got 2 Laptops...What to do now?

hi,


my dad left his Sony VAIO with me for a week...

it has got damn powerful processor.. Intel T9300 2.5 Ghz.
and 8400 M GS which can easily play COD4

Now tell me what to do with 2 laptops lying at home for me?

Is there any way to clone them?

basically i wanna integrate both of them in some way so i can use them together.

Ideas are welcome.

 

You mean like merge the processors together to one output?

 

well you could try getting them drunk and having them mate, but i don't think that will be very successful.

 

any way to integrate them?

the T9300 is great..but all my data and programs are on my laptop.

 

nocturnal310,

I've moved your thread to Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades. You should get better assistance there. Good luck.

 

To the OP,

No, short of transplanting parts from your dads laptop to yours there is no way. The easiest would be to swap HDDs and update drivers but still a bigger pain then just reinstalling applications on the other laptop.

Ive tried this...but they dont want to mate rather they get all pissy and start sparking and smoking. The morning after was a pain because of the hangover they wont even boot for me, instead they make funny noises at me and do nothing. Alcohol has wierd effects sometimes...

 

Hmm ...any way to Clone the monitors..

i just want some kind of interface to use them together.

What cable can i use to connect their monitors to each other.

 

Through some generic cables - s video to s video, vga to vga or dvi to dvi.... (or even inter-connects)
Check which of these two ports each notebook has got....

 

I don't completely understand what is being asked here

From what you said it looks like you admire the processing power of one while the other has your data. Maybe you can get an external hardrive and copy all your data files to it then plug that into your dad's laptop. That way you have access to your data but can use your dads notebook to play games. Don't know if this is what is your goal.

I don't understand how you can use the computational power of both unless you use some complicated symmetric multiprocessing logic to grab system resources from both, the way protein folding teams grab CPU cycles from machines around the world. But I think this is way beyond your requirements......

 

If i can just use a cable to sync their monitors..then i can just drag the windows from one comp to another

but i dont think its possible.

 

It might not be, but checkout the extend desktop feature..!! It might not solve the problem, but you can try linking the computers by remote desktop or any other way and link the screens as well....

 

that thing can easily play COD4?!!!!

that makes me sorta want to buy it. i have a simular setup.

 

geez... That would take some serious high level programming lol.

 

Nope. You'll just have to use them separately.

 

You've got a week with it... why take the effort to transfer all your files over to it?

 

What you want to do is basically a variant of what's known as [url='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Distributed_computing"]distributed computing[/url] or grid computing. The two Wikipedia links have some references and external links you might follow up on; however, I rather seriously doubt if you're going to find an app or a utility that will allow you to set up a distributed/grid computing system with your two laptops, particularly inside of a week's time.

 

True, just have fun with it or trade your notebook with you Dad's....

Shyster - the 1st link is a bit screwed up

 

Hmm... odd. Mine actually mated, but they created a netbook instead. Not necessarily bad, but now I've got 3 laptops to deal with...

 

Okay...i ll connect the laptop to 40" HDTV & use it for Gaming.

Whereas mine i ll use for everything else.


Better?

 

Yeah, But a DVI-port will render better graphics on the HDTV, but even a VGA and S-video should be fine for the video, though text will be a bit blurry..!! or maybe that notebook might have an HDMI port..??

 

How about a cluster? Have a couple spare hard drives lying around so you don't destroy anything?

 

give one to me....

 

Yes. That *thing* can play CoD4. I mean, my notebook with the exact same set-up as the thread-starters' dad's notebook plays CoD4...

 

at what settings?

Actually i ll try out COD4 Demo...if its good i ll buy the CD..

At what settings can u play comfortable ?

 

Just make sure you don't try to mate a Dell with a Gateway; I heard they get fiesty....

 

If you want to carry over files to the other laptop, its not as simple of dragging to the other screen.

Connect both laptops to each other with a ethernet cable and make a network, then you can carry files over to a folder shared by both laptops.

Well you could do it wirelessly too, but you'll have to play around on your own to figure that out.