![]() ![]() After that, you just use a switch or button on the KVM to select which computer will be active on the central monitor, keyboard and mouse. Then, you connect the video, keyboard and mouse connectors of one of your computers into the Computer 1 plugs, and the ports from the second computer into the Computer 2 plugs on the KVM. ![]() You plug the monitor, keyboard and mouse into the Console plugs. One big maker of KVM switches is Belkin, at Ī two-computer KVM switch has three sets of plugs, usually labeled Console, Computer 1 and Computer 2. It not only works with a Mac mini (and some other Mac models) and a Windows PC, but it also allows you to hook multiple Windows machines, or multiple Macs, to the same screen, keyboard and mouse. It’s called a KVM (Keyboard, Video, Mouse) switch, and it allows you to run two or more different computers from the same monitor, keyboard and mouse, switching between or among the computers at will. But is there a way to share a single monitor, keyboard and mouse between a Mac mini and a Windows PC?Ī: Yes. Q: Last week, you wrote that Windows users who bought Apple’s new Mac mini computer could just unplug their monitor, keyboard and mouse from the Windows PC and plug them into the Mac. A recent question and answer has much value for a current Windows-only user looking to add Apple’s new Mac mini to their computing arsenal. ![]() Walt Mossberg answers tech questions for The Wall Street Journal in his “Mossberg’s Mailbox” column. ![]()
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