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Summary: Works exactly as promised.
Review: Great product. Are the cords a little short? Yes, but they work fine for me. Is the unit light? Yes, but i just have it hanging below my desk out of the way so who cares. It connects both of my computers to one monitor/keyboard/mouse for $60 which is exactly what I wanted. The only thing to be aware of is that some IBM machines (like my old P166 Thinkpad) may not work with this product--check Linksys's site for details. I don't think this is Linksys's fault though, so I don't take it off my rating.
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Summary: Pretty bad...
Review: I tried out this kvm switch and didn't like it much at all. First off my computers think I'm using a different mouse with it (linux didn't like it at all). Second the mouse lagged a bit. Getting to worse things, the control key is really lagged with this switch, not good for games that use the control key. If you press the control key repeatedly then you get switched to the other computer. Finally, the worst thing is, don't expect to play any high throughput graphics games on this thing. I tried playing quake3 on it and it looked like utter crap, made my geforce 2 card look like a voodoo1 (or perhaps worse). Other than that, it was ok for basic stuff, just not for me.
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Summary: Poor hotkeys make it unbearable.
Review: Sure the technical merits of good graphics, etc are a plus but do not garner the poorly thought out product 5 stars. After using KVM's for years I have never had the problems like I have had with this. Other manufacturers manage to use Ctrl keys for their hotkey functions without the problems that this box plagues you with. While this box may have garnered rave reviews from the folks who want to play Linux, etc., I have to say to use this on a primary production machine will eventually drive you nuts. If you are always using constant Ctrl or Shift operations to mass select items you will constantly find that your key press was not registered. In addition, sometimes your mouse will just freeze until you click a button again. Oh well, the same goes for all Linksys products... they are a bit cheaper than what you would normally pay *but* you get what you pay for. Suitable for home or dorm but not for an all day production machine.
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Summary: Works great!
Review: Bought this device based on recommendations here and it works great! Just make sure you plug everything in sunggly and you'll have no problems, I didn't at first but figured out what I did wrong. And yes, the cables are a little short so make sure you've got your pc's in close proximity to one another. I never use the switch provided because the CTRL-CTRL function is much easier. Recommend configuring each pc to work with your monitor, keyboard, and mouse first and then hook up the switch. I did on my Win2K system for an intellimouse and everything was OK.
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Summary: Must have...
Review: I love this gadget. I have a 21 inch Trinitron monitor, and 2 computers that I use for different purposes, and usually at the same time. This product allows me to share my monitor, keyboard, and mouse between the two computers. You can switch back and forth by press CTRL twice or push the button on the unit. It works flawlessly everytime!!! This is great, especially for people that drives to 2 systems at once (programmers, hardware designers, graphic artists, etc), and you don't want to spend another 500 or 600 dollars for an equally high quality monitor. Plus, it save a lot of desk space. What a cool product. I did opened the unit up, and it only has a very single PCB and couple of resistors and caps, but it very well designed. I measure the output of this unit (to the monitor, keyboard, and mouse), there is NO spikes of voltages during switching, so it won't confuse either one of your computers when you switch back and forth. Linksys definitely done a wonderful job.
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Summary: Pretty Good
Review: I was using a manual switchbox and it really had a lot of ghosting problems. This took care of that. This introduced another problem however. The mouse that came with one of the systems that was hooked to the system. (HP Pavillion/Wheel Mouse) didn't work properly when connected throught the switch box. It worked fine under linux but on win98 it was pretty jumpy. I am using two mice (directly connected to the PCs) that fixed the problem. Not perfect but much better than the ghost effects. I run Win98 on one box and Redhat 7 on the other 1024x768 on both machines.
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Summary: Compact, packed with performance
Review: I have a presario running win2000 and an old IBM pc (pentium 100) running redhat-7.0. All i had to do was just plug in the cables! It was a piece of cake. Great for a small price. Most other products with same features, without cables, cost nearly three times more. Hot swap key is also pretty convinient. The only downfall might be that the cables are a little short; but you cannot get this performance at such a price. Surely my favourite buy this year!
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Summary: Couldn't be easier
Review: I have a Windows 98 PC and Linux box running Red Hat 7. I hooked up the cables and it was done. It couldn't have been easier. Only quibble is the cables aren't terribly long, so you have to have the two PCs relatively close to each other. But compared to KVMs that are much more expensive, it's a tremendous deal and a great product.
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Summary: Not exactly
Review: The product itself seems to work great. It was very easy to connect. However, the technical and buying info provided does not tell you that this switch will not work with a ps/2 to serial mouse converter. In order to use one pc with a ps/2 mouse connection and another with a serial mouse connection, you should purchase the Linksys KVM100SK switch kit, or one by another manufacturer. Don't make the same mistake I did and pay shipping twice!
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Summary: Good except for control/shift delays
Review: I have only used the unit for a week, but so far I have been very impressed with it. It works well, and as another user mentioned, video quality is very good. My video degrades more from plugging into my Dell docking station than it does from the KVM. Switching between the two computers is easy ... just double click the control key. However, there is one big complaint I have that knocks a star off. As another user mentioned, the KVM introduces a 2-second delay for both the control and shift keys. For most use, this isn't a problem. If you type control along with another character (as the control key is normally used), the keystroke is sent instantly. However, hitting the key and not hitting any other key causes the delay. Why is this a problem? Some applications use control and shift along with mouse clicks (Windows being one of them). This no longer works in a usable way (you must be very patient), making it difficult to select multiple files from a Windows file list. I have Caps Lock mapped to be a control key on my keyboard, so that gets around half of the problem ... the KVM lets the Caps Lock key go through instantly and Windows then interprets it as a control key. However, I don't have an alternative for the shift key. For me, it would be nice if the KVM didn't muck with the keyboard and forced you to simply hit a button on the unit to swap between the computers (or at least an option to run in this mode).
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