MaxiVista and Ultramon
Posted by admin | Filed under Random
If you have more than one computer lying around, you might want to take a look at Maxivista and turn another computer into a second monitor. I tried the demo very briefly and knew I had to buy it (yes, some people do pay for software still).
What does it do? Well you install a server program on the good machine and a viewer on the other machine. The server machine is then tricked into thinking it has a second monitor, which is displayed in the viewer on the second machine. It’s very easy to setup too, just install the server on one computer and the viewer on another and they find each other.
It doesn’t do video at all in my brief test, so you can’t have a widescreen dvd playing on 2 monitors. Personally, I use it for reference – looking at data I’m working from on the laptop screen while I code on the desktop.
If you need to use the other computer, just double click the mouse on that computer and regain control. When you’re done, click MaxiVista’s icon in the tray to resume. Plus if you pay a bit more, you can control both computers with the same mouse and keyboard, replacing kvm switches.
This program would work well with something like Ultramon, which gives you better control over multiple-monitor setups. I use ultramon at work where the taskbar on each monitor shows the windows on that screen, and I have better control over how the wallpaper displays.
Tags: Gadgets, Shareware, Software
One Response to “MaxiVista and Ultramon”
-
Multi Monitor March Says:
February 13th, 2007 at 3:01 pmI was using this with my old CRT’s back in the day. Now I use CineMastery on my new quad screen array from CineMassive Displays CineMastery appears to be some sort of more modern upgraded variant of the older Ultramon I knew and loved. Wonderful stuff. Works beautifully.
