Syngle Mouse, Syngle Keyboard

At work I've been given a new Dell Precision M60 for my development work to replace the Dimension 2400 that I've been using up until now. For the time being I've got both on my desk so that I can transfer all my files and settings over and at first it was a bit of a pain to keep changing between my desktop's keyboard and mouse to the laptop's keyboard and touchpad.

Then I remembered the there was a program available that Scoot showed me a while ago that could solve my problems: Synergy. I got it installed with a minumum of fuss and was soon moving the pointer from the left edge of the monitor onto the right edge of the laptop screen, typing away, and even copying and pasting between machines. Seemlessly. Well worth a look if you're using more than one computer side by side. Currently it works for Windows and Unix/Linux, but it looks like a MacOS port might be on the way.

Sort-of related: MaxiVista lets you use other machines as secondary monitors. The video demo (wmv) looks very slick.