Double imac screen for 500GB?

im trying to bring together my 2 iMacs (both 500gb) together is it possible to control both with 1 operationg mouse, keyboard? Like a double-Display system exept seperate hard drives unless you can bring them together.. help me people

Hello,
You'll need a KVM to share one keyboard and mouse between two computers (here's one example that looks very natty).
You can use one iMac as a display for the other with ScreenRecycler, but why not just buy a seperate screen - using ScreenRecycler will not realised the benefits of having two drives and procesors.
mrtotes

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the issue is that they text on this screen when coming from the mac is not as clear was when coming from the pc despite the fact that the vga port provides much less bandwidth than the dvi port the mac uses. i've read that the mac and the pc display text on screen using different methods. my pc uses an nvidia display graphics card. i believe mac use ati based hardware.
there appears to be much more interpolation when displaying text from the mac. perhaps this is a text size issue i'm not sure. either way i read a lot on this monitor and need it to be as good as possible for that purpose.
so the question is, does anyone have experience with an external monitor that is as good as the imac screen for text display. i can't use the thuderbolt display or a cinema display since they don't switch to different ports allowing my to use a single external monitor for two machines. i'm willing to spend up if there is a reason to do so. i'm on these computers a lot. i work from home with some regularity and my job is all about reading.
any help is appreciated.
best, c

I have an dell 24" lcd as 2ed monitor and text look as clear as the imacs screen
but it having a t-nfilm lcd panel vs. the imacs ips panel the colour and contast look worse
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tandt2 wrote:
Thanks Stefan,
Forgive me for being a complete noob here....
So the best way for me to achieve what I am wanting to do is to connect the two machines via my router (faster then wireless for me) then run a VPN plus some type of remote control program (i am assuming that is a VNC?).
VPN http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vpn would only be needed if you use the internet to connect the two machines for the sake of security.
VNC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vnc would suffice if you can connect the two machines through your own home router.
The machine that you want to control remotely has to run a VNC Server, whereas the machine that controls the other runs a VNC client.
OSX has the needed software already included. It's called Screen Sharing.
Have a look at the OSX help for it.
On the Windows machine you would need a VNC Server program.
UltraVNC or TightVNC are free open source programs for that.
I have seen programs like VMware Fusion? would this be any good?
Fusion is a completely different app.
It enables an Intel-based Mac to run Windows (or other operating systems) alongside OSX by providing a 'virtualized' environment in which Windows is installed and runs.
It removes the neccessity to have a second Windows computer.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VMWare_Fusion
Thanks again
Trent
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Does anyone have the actual tech specs for the screen itself in reference to the 24" Imac (response time, etc.)
How do you think the screen on the 24" Imac compares to this HP 24" monitor?:
http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/display/display/1/storefronts/RY117AA%2523ABA

blair.harrington wrote:
Does anyone have the actual tech specs for the screen itself
in reference to the 24" Imac (response time, etc.)
The 24" ALU iMac's display panel is an *LG.Philips LM240WU2-SLB1*.
According to TFTcentral, it's an 8-bit S-IPS panel. For more specs see:
http://www.tftcentral.co.uk/articles/panel_parts.htm
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uneven backlighting. The white 24" used the LG.Philips LM240WU2-SLA1,
and had a gorgeous display -- as does NEC's professional LCD2490WUXi.
Check the specs, but also check some [24'' ALU iMac screen photos.|http://picasaweb.google.com/TheLooby]
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[HP w2408|http://www.shopping.hp.com/product/display/display/1/storefronts/RY117AA%2523ABA]
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than S-IPS, but significantly poorer viewing angles. OTOH, it probably
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For $75 more, HP's LP2465 and Dell's 2407 have superior 8-bit LCD panels,
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