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Teleport

Today I discovered a great thing. I have two computers on my desk. My main system is a PowerBook G4 and is attached to a big ol' CRT. Then I have a second older G4 tower w/ a CRT that I use for working with video files. When I need to make downloadable trailers for example (how many times do you think I can plug it?).

The problem is we don't have a KVM switch sitting around, so I had two keyboards and two mice on my desk. It was already cluttered enough, imagine it now!

So what to do? I could order a KVM switch for a few bucks... or I could just use Teleport. It's the greatest thing since sliced bread. Now I can move to the second computer just as if it was another monitor attached to my PowerBook. No real configuration needed, it's Rendezvous enabled. Turns out that it's far superior to a switch. I don't have to switch anything.

I had heard about it a while ago when it was first released. But not needing it at the time, I soon forgot. A quick search for a solution this morning turned up a very helpful weblog post.

If you can't tell, I'm very excited.