Jetway's 915P-TWIN Mobo: One PC, Two Users

Jetway 915P-TWIN Serves Two Users

New motherboard products keep hitting the market, yet their features do not change that fast, unless there are fundamental platform changes such as Intel's Socket 775 introduction. Usually, motherboard value- added propositions involve adding a new feature while removing one that is obsolete. However, Jetway offers a unique capability: the MagicTWIN mobo allows for two users to work on a single computer simultaneously.

First, you will need a graphics card that comes with two display outputs. Fortunately, this is the case with almost every graphics card today. A second keyboard and mouse can be attached via a PS/2 splitter cable or via USB. Needless to say that MagicTWIN will share all the system resources such as the CPU and graphics processor, optical drives and hard drive capacity. For this reason, the MagicTWIN feature will never be able to replace two full-featured computers, particularly if you have got high performance requirements.

However, running such a twin user system at home or in an office environment may be absolutely sufficient, since today's hardware usually is not pushed to its limits using common office and multimedia applications.

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Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.