5/16/02 Why are USB KVM switches superior to standard PS2 KVM switches? Here are the reasons: 1) The KVM switch also acts as a 4-port USB hub in addition to a switch. This eliminates both your hub and it's power brick. 2) Many USB KVM switches come with "combo" molded USB/video cables. This reduces cable clutter. 3) When you switch a USB KVM switch you are switching not just your video, keyboard, and mouse, but all the other USB peripherals that are plugged into the USB switch also. This instantly swaps keyboard, video, mouse, and other USB devices such as scanners, storage devices, and cameras. If you have Sony's excellent MSAC-US5 USB mouse/memory stick combo reader, you may be able to get rid of your seperate USB memory card reader also. 4) If you use a USB audio device like Apple's Soundsticks and iSub, you can also eliminate *all* of the stereo audio output cables from all your PCs and Macs. When plugged into the KVM switch, the audio system gets switched over to the correct machine when everything else switches over too. As an example, I recently switched over to a USB KVM switch from a PS2 switch. Here are a few photos:   Home office using PS2 switch - note the *three* keyboards and mice on the desk.   After switching over to using a USB KVM switch - note how clean the desk is - one mouse, one keyboard and the separate USB hub has been eliminated. The keyboard, mouse, scanner, and audio system can be instantly switched between 2 PCs and 2 Macs. And......................   The switch-over eliminated all of this junk from the office.