IOGEAR 2-Port USB VGA Cabled KVM Switch - GCS22U

You must buy this IMO if you have a Mac and a PC at this price. I love this thing. I can have 50 open tabs in Firefox and another 50 tabs open on my Mac with many other things open on both operating systems. I use a Microsoft 6000 desktop set so I don't have to switch between mice/keyboards. Ease of use: It works great and is very easy to use. Press the remote on the switch and then change sources on your monitor. This is all immediate and fast. Beforehand I used a 1 to 2 USB switch from a different retailer but I wanted upgrade to a 2 to 2 like this one. It has 2 usb female, 4 usb male with cords and 2 Vga male. I don't use the VGA, which doesn't matter to me but I am sure it's great for add on notebook computers. Also, I have yet to use it on a Linux, just on a Mac and multiple Pcs. With 4 male usb ports I don't have to worry about a power supply on preamp and professional mics (with Phantom Power as an example). This is the latest IO-gear KVM on the market as of now; works perfect with a mac and windows 7 combination. 5 stars for simplicity of use; anyone can use it and it works great. Update: I have bought two of these. I cut the VGA cable off on one, just to make it smaller in size thus reducing the cable clutter. A Very, very good product. Better than a normal switch.

I was looking for an A-B switch to use one monitor on two computers (I go back a looooong way with PCs!) and found the modern replacement as a KVM switch which is obviously even better. I use two active computers and have a third which has been recently replaced as my primary machine but still has some software and files that I cannot move from the XP platform to Win 7 (Win 7, by the way, is a superbly stable and competent OS.) I had run out of room for monitors and the plug/unplug dance was a pain. Enter the KVM evaluation. This thing works just as advertised and works externally to the OS so there's no keystroke sequence to learn and no opportunity for software failure (I'm using the switch between an XP computer and a Vista computer.) There's a neat little button that has plenty of cable to the device; just press the button and the monitor, keyboard and mouse automatically swap from one computer to the other all three devices which begin to operate after a brief delay of a few seconds. I'm using this with an older cordless Logitech mouse and a new cordless Microsoft ARC keyboard and both work flawlessly. Naturally, I tried it with a wired mouse and keyboard and both of those worked, too. I've used the switch for a week and have had no problems and been delighted with the performance. It's hard to believe so much functionality for so little money! Naturally, Amazon price and service were top-notch.

I bought this so I could connect one mouse and keyboard (Logitech G502 and G910 ) to both my desktop PC and Xim 4 , so I could seamlessly switch between them without constantly having to plug and unplug my peripherals. This is exactly what I needed. There is zero detectable latency, and switching between outputs is almost instant via the push-button wired remote, which will reach just about anywhere you can think of, and is small enough to be discreetly and conveniently placed. And for you gamers like me out there, yes; all keyboard and mouse functionality, including RGB lighting, macros, hotkeys, you-name-it, remains completely unaffected, as if wired directly to your PC. If I HAD to think of some cons, I would probably note that the cables are slightly heavy and cumbersome, and could cause damage over time to the plugs and/or ports you connect them to, unless you properly support them (ESPECIALLY if you aren't using the VGA plugs)... The cables are also a bit short, but that's probably just a personal problem, unique to my specific setup... Also, as some others have mentioned, it would be nice if you could use hotkeys to switch between outputs, but that, iin my opinion, is inconsequential when considering how much convenience this one little device offers. Overall, this is a well-made, handy little switch that will save you time, effort, and worn out USB ports... I highly recommend it, and will be getting another as my setup becomes more elaborate...

EDIT: Somehow my biggest issue with this switch seems to have resolved itself. Cancelled my return since I can live with the limitations imposed, but I'll keep the original review up as a forewarning. Still docking a star for all the hassle setup gave me. ---------------------------------------------------------- I purchased this KVM switch intending to use it with between 3 different devices, but occasionally having to swap out between 2 devices for proper use, as this was a 2-port device. Unfortunately, I will have to return this to Amazon, as the break-in process between my desktop and laptop indicated it wasn't suited for my needs, not to mention I ran into a few problems during the setup process. Setup hardware: Dell Studio XPS 1645 laptop with Mobility Radeon HD 4670, running Windows 7 Home Premium SP1 x64 Custom-built desktop (motherboard is MSI Z77A-G45) with Radeon HD 7870 (FX-787A-CDFC), running Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64 Generic DVI-male to VGA-female adapter Roccat Savu mouse Logitech G110 keyboard Asus PB238Q monitor with VGA connection First attempt at setup didn't turn out too well, as connecting the hardware to my laptop immediately yielded some problems. My laptop struggled to install drivers for my USB devices whilst connected via the KVM switch, but worked fine after installing the drivers without the KVM in the equation. The monitor failed to properly detect a connection to my laptop, and my laptop only detected a Generic Non-PnP Monitor with a maximum resolution of 1400x1050, which I was unable to duplicate my display with. This immediately alarmed me, as competitors indicated it was 2048x1536 (may not be a bad idea to add this to the product description, Amazon). Tweaks attempting to get it to work were met with a BSOD (0xF4). To be fair, I can't exactly blame the switch for that, as the latest drivers for the 4670 have been rather flaky. I then turned to IOGear's website hoping to find some troubleshooting steps. Disappointingly, the only document available for the switch was the included Quick Start guide. Reading the setup steps indicated I should have my devices switched off before setting up, so I attributed my setup woes to user error and decided to try again and do it by the book. The second setup attempt seemed to work much more beautifully, but wasn't without its flaws. My laptop still suffered from the aforementioned problem with the monitor, but I eventually fixed it by setting it up to broadcast to just the monitor. The monitor was then properly detected and functioned as expected. The fact that this worked only after a cold start began setting alarms off in my head that this switch won't work for me with 3 devices, but I pushed on regardless. Moving over to my desktop, the USB devices worked just fine out of the box. The monitor connection, unfortunately, was problematic. Due to the 7870's lack of a proper VGA port, I figured an adapter would solve that issue. While the monitor itself was detected, a connection via an adapter of any sort prevented use of a resolution higher than 1600x1200. This was rather disappointing and was the straw that broke the camel's back, as I wanted to use my monitor's native resolution, which worked out just fine with my laptop. Granted, the switch isn't necessarily at fault here, this was just a mismatch on my part. That being said, buyers of this switch should probably steer clear of adapters of any sort for compatibility's sake. So long as USB device drivers are installed beforehand on both computers, use of this KVM as intended should probably work just fine for you. Otherwise, I would suggest looking into a higher-end model, especially if a VGA connection is not an option.

Just what the tech-doctor prescribed! So, in my new job, I was given a laptop with VGA and HDMI ports. I also have a home computer--a 'tower' desktop (okay, towers are almost never DESKtops but you get my meaning!)--which I wanted to use during off hours. I hooked up the laptop via HDMI to a big monitor while the tower was connected to the same monitor via VGA cable. So far, okay. But what to do with the keyboard/mouse? I didn't want to use the laptop's keyboard/trackpad all day and was also having to constantly unplug the (usb) mouse and keyboard for off-hours/on-hours. Yes, this is work from home job. So I searched and found this on Amazon. It got delivered yesterday and I am already loving it! Yes, as others said, there's some not so clear text sometimes and also some windows--especially on left panels--seem to go too far to the left. But my work is not affected by this and I am simply happy to press the wired-remote's switch to toggle between the two computers. Certainly beats having to plug and unplug the usb mouse/keyboard. Oh, by using this device, I am able to get rid of the HDMI cable because I am using the VGA cable connections to both the tower and the laptop. In short, I am very happy so far. If this dies on me then we'll see.

First off, I am not using the monitor connection on this kvm switch, so I can't comment on that. I got this to replace my outdated iogear ps2 kvm switch, which worked great for the 7+ years I had it. My new pc only has one ps2 port for a keyboard/mouse. I tried adapters and different configurations with the old kvm switch, but it would only recognize one or the other. So I gave up, ordered this one and a new usb keyboard. My mouse is an older usb trackball and I was worried it wouldn't work with it's software through the switch. My new keyboard also has it's own software and I was worried about that as well. I had read some kvm switches didn't recognize the keyboard's media controls. Fortunately I had no issues whatsoever with either. I connected my new keyboard and old trackball to it, plugged the usb cables into each pc, turned them on and it worked fine with their programs. The old kvm switch used the keyboard Scroll Lock key, which I probably would have preferred, but this one's little remote switch sits in between the keyboard and mouse nicely. I could see the connection for it eventually wearing out, like most cheap headphone cords do from use. But I don't plan on whipping it around like a flail, so I'm not too worried. Like I've read others mention, a magnet or something would be useful on the remote switch, but it does have a rubber grip bottom at least. Overall, it's working good for me so far.

The main thing this device was designed to do, SAVE SPACE and HIDE CORD CLUTTER it dose well. When I received mine it was securely packaged with instructions. Other than the thin wired remote the device is ruggedly built and It took about 10 min from opening the box to working with all cord clutter hidden under the desk and just one very small wired A/B remote switch on my desk. Please note this device is VGA only. If you are using DVI buy a KVM DVI.If you have external speakers or microphone and do not have any other devices using them buy a KVMAV. Although the basic installation is simple there are allot of configuration possibilities with this device.In my case I had one computer and monitor with VGA only and one computer and monitor with both VGA and DVI. The DVI monitor has an VGA/DVI A/B switch. I configured the VGA computer to dual monitors that I use for work and the DVI computer with better resolution for video and audio editing. I have had this working for about 2 months with no problems.

I bought this to swap a Logitech wireless mouse (Performance MX) and a Razer keyboard - the big question to me was if the mouse would work right, since it needs the little USB dongle thing to work. The great news is that it works perfectly -- I click the little button and in about 1 second i'm off to the races on the other computer, no issues at all. If I had to find one item to nitpick about, I can actually find 2 - first, the cable can be very close to not stretching to fit to 2 USB ports - one of my laptops has only 1 on each side, and on a 17" laptop that gives a long stretch to get across. It does make it, but it's very close. The other issue is that it could be nice to get a couple little stickers to hold everything down - it's very easy to hit either the remote or the main box and move it away, or knock if off a desk - but since I can just get some for a couple bucks at the hardware store and it doesn't really affect that fact that it does the job it is sold for, I'm not holding it against it.

All I needed was a nice simple KVM switch, just to take a USB keyboad and mouse and two computers with VGA graphic outputs (as opposed to digital) and these outputs to one monitor, and that's exactly what this small unit does. Quality is perfectly acceptable, and the fact it has a remote control switch means you can have the switch itself hidden away on the floor somewhere and still be able to easily switch between systems (I have the switch attached on my keyboad with some self adhesive velcro). There is no intelligence in this switch (which in my eyes is a very good thing, keeps things simple) so when you switch it, it in fact physically disconnects the keyboard/mouse from one comuter (you can hear windows make the usb device removed sound) and physically switches the input to the other machine (again you can hear windows usb device connected sound). No problems at all, out of sight and very convenient. And for a fantastic price.

I had a very old monitor connected to my CCTV. I added another PC next to it only for remote connection and didn't want to add a new monitor for that. I bought this product and connected my new PC with my CCTV system monitor. Its does support wireless mouse and keyboard which was a plus. Recommended.

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