Re: Another reason to buy Wintel.

In article <Wag5f.13$Wk4.11@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
TheLetterK <theletterk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> George Graves wrote:
> > In article <0Xc5f.3942$8K4.1279@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> > Steve Mackay <steve_mackay@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> >
> >>George Graves wrote:
> >>
> >>>In article <C1T4f.9$KH.5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >>> TheLetterK <theletterk@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Sandman wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>>In article <1129572220.949850.108540@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
> >>>>> "Edwin" <thorne25@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>http://www.macworld.com/news/2005/10/17/robson/index.php
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>OTOH, Apple embraced it, so no biggie.
> >>>>>>>>>>Just a reminder to one of the hard-headed bozos of this ng,
> >>>>>>>>>>immoutahere,
> >>>>>>>>>>who thinks nothing good ever comes out of Wintel land.
> >>>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>>Nicolas
> >>>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>>In your less than one-cell brain, you do remember that Macs are
> >>>>>>>>>moving
> >>>>>>>>>to Intel next year, perhaps about the time this gets
> >>>>>>>>>well-implemented.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>You seem to have missed the point, as usual, Jim.
> >>>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>>The innovation and leadership of the computer market is with Wintel,
> >>>>>>>>not Apple.
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>Haha, that's so funny because it's so absurd!
> >>>>>>>
> >>>>>>>How's that floppy drive going, Edwin? :)
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>>Hey Loopy, what type computer is this going to appear in first, a PC or
> >>>>>>a Mac? Who invented it, Apple or Intel?
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Better connect your printer to that parallel bus, Edwin! Quick! And
> >>>>>remember to
> >>>>>plug that PS/2 mouse and keyboard in *before* you boot your PC, or they
> >>>>>won't
> >>>>>be recognized!
> >>>>
> >>>>Who uses PS/2 devices these days?
> >>>
> >>>I'd say most Windows PC users still use PS/2 mice and keyboards as
> >>>Windows support for USB is still not complete, apparently.
> >>
> >>Huh? I've been using USB mice and keyboards for years on my PCs. I've
> >>never had a problem. The Mac, on the other hand, when hooked to a USB
> >>KVM switch goes bonkers when it's not switched to the mac when booted
> >>up. It resorts to 640x480 resolution, and the mouse gets REALLY whacko.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>Windows
> >>>machines still won't see a USB mouse/keyboard if they are plugged-in
> >>>after the machine boots, and if you are using two machines and sharing a
> >>>USB Keyboard, USB Mouse, and a monitor between the two via a KVM switch,
> >>>and if you switch away from a Windows machines and it goes to sleep
> >>>while you are switched to the other machine, when you switch back to the
> >>>Windows box, you'll never get it wake up because it will never see the
> >>>USB mouse/Keyboard again. You have to reboot to get it working or keep a
> >>>PS/2 mouse connected to the PC at all times.
> >>
> >>Umm, I've had a USB KVM switch for going on 2 1/2 years now at home, and
> >>at work. It works flawlessly. Your problem may have something to do with
> >>a BIOS setting. I've never had to fiddle with mine one bit to work
> >>properly.
> >
> >
> > My Mac doesn't care where the KVM switch is set, it works perfectly and
> > ALWAYS comes to life when one switches back to it from the other
> > computer. The PC, OTOH, never queries the USB ports again,

> This is incorrect. That might have been 98's behavior, but both 2000 and
> XP handle this flawlessly.

I'm running XP. It works just like 98SE in this regard on my PC.
.

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