ACCO Brands Kensington ShareCentral 5 for USB Device Sharing (K33901US) Reviews

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What's great about it:?Great device in concept What's not so great:?One very important requirement doesn't actually work "Nice idea, bad implementation. Installed the software drivers, crawled around behind my desk to set it all up, customized the nifty magnetic buttons, and was happy for a while. from Bestbuy.com I was excited that I might be able to share my wireless keyboard and mouse, TV tuner, and other USB devices between my two laptops. However, this device did not live up to my expectations. from Amazon.com These are really nice additions to my system and I am glad that I ordered two. I have a Mac G3 and a Mac G5 so they allow me to have both computers connected to my major accessories and hard drives. from Amazon.com I bought this from J&R Music world thru Amazon for the amazingly low price of $14.99. I read the online reviews which were mostly pretty poor, but decided for $15 it was worth the risk and that it would be worth the price even if it could support only a printer and maybe a scanner. from Amazon.com It froze the computer when devices were connected to my Mac. I wondered why the price was so low. from Amazon.com Item works as advertised. Allows one to share 5 usb products fluidly between two systems. Switching from one system to another is done by pressing one of the keys, one thing I noticed though is that you may have to keep your finger on the key until it switches (just pressing it and releasing may not always work) from Amazon.com When I saw this product, I wondered why it hadn't been done before. It goes way beyond the A/B switch. I use this to switch between my work and personal computers--no more plugging and plugging my printer, scanner, keyboard/mouse, and external hard drive--what a concept! In fact, I plugged another hub into the external hard drive slot and have peripherals (including my external hard drive and memory stick) on that hub, in essence adding slots to the ShareCentral 5, and it works perfectly! from Amazon.com I asked for and got a Kensington Sharecentral 5 for Christmas, and I've enjoyed using it every day. It has worked flawlessly just as in the product description. from Amazon.com I bought this because I have a Macbook Pro and an older Dell PC and wanted to share a mouse and keyboard without unplugging them all the time. I was a little concerned because I have a merc stealth keyboard and a logitech g5 mouse and wasn't sure how well that would work, especially since my older PC only has one USB port left that can recognize my mouse. from Amazon.com Nice idea, bad implementation. Installed the software drivers, crawled around behind my desk to set it all up, customized the nifty magnetic buttons, and was happy for a while. Then I discovered the tragic flaw of this device - you can't wake your PC back up with the keyboard or mouse. from Amazon.com