Easily Switch between two Computers - Dual Monitor with Keyboard, Mouse, Speakers

[drummr8]

I have an old desktop PC which still works great and is used primarily for surfing the web or doing personal financial stuff. I also just purchased a new XPS 13 for business use. I would like to find a simple solution where I can have both the laptop and the desktop hooked up to some sort of switch/station and just switch between the two with a button press.

I'd like to have them utilize the same dual monitor setup with keyboard and mouse and speakers.

Is this possible? I thought it would be fairly simple but can't find the right solution!

I saw this, which would be great for just the laptop, but not so much for the desktop:
https://www.amazon.com/Plugable-Universal-Docking-Station-Ethernet/dp/B00ECDM78E/ref=sr_1_3_det?ie=UTF8&qid=1493935746&sr=8-3#productPromotions

 

[KeelinTy]

I know they make something like that with VGA which is mainly used for servers to manage more than one at once. Im not sure about for what youre needing though.
You can use a laptop docking station connected to one display and the desktop connected to the other. Have 3.5mm splitter so you can use both systems for one speaker system. As for the keyboard and mouse, you can use Synergy to use the same keyboard and mouse on both systems at once

 

[Firewalp]

What you are talking about is called a KVM. Just google this to learn more. We use these at work to switch between a desktop and a TTC while sharing monitors, keyboard, speakers and a mouse.

 

[drummr8]

What you are talking about is called a KVM. Just google this to learn more. We use these at work to switch between a desktop and a TTC while sharing monitors, keyboard, speakers and a mouse.

I know about KVM's, but this does not solve my problem. As I stated, I have one computer that has the new USB Type C connector that outputs basically everything (video signal, USB, Audio, etc) and one computer that has all individual outputs. Is there something else I could use in conjunction with a KVM? Like maybe something that takes USB type C as the input and then branches off to give HDMI, USB, etc as separate connectors?

 

[Firewalp]

What you are talking about is called a KVM. Just google this to learn more. We use these at work to switch between a desktop and a TTC while sharing monitors, keyboard, speakers and a mouse.

I know about KVM's, but this does not solve my problem. As I stated, I have one computer that has the new USB Type C connector that outputs basically everything (video signal, USB, Audio, etc) and one computer that has all individual outputs. Is there something else I could use in conjunction with a KVM? Like maybe something that takes USB type C as the input and then branches off to give HDMI, USB, etc as separate connectors?

Then you need to reword your question because you never mentioned anything about USB Type C. All you said was you have a desktop and a laptop that you want to be able to switch between which is why a KVM seems like what you need. After looking at your original quesiton again, I don't see how you could mean anything else.

 

[drummr8]

What you are talking about is called a KVM. Just google this to learn more. We use these at work to switch between a desktop and a TTC while sharing monitors, keyboard, speakers and a mouse.

I know about KVM's, but this does not solve my problem. As I stated, I have one computer that has the new USB Type C connector that outputs basically everything (video signal, USB, Audio, etc) and one computer that has all individual outputs. Is there something else I could use in conjunction with a KVM? Like maybe something that takes USB type C as the input and then branches off to give HDMI, USB, etc as separate connectors?

Then you need to reword your question because you never mentioned anything about USB Type C. All you said was you have a desktop and a laptop that you want to be able to switch between which is why a KVM seems like what you need. After looking at your original quesiton again, I don't see how you could mean anything else.

Sorry about that, thought I had mentioned it. I guess when i originally wrote the post I assumed everyone would know the xps 13 is USB type c only. That was a dumb assumption.