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[Scott Zekanis <zekanis AT gmail.com>]

I've been down this path a couple different ways with just 2 computers. I did the single monitor with a Dual port DVI from IOGEAR GCS932UB which worked fine. They sell reasonable DVI/USB KVM's that work with hot keys. 

Then I got dual monitors and just used the KVM on one monitor and dual monitors for one machine. 

Then I started using Synergy to share the keyboard and mouse between the 2 separate monitors (one on each machine) http://synergy-foss.org  This was even better, and I shared between OSX and Win7. If you have extra monitors it would be great but can do it on the laptop screens as well.

Now that I no longer use anything Windows again I use Teleport to share the keyboard and mouse between 2 MacBookPros, one personal and one work. http://www.abyssoft.com/software/teleport/

 

On Dec 15, 2012, at 12:32 PM, Susan LaBarre <idodesignforchange AT gmail.com> wrote:

I'm taking on a 2nd telecommuting job and will now have 3 laptop computers on my desk: a MacBook Pro, a ThinkPad, and an HP PC. The Mac and HP are connected to a 25" Samsung monitor that has dual video inputs and I switch effortlessly between them using the source button on my monitor's remote. I currently use a Mac Keyboard and Mouse and a Logitech combo for the PC. It's annoying, but I've gotten used to it. A second monitor is out of the question as my cat has adamantly claimed the real estate adjacent to the current monitor. Also, a third keyboard and mouse would really send me over the top as I already have difficulty switching the two existing sets between background and foreground. 

I've been researching KVM switches and some reviews are troublesome re quality of transmission, so I really don't know which is best to use. 

My systems are Mountain Lion and Windows 7 (I use the Mac nights/weekends and to check email periodically during the day).

Any recommendations for a switch that won't degrade my VGA picture quality since I use the PCs for graphics work? I prefer not to have to spend hundreds of $$ for a high end 4-port setup; so a dual switch would be OK for the PCs and I'd just leave the Mac in the DVI port (switching the source as I have been doing).

Thanks in advance for your feedback,

Susan

Susan LaBarre 

Mobile: 919-656-2216 
Email:  idodesignforchange AT gmail.com

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