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-140 points posted to Desktops, New Product Ideas by nkama May 18

I would like to share an idea I have thinking last time, about of creation of one PC with function of two PC's. I mean, one pc being used by two people with two different desktop and processing different data, just like people using two computer normally. This idea raised after noticing that many household face more and more need of buying two or more computers for the family members. And to me, woould sound better if your company produces a pc with function of two pc's and supplying information to two different monitors with their keyboard, and preferably a wireless pc and monitors as well the keyboards. These pc's could be used in the companies as well as in the offices.

With kind regards,

Nkama

aikiwolfie
May 18		 Linux is quite good at this sort of thing.
jdelidc
May 18		 dupe. but i can't find where the original is

userful has a program that does that and more. you can look it up on google or on youtube
binarygrind
May 19		 Isn't that what a Hypervisor is for?
dwood
May 20		 I came up with a similar idea.
aikiwolfie
May 20		 No a hypervisor is for supporting vistualization. Running two or more OSs on the same hardware. One as a host environment in which the virtualization software runs. The other as a client running within the virtualization software.. Which isn't the same thing as support multiple simultaneous users on a single machine.

In fact what the OP is asking for here is a home version of the client-server model that used to exist in offices before everybody got their own desktop PCs. Some LCD display manufacturers are already building in ethernet support. If Dell doesn't deliver this it's only a matter of time before some else does.
lkcl
May 30		 it's possible to do this now - with absolutely no difficulties, in several different ways (all of them involving linux):
1) USB2 hub + USB-to-VGA adaptor, USB keyboard, USB mouse, even USB audio if you want it. there are cirrus logic (i think it's cirrus logic) USB2-to-VGA no wait it's SiS chipset: they're quite limited in functionality as in no 3D capabilities but i don't think you're bothered about that, more about price, yes?
2) ndiyo.org have an all-in-one chip which provides a complete single-chip "thin client" which can go onto the back of an LCD panel. the chip has an LVDS driver, and USB, and Ethernet: you just... plug it in.
3) thin client (LTSP) but that's cheating a bit.

1) is really what you're looking for - in commodity standard parts - and you can multiply it up until you run out of CPU and space in your computer to put USB2 cards in (you don't want to be running too many USB2-to-VGA adaptors over the same USB2 bus!)
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