Belkin (F1DG102U) 2-port KVM Switch

Pros: Comes with cables.

Cons: Overpriced, slow, buggy, no hotkey, prevents entering the BIOS.

The Bottom Line: Avoid like the plague!

Review: I picked up one of these because someone offered it to me cheap. Now I know why.

First, NO HOTKEY. There's a windows program for switching it, but so what? I'm not going to install some buggy program on every PC that's brought to me just...

Pros: It works, barely...

Cons: No hotkeys, very slow switching.

The Bottom Line: Buy one of the similarly priced but much better IOGear KVMs instead.

Review: A KVM is supposed to make using two or more computers from a single keyboard and mouse simple and painless. Unfortunately this KVM switch utterly fails to deliver in two basic respects:

- No hotkeys. Most KVM switches allow you to switch...

Pros: Appears to be nicely built. One set of cables longer than the other, clever touch.

Cons: Annoying occasional unrecognized keyboard/mouse.

Review: I bought it because I liked the idea of a separate switch instead of a keyboard sequence. It has some unfortunate quirks but it turns out to be a useful device.

The first problem (this is the USB product) is that when switching to my XP...