Has anyone tried this, or knows enough to tell me if it's feasible or not? And forgive me if this has been posted here before, I wasn't really sure what to search for. SHOP BY Computer Connections 2-to-1 Control: Share one monitor, USB keyboard, and mouse between two USB-compatible computers Remote Switching: Built-in VGA. With reliable delivery across Australia and retail stores.
Now with the KVM you listed, if you can't convert the DP monitor to HDMI you would need a DP to HDMI cable, and the Cable Matters one should work fine. Macs do not provide enough power via HDMI to power the in cable chipsets that do the conversion. Subreddit for the discussion of Apples Mac mini. When doing HDMI to DP cable on a Mac Mini, you need to get one that has an external power source.
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Is this feasible with a Mac mini and a PC? My understanding was that the Mac mini had been set up to take the non-USB PC monitors through their special ports with an adaptor (forgive me, I don't know any of the names) but, upon looking at the pictures, it doesn't seem like it'd be able to take a standard PC keyboard with the little weird purple plug in thing? I know there is both a KVM switch which can share a monitor and PC style mouse/keyboard, but I've also heard there are USB switches that do the same thing. When using a PC keyboard, a special set of hot keys are designed to emulate the special keys on Mac and Sun machines. Scorptec Computers - Supplying Australia with the best value range of computer and IT components. Its not ideal if you switch very frequently between devices, or use the devices at the same time but if you only switch occasionally I think it is a much cheaper solution that buying a decent KVM switch because those can pricey r/macmini.
A friend of mine has used something he called a KVM switch to hook up a monitor, keyboard, and mouse to two different computers and, with the flick of a switch, go from one to the other.
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I currently have a PC (unfortunately) and am looking to buy a Mac mini for the eventual day when this thing will decide to crash for good on me.