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Hello,

 

I'm looking for a good usb switch that I can use for my mouse and keyboard.  It needs to be cheap and ofc good.

 

Any ideas? If there are any KVM switches with video too that would also be good as long as they are not more than $130 In that case they need to be DisplayPort.

 

// Jove

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Do you mean USB hub?

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So just for information.

You're looking for a switch to be able to switch your keyboard and mouse between multiple computers without having to switch your cables?

If so you could also look into a software solution like synergy(if you want this I'd look for a 50% discount code from one of the wan shows).

Another alternative for this is mouse without borders this is a product by microsoft.

The downside of this program however is that It will only work on windows computers.

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2 hours ago, Pieterv24 said:

So just for information.

You're looking for a switch to be able to switch your keyboard and mouse between multiple computers without having to switch your cables?

If so you could also look into a software solution like synergy(if you want this I'd look for a 50% discount code from one of the wan shows).

Another alternative for this is mouse without borders this is a product by microsoft.

The downside of this program however is that It will only work on windows computers.

Yes I need to switch between different computers, 2 should do as I don't have more than that at once for now.

Due to company rules and such this needs to be a physical device. It's also for different OS's / OS without display just terminal.

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This guy should do what you need

 

2 ports, but most KVM switches are going to have display switching as well, so if you don't need to switch the displays, just don't use the vga cables on the KVM. Also, I noticed in the reviews for this one that it has a low polling rate for the USB. Which just means that it won't work well for gaming mice.

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