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FRAGMAN BOB

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I'm doing some work for a lawyer and he wants to get a laptop and desktop running off same monitor, keyboard and mouse. I'm not too up on which brands are quality and which ones are to be avoided.

mouse and keyboard are ps/2
monitor is dvi or vga

Video out on laptop is vga
video out on desktop is dvi
They both have plenty of USB inputs as well as ps/2

Which would be recommended?
 
IOGear is pretty good. I've used one at home. I also have 2 Belkin KVM's at work and they are both very good, but also costly and probably overkill for what you need. If you're looking for a budget KVM, I have this Monoprice DVI/PS2 KVM at home and it's both cheap and high quality. Note that it does not include cables though, so that will run you a bit more. However, monoprice has inexpensive prices and shipping, so it's not too bad. Also, it says it only supports 1280x1024, but I'm running it at 1680x1050 without any issue. Just make sure you set it to 60hz. If you want to save a few bucks, go with a VGA switch, such as this one, as they are much cheaper than DVI switches and include the cables.
 
Thanks guys, I was looking at this. IOGear's name keeps cropping up along with belkin. I was looking at this one It is for a business so there is alot higher of a ceiling on price. He is a busy lawyer and basically wants it to work without any fiddling or extra time spent on his part.
 
It looks like that one will do what you need. One thing to keep in mind, which may or may not be applicable, is that many laptops only have one PS/2 port to share for the mouse and keyboard. You might need to get a PS/2 Y-cable, if that's the case. Note that this is the only one I could find on Newegg, but it might be a dubious quality, according to the review.
 
Thanks for looking out, but it's a dell laptop with a docking station that already splits it in the back
 
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