help Pairing 2 laptops together.

[GreGGoZZ]

Howdy!
I have recently been struck by an idea to use my "old" laptop as a media/comms mashine. (since there are no buyers in the general vicinity and i'd loose a lot of cash selling it) I am currently using MSI GT62VR 7RE Dominator Pro as a main mashine (games n stuffs) and i have a MSI GS60 6QD Ghost that i currently use with a second mouse and reach over to type on (small-ish table so they are not side by side) as a youtube/google/comms device. 

 

Here's the question part: Is it possible to somehow set them up so that i can pull files/browser tabs/program instances between them? (like if i am say looking up a playlist on Youtube on my main laptop to then just pull it so to speak off screen and onto my other laptop) Also I am interested in running the "old" laptop as a "support" to my main laptop - sharing the load between both CPU's and GFX cards. (in my head this will give me more fps in games and maybe make laptops heat up less?) and hopefully not jsut projecting programs from my main laptop onto the other as just a screen just furthering the load on my main laptop.

 

If anyone has any links to guides/programs please share along with prehaps ideas on what else can be done in the same general direction?

[Silentprototipe]

Not sure if that's entirely possible but possibly Synergy could do most of what you asked 

[Sauron]

21 minutes ago, GreGGoZZ said:

HHere's the question part: Is it possible to somehow set them up so that i can pull files/browser tabs/program instances between them? (like if i am say looking up a playlist on Youtube on my main laptop to then just pull it so to speak off screen and onto my other laptop) Also I am interested in running the "old" laptop as a "support" to my main laptop - sharing the load between both CPU's and GFX cards. (in my head this will give me more fps in games and maybe make laptops heat up less?) and hopefully not jsut projecting programs from my main laptop onto the other as just a screen just furthering the load on my main laptop.

Chrome and firefox allow you to sync preferences and history, and even mirror tabs I believe. As for files, you could use something like dropbox or a samba share.

[GrockleTD]

1 hour ago, Sauron said:

Chrome and firefox allow you to sync preferences and history, and even mirror tabs I believe. As for files, you could use something like dropbox or a samba share.

yes but they were also wanting to load share between the two.

[Sauron]

47 minutes ago, GreGGoZZ said:

 Also I am interested in running the "old" laptop as a "support" to my main laptop - sharing the load between both CPU's and GFX cards. (in my head this will give me more fps in games and maybe make laptops heat up less?)

 

21 minutes ago, Grockle88 said:

yes but they were also wanting to load share between the two.

Can't be done.

[AncientNerd]

11 minutes ago, Sauron said:

 

Can't be done.

Well it depends on the level of "load share" for a while I was using an old computer as a remote desktop client so I ran a remote desktop to that computer and did some work on it that was less compute intensive but kept my main machine from getting tied up with the i/o stuff I had running on the old machine. I also know of a couple people who put old machines in a less secure part of their network and used them as a test bed to see if anyone was trying to hack their network. Basically a honey trap machine, and they would periodically blast it back to bare OS to keep the creepy crawlies down. But that second is more of a play with the crackers game than actually use the computer for real work.

[Sauron]

5 minutes ago, AncientNerd said:

Well it depends on the level of "load share" for a while I was using an old computer as a remote desktop client so I ran a remote desktop to that computer and did some work on it that was less compute intensive but kept my main machine from getting tied up with the i/o stuff I had running on the old machine. I also know of a couple people who put old machines in a less secure part of their network and used them as a test bed to see if anyone was trying to hack their network. Basically a honey trap machine, and they would periodically blast it back to bare OS to keep the creepy crawlies down. But that second is more of a play with the crackers game than actually use the computer for real work.

You can't use them as if they were one machine, and you can't use its gpu to get a framerate boost.

[GreGGoZZ]

Cheers for replies guys. So "Silentprototipe" suggested to use Synergy as a solution for the mouse/keyboard input to be synchronised (that would solve part of the idea i have) is there any programme that'd alow to setup a "share" partition on both laptops to sort of keep the shared files in synchronysity in there? (say for quick link exchange or getting small files from one machine to another (like a TXT file open on both machines that would be a copy/paste for links)? or is there another alternative for such purpose i am not seing? (i'd prefer to not use cloud services if possible)

[AncientNerd]

1 hour ago, Sauron said:

You can't use them as if they were one machine, and you can't use its gpu to get a framerate boost.

That is a true statement, if that is your goal there is no way to achieve it.

[RollTime]

1 hour ago, GreGGoZZ said:

Cheers for replies guys. So "Silentprototipe" suggested to use Synergy as a solution for the mouse/keyboard input to be synchronised (that would solve part of the idea i have) is there any programme that'd alow to setup a "share" partition on both laptops to sort of keep the shared files in synchronysity in there? (say for quick link exchange or getting small files from one machine to another (like a TXT file open on both machines that would be a copy/paste for links)? or is there another alternative for such purpose i am not seing? (i'd prefer to not use cloud services if possible)

Dropbox or Adobe CC is your best bet.

[GrockleTD]

3 hours ago, GreGGoZZ said:

Cheers for replies guys. So "Silentprototipe" suggested to use Synergy as a solution for the mouse/keyboard input to be synchronised (that would solve part of the idea i have) is there any programme that'd alow to setup a "share" partition on both laptops to sort of keep the shared files in synchronysity in there? (say for quick link exchange or getting small files from one machine to another (like a TXT file open on both machines that would be a copy/paste for links)? or is there another alternative for such purpose i am not seing? (i'd prefer to not use cloud services if possible)

the logitech MX master allows you to do the same thing as synergy, while also being able to copy and paste(within reason) text and transfer the information between computers.

[SpaceGhostC2C]

2 hours ago, GreGGoZZ said:

 is there any programme that'd alow to setup a "share" partition on both laptops to sort of keep the shared files in synchronysity in there? (say for quick link exchange or getting small files from one machine to another (like a TXT file open on both machines that would be a copy/paste for links)?

You can use Dropbox, Mega, or similar file sync services.

2 hours ago, GreGGoZZ said:

or is there another alternative for such purpose i am not seing? (i'd prefer to not use cloud services if possible)

In that case you can use Synctoy, but that works on demand rather than autonomously, or what I should have suggested from the beginning: set up a shared folder in one computer, and for convenience create a shortcut to it in your other computer. Then you'll access the shared folder through your local network, no internet needed.

[Technomancer__]

2 hours ago, GreGGoZZ said:

Cheers for replies guys. So "Silentprototipe" suggested to use Synergy as a solution for the mouse/keyboard input to be synchronised (that would solve part of the idea i have) is there any programme that'd alow to setup a "share" partition on both laptops to sort of keep the shared files in synchronysity in there? (say for quick link exchange or getting small files from one machine to another (like a TXT file open on both machines that would be a copy/paste for links)? or is there another alternative for such purpose i am not seing? (i'd prefer to not use cloud services if possible)

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right click the drive you want to share go to properties then sharing, advanced settings. after that check share this folder box. then go to permissions and allow all 3

then

https://kb.netgear.com/19864/How-do-I-map-a-network-drive-in-Windows

[Pixel5]

as many others have stated its not entirely possible as you want it.

 

and the little bit that is possible is not worth the effort and the hassle during general usage is so high that it basically eats up all benefits.