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Last entry before the Power Mac arrives – it’s on the truck for delivery!

I wired up the IOGEAR MiniView Extreme Multimedia KVMP Switch (GCS1732) and my first impression was: “oh s**t, I can’t live with this”. My monitor, a 20″ ViewSonic VP201mb LCD, was previously hooked up to my Dell via a DVI connection. I knew I’d lose this with the KVM switch which only supports VGA, but I read reports from people that couldn’t tell the difference, so I thought I’d try it out. DVI switches are very expensive (except for the Linkskey LDV-202AUSK which is out of stock everywhere I look).

Then I configured my monitor settings by first letting it auto-adjust the image, then I manually adjusted the contrast and brightness, and now I have to say – it looks just fine! I’m honestly not sure if it’s any different than the DVI connection, although theoretically it should be. Before the adjustments, the picture was really fuzzy, but now it’s quite sharp. So I guess I’ll stick with it for now. I figure within 30 days I’ll know if I want to keep it, get a DVI switch, or live with accessing the Dell via Remote Desktop.