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1. #SCREENRECYCLER FOR WINDOWS FOR FREE#
2. #SCREENRECYCLER FOR WINDOWS FOR MAC#
3. #SCREENRECYCLER FOR WINDOWS INSTALL#
4. #SCREENRECYCLER FOR WINDOWS DRIVERS#

Pre-release drivers are sometimes a cause for worry, but in my testing the only problem is that the machine now takes an extra 15 seconds or so to reboot. The driver installation requires a reboot.

#SCREENRECYCLER FOR WINDOWS INSTALL#

Install the ScreenRecycler software on the primary Mac in my case, that’s the MacBook. Yes, Virginia, if you have a Windows laptop, you can use it as a Mac monitor.

#SCREENRECYCLER FOR WINDOWS FOR MAC#

You’ll also need a VNC screen-sharing client links to several utilities for Mac or Windows are available on the ScreenRecycler download page. There are two components to ScreenRecycler: a video driver and an application. Setting Up Your Laptops - The software that performs this magic is ScreenRecycler, currently available in pre-release stage from the German company Jinx for now, it’s a free download. Turns out, not only is this possible, it’s actually fairly easy. The perfect answer would be to come up with a way to use the PowerBook as an external monitor for the MacBook with that accomplished, I’d have two screens to work from, plus the system would remain portable (if not exactly, strictly speaking, a laptop). An external monitor tethers me to a particular desk, which is something I’ve avoided for a long time. Practical me noted that my home office pretty much serves as a place to keep my backup drives and books – between client sites and Starbucks, I’m usually on the metaphorical road.

Frugal me noted that I already had a perfectly good 17-inch monitor in my PowerBook. I began shopping for an external monitor to give myself more display real estate, but two thoughts kept nagging at me. Like your mother said, keep doing that and you’ll go blind. (Yes, I need to get out more often.) The dot pitch on the MacBook – that is, the physical size of the pixels – is smaller than on the 17-inch model I was used to, and it made my eyes work harder. Perhaps more importantly, I was starting to experience eyestrain after only 8 or 10 hours on the MacBook. Subjectively, though, the reduced screen real estate drove me up the wall. My productivity took a huge hit on the smaller screen – or maybe it didn’t, it’s hard to tell objectively. I do Web and database development, and most of the time I have 50 different windows open.

But it was as disruptive as trying to type with only eight fingers. You wouldn’t think that the switch from 1440 by 900 to 1280 by 800 would be that big a deal at least, I didn’t think the loss of 21 percent of my screen resolution would bother me. But I digress.) The MacBook, as most of you know, is a fantastic computer – blazingly fast compared to my 1 GHz PowerBook G4.īut the transition to the smaller monitor really threw me. (The fix included refrigerating my apartment to 50 degrees and suspending the PowerBook over a tray of ice cubes. Although I was able to fix it later, I needed a working Mac immediately, so I picked up a new MacBook. A few weeks ago my beloved 17-inch PowerBook died on me. But the best thing about it is the 23-inch monitor. #1625: Apple's "Far Out" event, the future of FileMaker, free NMUG membership, Quick Note and tags in Notes, Plex suffers data breachĪ couple of weeks ago I began sporting a new laptop: 3 GB of RAM, 200 GB hard drive, dual optical burners, 4 USB and 3 FireWire ports.

#SCREENRECYCLER FOR WINDOWS FOR FREE#

#1629: iOS 16.0.2, customizing the iOS 16 Lock Screen, iPhone wallet cases, meditate for free with Oak.