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kman79 · Jul 2, 2007, 12:43 AM

Hey everyone, I'm a new convert to the Mac World. I recently purchased a MacBook Pro and loving every minute of it.

I built an AMD PC a few years ago with the most recent upgrade being an AMD64 X2 @ 2.8GHz. It's still fast enough to do productive work with as well as some play. Although recently it's only being used as a Media Server for my PS3 and XBOX360, the MBP is gettin all my attention at the moment . It uses a 7800GTX video card with DVI out.

The monitor I intend to use is a Dell 2407WFP, it's pretty decent Monitor in my opinion and I would love to be able to use it with my MBP when I'm home.

I plan on purchasing an IOGEAR GCS1762 as my KVM Switch. I have a Logitech DiNovo Edge keyboard and a Logitech MX Revolution mouse, I love using both very much and it keeps my desk free of wire clutter.

My question is, does anyone know if I'll run into any issues using a KVM switch with these two peripherals to work with my MacBook Pro? This is my first time using a KVM switch, so please excuse my ignorance on that matter. Any help on this is greatly appreciated.

steamy · Jul 2, 2007, 11:08 AM

this is just a theoretical answer , not using a switch myself: it should work.

If you look up the requirements for this switch OS is there so I would not worry...

* A DVI port (The quality of the display is affected by the quality of the DVI display card. For best results, we recommend you purchase a high quality product).
* Type A USB port
* Audio ports (optional)
* Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000, XP
* Mac OS 8.6 or greater
* Sun Solaris
* Linux, UNIX and other USB supported systems*

kman79 · Jul 2, 2007, 01:27 PM

Thanks for the reply.

I did read through the description that IOGEAR had concerning the KVM swith and the OS X. I was just wondering if anyone knew of any problems regarding the Mouse and Keyboard being connected using the Bluetooth USB Dongle to the KVM Switch and if there would be any weird occurance when switching between the two compuers. I know sometimes that wireless/bt peripherals act differently to wired ones, and I was wondering if this would be the case with a KVM switch.