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Mac Forum / Country Specific / Australian Mac Group / August 2005KVM for Macs?
G'day, Thought I'd ask in here, since this seems like a likely spot: I could use a KVM for two Macs... even a simple KVM with two ports would suffice if the price is right. Can anyone recommend a cheapish brand that works well with Macs? While I'm at it, what of the upper end of the market? I could also use a 4-6 port KVM that can support *both* Macs & PCs, at the same time I mean. I'm assuming such a beast'll be out of my price range at the moment, but no harm in asking. Many Thanks :)  Signature/J/ Stuffing around with the web cam again: http://members.ii.net/~iijeebz/ii.jpg > G'day, > [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > I'm assuming such a beast'll be out of my price range at the moment, but > no harm in asking. Hubby bought one for home a while back so I asked and this is his response ------------- Yup, we have at home a Kessington (I think?) 2 port USB/SVGA KVM. Which of course supports all modern macs and PCs. I think it was $100-200. 4 and 8 port and more are available. All he needs to know is as long as both his macs and PCs use USB and VGA style video then he should be ok. He should check to make sure that the KVM supports higher resolution, some of them don't support above 1024 x 768 etc. just depends on how many computers and what price he is willing to spend. --------------- Hope that helps :) slowly. >>G'day, >> [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] > > Hope that helps :) It sure did, many thanks indeed for your reply... I'll save it for future reference, as I've just ordered the belkin 2 port jobbie from apple, which will suffice for now. I eventually plan to get one big KVM that'll handle up to say 6 PCs and Macs. Thanks again :) Signature/J/ Stuffing around with the web cam again: http://members.ii.net/~iijeebz/ii.jpg I've got a 4 port Rextron at the office and a 2 port model at home, happy with both and they come with cables. http://www.rextron.com.au/ Paul > G'day, > [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Many Thanks :) > I've got a 4 port Rextron at the office and a 2 port model at home, happy > with both and they come with cables. > > http://www.rextron.com.au/ I just noticed a special bundle offer at the Apple store for Belkin KVM and 4-outlet surge supressor for $89.95. Signature"Bill Gates is just a monocle and a Persian Cat away from being one of the bad guys in a James Bond movie." -- Dennis Miller Does it include cables? Paul > In article > <42fc4dca$0$842$61c65585@uq-127creek-reader-03.brisbane.pipenetworks.com.au>, [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > and 4-outlet surge supressor > for $89.95. > Does it include cables? > > Paul Yes. It's on the front page of the australian apple store.... or you can look here @ http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatSectionView.process?Section_Id=1796 And it's the one at the bottom.... "2-Port KVM Switch with Built-In Cabling Part # F1DK102P" Here's a pic http://images.belkin.com/F1DK102P/FUL1_F1DK102P.jpg Signature"Bill Gates is just a monocle and a Persian Cat away from being one of the bad guys in a James Bond movie." -- Dennis Miller > > Does it include cables? > > > > Paul > > Yes. http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=164030 I had the PS/2 version in the previous post. Signature"Bill Gates is just a monocle and a Persian Cat away from being one of the bad guys in a James Bond movie." -- Dennis Miller > Does it include cables? > > Paul Yes. It's on the front page of the australian apple store.... or you can look here @ http://catalog.belkin.com/IWCatProductPage.process?Product_Id=164030 "2-Port KVM Switch with Built-In Cabling, USB Part # F1DK102U" Here's a pic http://images.belkin.com/F1DK102U/FUL1_F1DK102U.jpg Edit: I had the PS/2 one in my previous post Signature"Bill Gates is just a monocle and a Persian Cat away from being one of the bad guys in a James Bond movie." -- Dennis Miller >>I've got a 4 port Rextron at the office and a 2 port model at home, happy >>with both and they come with cables. [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > I just noticed a special bundle offer at the Apple store for Belkin KVM and 4-outlet surge supressor > for $89.95. Thanks Jason, I have ordered this one as it'll do the job for the time being... and the price is right (from apple's store no less - shock horror ;) Does anyone know how fast they generally dispatch orders? Signature/J/ Stuffing around with the web cam again: http://members.ii.net/~iijeebz/ii.jpg > Does anyone know how fast they generally dispatch orders? Could be a while - I just saw this on the Belkin site... > Due to the overwhelming popularity of this product, we are temporarily out of stock. Please check back soon. i.e. don't hold your breath > > Does anyone know how fast they generally dispatch orders? > > > Could be a while - I just saw this on the Belkin site... > > Due to the overwhelming popularity of this product, we are temporarily out of stock. Please check back soon. > > i.e. don't hold your breath And that would be the US site perhaps? Signature"Bill Gates is just a monocle and a Persian Cat away from being one of the bad guys in a James Bond movie." -- Dennis Miller >>Could be a while - I just saw this on the Belkin site... >> [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > > And that would be the US site perhaps? It is, but I buy a lot of stuff from overseas in my job. In my experience lack of stock overseas means late deliveries here as they fulfill home market orders first. Very few companies seem to treat their export markets as anything other than second best > >>Could be a while - I just saw this on the Belkin site... > >> [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > they fulfill home market orders first. Very few companies seem to treat > their export markets as anything other than second best Still, your experience isn't facts. Companies like Belkin seem to have plenty of stock out here... And of course, for Apple to be promoting it, they probably have secured a fair bit of stock already, considering it includes a 4-outlet surge protector which is for the australian market... Signature"Bill Gates is just a monocle and a Persian Cat away from being one of the bad guys in a James Bond movie." -- Dennis Miller >> Does anyone know how fast they generally dispatch orders? >> > Could be a while - I just saw this on the Belkin site... >> Due to the overwhelming popularity of this product, we are temporarily out of stock. Please check back soon. > > i.e. don't hold your breath It's already been dispatched, so no worries... Signature/J/ Stuffing around with the web cam again: http://members.ii.net/~iijeebz/ii.jpg "I was in Baghdad before you were in your dad's bag" - Graeme Gow, RIP mate. >> I just noticed a special bundle offer at the Apple store for Belkin KVM >> and 4-outlet surge supressor for $89.95. > Thanks Jason, I have ordered this one as it'll do the job for the time > being... > and the price is right (from apple's store no less - shock horror ;) > Does anyone know how fast they generally dispatch orders? Just an update: It arrived yesterday... so theres no delay with stock or whatever. Quick response and despatch. Initial impressions are somewhere between satisfied and 'meh' with the product itself. Image quality seems okay, I think... the image quality seems to be a tad poorer than before, but that could well be my imagination. I'll need to try it again with just the monitor to confirm this. One annoyance is that it is fairly slow at switching between machines in that if you switch to one and want to quickly go back to the other one, it can take several seconds before it'll respond to any switching command. (it just took 20 seconds just then). Also, it takes a few secs for the mouse to 'wake up'. The supplied software is relatively useless, as the manual says it's only for windows - right after boasting in the preceeding paragraph that windows, Linux and OSX are all supported :) The problem with this is that you are forced to use the switch on the KVM itself - which wouldn't be so bad except that there are obviously leads at both ends of the unit, so there is no easy or tidy way to set it up. BUT... it DOES work... And for $80 or so, you gets what ya pays for, right? ;) Signature/J/ Stuffing around with the web cam again: http://members.ii.net/~iijeebz/ii.jpg "I was in Baghdad before you were in your dad's bag" - Graeme Gow, RIP mate. > In article <42fc4dca$0$842$61c65585@uq-127creek-reader-03.brisbane.pipenetworks.com.au>, paul <P.Fredlein@NOSPAMuq.net.au> wrote: >>I've got a 4 port Rextron at the office and a 2 port model at home, happy >>with both and they come with cables. >> >>http://www.rextron.com.au/ > > I just noticed a special bundle offer at the Apple store for Belkin KVM and 4-outlet surge supressor > for $89.95. Thanks Jason, I have ordered this one as it'll do the job for the time being... and the price is right (from apple's store no less - shock horror ;) Does anyone know how fast they generally dispatch orders? Signature/J/ Stuffing around with the web cam again: http://members.ii.net/~iijeebz/ii.jpg > I've got a 4 port Rextron at the office and a 2 port model at home, happy > with both and they come with cables. > > http://www.rextron.com.au/ Thanks Paul, I'll make a note of that one as well. Cheers, J > Paul > [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] >> >>Many Thanks :) Signature/J/ Stuffing around with the web cam again: http://members.ii.net/~iijeebz/ii.jpg |
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