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    Connect two laptops to increase performance

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by babiesinbondage, Apr 19, 2012.

  1. babiesinbondage

    babiesinbondage Notebook Enthusiast

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    I have the two laptops in my sig.
    I know this is kind of a long shot and I doubt it's possible (especially since one is an AMD setup and one is an intel/Nvidia setup) but I thought I'd ask to make sure.
    Is there any way I can connect my two laptops together to augment the performance? See, all of the weaker parts of my Asus are the stronger parts of my HP, and the weaker parts of my HP are the stronger parts of my Asus.
    The operating systems aren't exactly the same... but if it matters I could put Windows 7 ultimate on my HP if I have to because I bought 3 licenses at once and have only used 1.
    Like I said... I doubt it's possible but if I find out it is after I sell my Asus I'll feel like a jackazz.
     
    babiesinbondage, Apr 19, 2012
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  2. KCETech1

    KCETech1 Notebook Prophet

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    no, all you can do is cluster them for number crunching
     
    KCETech1, Apr 19, 2012
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    Orlbuckeye Notebook Evangelist

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    Basically you already have multiple computers with duo-core processors and quad core processors. Some i7 are 4 core 8 thread machines (which simulate 8 processors). Connecting 2 computers would slow things down because you can never get as fast of a connection by connecting 2 computers.
     
    Orlbuckeye, Apr 20, 2012
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