4port Miniview USB KVM Switchkit OSD & Hotkey with Cables

Rating:
Summary: Fails expectations
Review: Pros:
1. Easy to hook up.
2. Works 90% of time.
3. Even though I am quite disappointed, I'm not aware of a much better product out there. (Where are you engineers?)

Cons:
1. Will *not* work with non-standard mice and keyboards. This means only 2 buttons and wheel for mice and no multi-media buttons on your keyboard. I find this quite annoying.
2. Although the documentation claims that one of its features is that the KVM doesn't need to be switched to each of the computers as they boot up (can boot them all simultaneously), my monitor won't work with one of my computers unless the KVM is pointing to the computer while it is booting. Customor support was unable to resolve this problem or even explain why it was occurring.
3. Again, although the documention claims that the USB peripheral device emulation allows faster switching, about half the time it is just as long as it was when I used an older KVM switch (which was just a cord... no processor, no emulation).
4. The price! For $200 I would think it would perform in spades. Not even close.