my comments on students papers. Having multiple monitors has lessened the wait times and increased my proficiency at online facilitation. I am so glad you addressed this. It is amazing the many things that are available to make our work more timely and better use of time. God Bless,
Your presentation makes perfect sense. Having 4 monitors at the office allows me to effectively manage my time and tasks in order to meet the full-time faculty expectations. On the possible occasion that I work from home, I do have a dual monitor set-up at my personal work station in my home office. I find that multiple monitors can help to improve timeliness in providing feedback and grading for students. Nicely done!