KVM switches

Has anyone found any decent KVM switches for around $50 or less? It looks like if you want to get a decent KVM switch with USB from either Belkin or D-Link it's going to cost $60-$100. I'm just wondering if anyone has seen anything different.

I bought a kvm from ebay about a month ago and it has been working great with my mini. Works with a PS2 Keyboard and mouse, so I didn't have to buy USB ones. Here is the product link

http//www.ppa-usa.com/product_pages/KVM/7341.htm[=http//www.ppa-usa.com/product_pages/KVM/7341.htm]http//www.ppa-usa.com/product_pages/KVM/7341.htm

Cost me $30

for KVM switches, do BOTH the PC and the Mac have to be on to power it?

i plan to get a USB KVM switch, but the reason I love the mac is that its so quiet compared to my PC (which sounds like a vaccum cleaner). If I have to keep my PC on, it totally defeats the Mac's noise-quiet design.

[quote0339901f7e="techdude05"]for KVM switches, do BOTH the PC and the Mac have to be on to power it?

i plan to get a USB KVM switch, but the reason I love the mac is that its so quiet compared to my PC (which sounds like a vaccum cleaner). If I have to keep my PC on, it totally defeats the Mac's noise-quiet design.[/quote0339901f7e]

The KVM I had didn't require more than one PC to be on (or even plugged in) for it to work. You can look through my previous posts for the one I got.

i have no clue what a kvm swithc does or how it works, could someone PLEASE quickly explain it for me? i tried to look on that link but still didnt get an idea of what it is. thanks in advance

a kvm switch allows you to use one set of Keyboard, monitor (Video), and Mouse between multiple computers. You plug all the computers into the KVM, and the keyboard/monitor/mouse into the kvm. Then with the press of a button (or keyboard sequence) you can switch between controlling the different computers.

[quoted76091f30d="adenosine"]a kvm switch allows you to use one set of Keyboard, monitor (Video), and Mouse between multiple computers. You plug all the computers into the KVM, and the keyboard/monitor/mouse into the kvm. Then with the press of a button (or keyboard sequence) you can switch between controlling the different computers.[/quoted76091f30d]

thanks for the info

thats awesome, i thought i was gonna have to unplug everything whenever i wanted to switch from my pc to mini mac.

im definetly gonna need to buy me one of these things