Follow My RL QUEST of Hardware Multiboxing ... should be an adventure :)

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*** UPDATE *** I have for the most part acquired my set up ... if you go to page two you can see pictures of what I bought and how i am setting it up ... thanks for everyones help that wanted to help ... and to those of you that were rude in my thread to me ... /sticks out tongue

Note in my SIG: my other toons are now level 18 and chugging along

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I have 6 accounts in LOTRO and it takes 6 to make up a party in LOTRO .... I have one LM and am bringing up 5 Hunters atm to box. ATM I can barely eeek by playing 3 toons as one of my computers just doesnt cut it..

MY setup will be the following

1.) I have decided to build 4 new machines to go with my two good ones that will run only LOTRO on them at at least high settings

2.) I have already bought 5 Samsung p2070 LCD monitors with monitor mounts to go around my Apple 24 inch with mounting bracketts

Here is where I need help...

3.) I read bradsters hardware guide but VETRA has come out with the SWITCH CASTER now that seems to replace 3 of the componets of his setup and make it one unit so I was thinking ... ( doesnt this make the ymouse and other things on there not needed? )

VIP-808-KM-B-DE: 8 port KVM Switch / Multicaster. Switch or multicast one keyboard and PS/2 mouse between eight PCs. PC selection via keyboard "hot-key", or direct entry front panel switches.You will need sixteen 6-pin mini-DIN male-male cables, such as our VIP-300-6MM-06 cables, to connect to the PCs. http://www.vetra.com/808B_text.html


4.) X-KEYS PRO .... I read on a thread that was over a year old I found using search function to get a PS/2 version becuase the USB was buggy ... I am about to pull the trigger on x-keys pro ... after reading about them I would prefer the USB version ... it just seems more functional and not sure how much longer PS/2 will be in comps ... has X-KEYS USB version improived in the last year to become functional? anyone have a USB version care to share? Does the PS/2 version record as well as the USB software version ... can they do the same things?

so X-keys Pro PS/2 or is the USB version of x-keys PRO now a viable option? http://www.xkeys.com/xkeys/xkpro.php

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Am I leaving anything out ? will this be a viable setup? am I correct that VETRAS new SWITCHCASTER replaces needed to use three componets to do the job bradster had to do before the SWITCHCASTER came out ? comment form bradster would be most helpful?



I am buying the PC 's todays ... I would like to pull the trigger on 3 and 4 real soon but do not want to make a mistake and would like to hear from the community... IS EVERYTHING compatable?