Advice.....Thinking about a Mac Mini

[darbsrewop]

Thinking about the mac mini to replace my iMac, but have a dilemma. I have one monitor that I use with my work laptop docked. I extend from my laptop screen to the additional monitor. I'd like to use this same monitor for my mac mini. The monitor has a DVI and VGA connection, so I was thinking I could plug my laptop into VGA and then the mac mini through DVI. I can push a button on my monitor to go between the inputs. I was thinking of getting the apple wireless bluetooth keyboard and mouse, but how would I use that with my work laptop and the mac mini? I think I need a KVM solution, but not sure of the best one that supports my situation. Thanks for your help!

[Mm]

The monitor setup will work fine with the right adapters. Someone else will have to chime in about the keyboard/mouse setup.
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[Bandit Bill]

"I was thinking of getting the apple wireless bluetooth keyboard and mouse, but how would I use that with my work laptop and the mac mini? I think I need a KVM solution, but not sure of the best one that supports my situation. Thanks for your help!"

You would have unpair the keyboard and mouse from the mini and pair it with the work laptop, each time you wanted to switch. Totally impractical.
There may be bluetooth switches available but I am unfamiliar with them.

You are better off just using the laptops keyboard and mouse or getting a $30 mouse/keyboard combo dedicated for the laptop.

Have you considered getting another iMac. You hook it into your existing monitor and you'd have an extended desktop for both the iMac and the laptop. Were you aware that you could do this?