The unit was straightforward to set up, and worked fine, *except* that the mouse and keyboard (from Apple) for some reason won't talk to my laptop (a Macbook). Oddly enough, another Trendnet KVM that I own gets along fine with that same computer. Since the video and sound worked, I hate to have to ding it a full star.

This KVM switch works exactly as advertised. I really like the fact that it doesn't need it's own power source. I have it hooked up to a OSX, Vista, and 2 XP computers. I had it hooked up to Ubuntu and it worked fine. I went to other retailers and they wanted more money for less-able KVM switches. Don't be fooled by other "prettier" KVM switches that aren't as functional. The only thing that kind of bothers me about this KVM is that it has plugs for the hardware on the front, back, and sides of the switch... Basically, this KVM helps me save a lot of room on my desk for all my computers, but I have to look at the ugly cords no matter which direction is facing me. It serves it's purpose, but I kind of feel like an engineer should have figured a way to make this more aesthetically pleasing.

I bought this KVM so I could work from home and use a full size keyboard with my laptop. This KVM is perfect and worked out of the box. It is very simple to setup, and does not require any technical skills.