I share two monitors and audio equipment between a desktop and a windows laptop (dell XPS) using a "dumb kvm" that wrangles a few USB outputs and two DisplayPort inputs. the laptop only has USB-C output so it connects to a fancy thunderbolt dock borrowed from a friend which then goes to the KVM. I have a third monitor only connected to the desktop with a laptop stand in front of it for a third screen
It takes a couple seconds to switch but otherwise works flawlessly unlike my previous solution of shitty dongles, switching dual input monitors, and moving a usb hub input cable between machines. I also considered rebuilding the desktop to have a thunderbolt output and buying a thunderbolt switching KVM but I couldnt make it work
It takes a couple seconds to switch but otherwise works flawlessly unlike my previous solution of shitty dongles, switching dual input monitors, and moving a usb hub input cable between machines. I also considered rebuilding the desktop to have a thunderbolt output and buying a thunderbolt switching KVM but I couldnt make it work
desktop - kvm - fancy dock - laptop Full diagram: https://imgur.com/a/ah54fjd