How come shipping is $6, even though I just "fling"-ed (flung) the previous "thing"?

Also, I don't know why TF continues to insist this is NOT VISTA COMPATIBLE.

In fact, it IS VISTA COMPATIBLE. It works fine for me in Vista x86 and Vista x64. You don't need any drivers, and it just works.

That's my experience, anyways.

I haven't seen anything else like these elsewhere at a remotely similar price. These are gems, if you have a use for them, like sharing one desk (and kb/mouse) with 2 computers. You can even plug a USB hub into this and switch all the devices at once.

Again, this is my experience only, but it really seems like a great device, and for the price, it's an unbeatable value, IMHO.

If the manufacturer won't certify it as Vista compatible, then you don't want to assume it is. But heck, for this price, I'd probably risk it. Of course, I bought a set a while back, and have had no problems (I'm running Win2K). I use it to share my printer between my laptop and my desktop.

I have ordered a total of 8 or 10 of these in the past when they have come up - they are a smashing good deal, a great tool for sharing USB devices and they work pretty much flawlessly - for more in depth reviews and user suggestions do a search for previous postings on these items, there are some helpful tips if you need them - and YES, most ALL of us have got them to work just fine on Vista (they're not really OS dependent anyway . . . )

By the way - bummer there is a quantity limit or I would buy three more sets of two.

Dang! I got capped with ONE order! The same thing happened to me already today with the Notebook Set. I WANT my second order! I know they were able to fix this issue a few days ago. I hope they can get it fixed for this one.

It worked for me, on he device level, on other OS's, including Centos.

The device driver only seems to save you the few clicks of unmounting the drive before switching. It isn't *needed* on a Hardware/OS level. Just do a manual unmount.

if you use the driver on a supported OS, the switch appears as its own device (a green ball icon) in addition to appearing wherever the plugged in device normally would. Without the driver, it is transparent, and shows up as whatever device is plugged in (e.g. a HDD) if it is switched *to* that computer. Without the driver, switching away looks like you manually unplugged the end device.

You just gave me a great idea for a use I should have thought of earlier: keyfob switching.

I'm not sure I got mine on ThingFling or not, but it was a 2-for-1 from *some* deal a day site, and I have bought on ThingFling, so that may have been it. Mine says Philips, not Gemini, and carries the model number PSL1014

You get 2 of the switches and each switch comes with 1 cable. I bought these when they were offered a couple of months ago and I am using the cables from both but only 1 of the switches. Hope this helps.
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Yes, it does. My primary use for it is sharing external drives.

I'm *really* trying to convince myself I need more, but it's so portable that I've only opened one of the two I already have. The other is my spare.

I should also note that though it comes with one cable, you really want 3: A, B and "device" (of course you probably already have the one for the device itself) It wasn't a hassle for me, because I tend to buy a cable lot on ebay when I first adopt a port type, and never worry about it again (in the past decade, they've usually been obsolete before I wear out/run out)

ordered 1 and was able to use one of my $3.33 coupons from the $9.99 mystery box disaster so to get this for $2.67 I cant go wrong

I never bothered with the driver CD. Maybe that's why they say not Vista compatible - the driver is XP only, I guess. Still, the device definitely works with Vista. I've been using it, as I type, here, with a KB/Mouse connected through the PSL1014 switch on a Vista x64 machine.

Without drivers, if you plug the switch in to the computer, and the other computer is active, I don't think it will even register in Windows that you plugged anything in, though I could be mistaken. It certainly has never prompted me for a driver, though.

You do not need any drivers for basic switching functionality. If the drivers auto-disconnect the device for you and you plan to connect a device that needs that, and that functionality is available only on XP, then that is something to note, but other than Hard Drives and the like, nothing should happen if you switch a non-essential peripheral from one machine to the other.

In other words, USB is hot-pluggable, which means you can plug and unplug at will and the computer should respond gracefully each time. The biggest and possibly only exception I can think of, is a mass storage device, as there may be some activity going on even after you think the drive is done copying, and so before removing the drive, you should always use the safely remove hardware feature in Windows (or let the driver do it for you). But a keyboard/mouse/gamepad, etc. should be fine.

I use mine to switch a hub which has aKeyboard, Mouse and External DVD drive between an older XP machine and my newer Vista X64 machine, and neither ever complains when I switch from one to the other during normal use, coming out of standby or any other time.

damn shipping and handling ;]