[Altair]

So now that I have enough money to actually get one, I'm in the market to get a good KVM switch. I need to be able to hook up my powerbook and my pc desktop. I have a usb mouse and a usb/ps2 keyboard and an analog crt monitor. Does anybody have any suggestions on a good kvm for under $70?

Thanks

[Applefreak01]

I picked up a little cheap KVM switch at radio shack. It has 2 USB in ports for the two computers and a 3 port USB hub and PS2 connectors for a PC keyboard and mouse. It was around $40.

[Beerman]

I just purchased two - one is a 2-port KVM switch from Belkin, the other is a 4-port KVM from the same manufacturer - don't forget to buy cables if they aren't already included, I figured this out the hard way and had to order them separately.

TechDepot has pretty good prices on these items...

[Nivag]

i;ve used the iogear kvm mini - clicky
It comes with the cables built-in, so it works straight out of the box.

for the Mac you'll need to swap the hot key setting so it works when you double tap the control key.

[Oneota]

Do NOT get one from Belkin. They don't do a simple USB pass-through, but instead they do all kinds of funkiness to it and totally screw it up.

For example, if you hold down the command key to do a non-contiguous selection, the Belkin KVM will stop passing the command key after about 5 seconds, totally screwing up any selection you'd had.

I've got a Dr. Bott now and it's great. If you can deal with USB-only (most PCs will be a little grumpy about only having a USB keyboard and mouse, but you can convince 'em to get over it), I'd heartily recommend Dr. Bott.