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Need Wireless Monitor/Keyboard Thingy
I wish i had a laptop that was nothing but a monitor and keyboard that came with USB dongles that i could plug into multiple desktop computers and each dongle was a separate channel and I could use the laptop thingy to swap between channels to get on different physical desktops, but that doesn't exist yet.
How can i turn my laptop into a wireless monitor amd keyboard? Any alternative ideas would be helpful. I would rather buy a cheap awesome desktop that i can easily fix and upgrade than buy a new laptop every few years.
However, i love how a laptop feels. Monitor right beside my legs while i lie in bed watching TV and typing into the laptop. I don't want to have to sit at a desk. 
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Why not use teamviewer of something?
Probably too laggy. I wanna' do gaming and i want it to be fast so software probably isn't the way. Is there any hardware that would be good for this?
If you got a 100mb port on your router/pc/laptop then it wont lag
How about Synergy? http://synergy-foss.org/
Does your laptop have HDMI out by chance?
No. Not even DVI, just VGA.
You can set up up a solution with a kvm and some mediaconverters (kvm & sound over ethernet.
It will probably cost you alot of money but it can be done.
Someone needs to invent the thing I said in the OP. I'll buy one.
It's called a KVM. They've existed for years, and so long as you use a self-powered one it'll do what you're wanting.
How do I set it up so I can use my laptop as a wireless monitor and keyboard and play games off my desktop with it? Any links with tutorials?
www.tutorials.com/kvm-switch
omg that was clever I thought that was the link but you got me.
Think this would feel normal when gaming? http://www.iogear.com/product/GCS661U/
Or do you think there would be lag and it won't look and sound as nice or something?
EDIT: I have a 40 inch LED TV sitting 4 feet away from my bed. I could always setup a new desktop gaming rig next to it and use a wireless keyboard and mouse with it, which would be great for gaming... however, I sometimes browse naughty stuff and if someone walked into my room and I clicked a bad link or just something was on my screen that I wouldn't want people to see, that would be bad. Not sure wat do.
When you guys first said KVM I thought you meant some type of VPS...
EDIT: Holy crap, I googled "wireless kvm" just now.
EDIT 2: My laptop only has VGA, not DVI or HDMI. If I play games with a KVM from my desktop using my laptop as a monitor/keyboard, will it not look as nice? Would I not get to see 1080p and higher?