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  1. 07-20-2010, 07:24 AM #1
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    Just a rant...

    Why do I need so many damn computers in my house?

    1. Media PC hooked up to big screen in living room. Used to watch movies and stream music
    2. Game PC / My primary PC
    3. Wife's PC
    4. Laptop for around the house, on the patio, while watching TV, etc
    5. Kids PC for educational games

    Why can't someone develop a means of having a single computer that can be simultaneously accessed from multiple locations? I'm sure many of you have at least 2 computers in your house. Aren't any of you smart enough to solve this problem for me?


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  2. 07-20-2010, 08:57 AM #2
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    Your still screwed......

    Max Distance 5m (16ft) Standard cables
    10m (33ft) Long VGA/USB cables
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  3. 07-20-2010, 09:07 AM #3
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    Im in the same boat. kids laptop, my work laptop, my wife's work laptop, my desktop. We have a Wii and Xbox360 in different rooms for streaming Netflix and web browsing. I guess my router is taking beating!
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  4. 07-20-2010, 09:35 AM #4
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    Remote desktop.
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  5. 07-20-2010, 09:51 AM #5
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    remote desktop requires you to have a computer to connect to a computer. I want one computer, out in the garage and then just have monitors/tvs/keyboards/mice scattered around the house.

    Collectively, I've got about 18GB of RAM, 5 processors, 5 video cards... just scattered around in various computers. And rarely are all the computers being used at the same time.

    I shouldn't require a computer to watch downloaded movies on my TV in the living room. I just need a video cable connected to the main PC. (and ya, 33ft is a bitch)

    A single, home computer that is accessible everywhere. Trust me, one day it'll be the norm.
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  6. 07-20-2010, 10:13 AM #6
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    One computer.

    It has multiple fiber-optic transport cards that handle keyboard/video/mouse.
    The fiber is run to every room.

    At the fiber jack in the room, you plug in a KVM dongle.

    You can then set up TV's or monitors where ever you want and do full, shared computing.

    Use wireless keyboard/mouse to get to the KVM dongle on the wall jack.

    Each user is allocated his own processor QoS so that one person can't hog all of the resources.
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  7. 07-20-2010, 10:47 AM #7
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    You should get another PC to control the others, and buy a backup to that one in case its fails.
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  8. 07-20-2010, 10:56 AM #8
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    Ya... would want to balance load as well... one file server, maybe a mail server, and a game server... oh, and a torrent server as well. I'd want a hot fail-over for full redundancy. I'd want off-site backup so I'd need some cloud computing as well.
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  9. 07-20-2010, 11:28 AM #9
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    We here at BOFA can assist you with all that and charge you a fee...
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  10. 07-20-2010, 02:14 PM #10
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    The long video cable/keyboard thing isn't going to work. If you want to watch downloaded videos on your tv, get a boxee box, or an Apple TV, or stream netflix through your XBox, Wii, or DVD Blue-ray.

    But yeah, I'd just get a PC and a laptop and call it a day (and I did.)
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  11. 07-20-2010, 07:51 PM #11
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    I think the concept was tried. It worked quite well actually...






    Satellite machine prices are quite reasonable
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  12. 07-21-2010, 02:33 AM #12
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    Yeah, if all you're sending is text, it's awesome. Try chaining a few VGA monitor cables together to get any size run and see how it looks. :P
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  13. 07-21-2010, 06:49 AM #13
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    Maybe I could simplify the set up:



    Maybe go with a all-in-one setup AND maintain a cool nautical theme to it.
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  14. 07-21-2010, 07:51 AM #14
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    The iPad works amazingly well as a "mobile Internet" device for the house. You can even stream to it and also stream from it to a connected TV.
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