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List Price: $79.99
Our Price: $63.04
Your Save: $ 16.95 ( 21% )
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Kensington
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Average Customer Rating:   
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Batteries Included: 0
Binding: Electronics
Brand: Kensington
EAN: 0085896339014
Feature: Easily share access to USB devices between two computersâ¿¿LED lights indicate which computer has access
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Kensington
Manufacturer: Kensington
Model: K33901US
Publisher: Kensington
Studio: Kensington
Warranty: 2 years warranty
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Features
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Easily share access to USB devices between two computersâ¿¿LED lights indicate which computer has access
Gain instant access to your USB devices by plugging one USB cable into your computer
Simply press a button to switch individual USB devices from one computer to another
Both computers have direct access to the printer thanks to Automatic Printer Sharing
Plug and play set up and easy to use with no network required
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Editorial Reviews:
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Finally, an easy solution for sharing USB devices. Now you can share USB devices between two computers without all that plugging and unplugging. Simply push a button and the ShareCentral(TM) 1 automatically makes the swap. With the Kensington ShareCentral(TM) 5, two computers can share a printer, hard drive, scannerâ¿¿any five USB devicesâ¿¿and switch between them with the touch of a button. It reduces cable clutter, too! No software required for basic features.
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Work well but need work around
Comment: Have been using this for a couple of months. I agree with the previous reviewer that it work 70% of the time. It really depends on the weather. There are some device that will not switch over with window 7 but is fine with XP. To work around this, I bought a USB hub and connect to one of the ports and then connect the device into the hub. Strangely it work that way + u get another 3 extra ports.
Hope this help.
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Summary: Works 70% of the time
Comment: This product does a good job of sharing hardware between two computers. The big problem is unreliability. For no predictable reason it stops working. Reloading the software generally fixes the problem, but it becomes tedious after a few times. At best, it's a partial solution that works about 70% of the time.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: No Windows 7 Support??
Comment: New customers should complain to Kensington directly. I was very disappointed to hear from Kensington's overseas tech support today that this product is discontinued and has no Windows 7 support. I always saw Kensington as a good company with long warranties and quality products. I suggest other customers complain about this directly to them as this product is being sold as new on their website and other etailers. Also experienced some Mac crashes when trying to switch (however due to lack of windows 7 support I cannot switch devices between computers anyhow. If it supports Vista, I dont know why they wouldnt support Windows 7 since the Windows 7 is basically an thinned out Vista. Trying to use this with Snow Leopard and Windows 7. If anyone has had any such luck please post about it.
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Summary: Works well for printer sharing between two computers!
Comment: I was a little apprehensive about purchasing this product after seeing some of the other reviews but it was on special and had a rebate as well so the price was low enough that it was worth the risk.
The problem I needed to solve was sharing two printers and possibly a scanner between two different PCs. After several days of use, it appears to work perfectly for this purpose. No more plugging and unplugging USB cables to use the printer.
Pros:
1. The two additional USB cables to connect it up are included.
2. The LEDs indicating which way each device is connected are quite bright.
3. It works as advertised for the purpose I tried (connecting printers and scanners to two computers).
Cons:
1. The included USB cables are fairly short, I had to swap around with a longer cable in one case.
2. The visual indication of the LEDs (to show which computer is connected to a given device) is very poorly designed and not at all intuitive. I added a couple of printed labels with the numbers 1 and 2 on them to make it clearer.
I did not test it for the purpose of connecting keyboard and mouse to multiple computers as several other reviewers tried (with problems). It works fine for the printer sharing that I needed and at a very steep discount I'm happy with it.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Great device
Comment: I just bought this from my local Fry's while it's on sale for $7.99 after rebate.
Setup takes only a few minutes.
I am VERY thrilled how easy it was to setup this device and connect other USB devices to it.
It is now connecting 1 Brother MFC-7340 to 2 PCs - my wife was screaming that she was not able to print to the new printer I just purchased. I also hook up one 4-port USB hub to it. The hub has four external USB HDD drives connect to it.
Both my PCs recognize the MFC and the drives without any problems and all functions are available to both PC when the user switch it over.
The only issue is that Kensington Share Central will automatically switch all devices when a PC boots up. Therefore, it forces the user to manually switch it back if he/she want to use the connected devices. This issue can become a huge problem if a file is being copied/moved or an important operation is interrupted. Kensington really should fix the firmware in the device to prevent this from happening.
It is a little bulkier than I would like it.
Overall, it's a great device to share USB devices between two computers in close proximity.
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