Pros: PC1 on the CS782DP is connected to an Early 2011 MacBook Pro; the MBP's output shows fine at 2560 x 1440 on the Cinema Display whenever PC1 is activated via the CS782DP's remote Port Selection Pushbutton. PC2 is connected to a 2001 Mac Digital Audio G4 via a Gefen GTV-DVIDL-2-MDP Dual Link DVI to Mini DisplayPort Converter; the G4's output shows fine at 1280 x 720 (the CS782-compatible limit for the G4's graphics hardware/driver) whenever PC2 is activated via the CS782DP's remote Port Selection Pushbutton.

Cons: If I put the MBP to sleep while it is connected through the CS782DP to my 27-inch Apple LED Cinema Display, the display goes into deep sleep mode and won't wake up when I switch the CS782DP to connect it with the G4. (In the previous version of this review, I reported that the Gefen GTV-DVIDL-2-MDP Dual Link DVI to Mini DisplayPort Converter lost Sync after 15 minutes connected as PC2 through ATEN CS782DP KVM switch. That eventually turned out to be caused by a forgotten default System Preferences setting in Mac OS X 10.3.9 on the G4.)

Overall Review: There is a workaround for the above Cons problem, which works only because my MBP is USB-cabled to the CS782DP via an external keyboard rather than the laptop itself. The workaround—suggested by a second-level Apple Support person—is to _first_ activate PC2 via the CS782DP's remote Port Selection Pushbutton, and _then_ to put the MBP to sleep via Ctrl-Shift-MediaEject or Ctrl-Shift-Power entered on the _laptop_ keyboard. Also note that, because CS782DP's PC ports are DisplayPort but G4's Radeon output is DVI (also has VGA output, but this didn't work when tried—before CS782DP arrived—directly connected to Cinema Display through converters), a DVI-to-DisplayPort converter such as the Gefen—plus a Mini-DisplayPort-to-DisplayPort adapter for the Gefen's output to the CS782DP—is needed.

Overall Review: Bought the card to replace a possibly-failing 1027490101 model that came in 2001 with my Mac Digital Audio G4. This one's model number is later, but—because it wasn't pulled from a Mac—I'd have to "flash" its ROM. The code to do that on a Mac is difficult to find, and besides this card has a smaller cross-section than the one it would replace—possibly because the new components are more power-efficient. I've since bought another used card pulled from a Mac, with a slightly newer model number than the old card but a cross-section that looks the same. After that I bought a new DVI-D-toDVI-D cable that works OK, and the problem with my old card may have been the cable. My G4 has only one AGP slot, so I'd have to pull the old now-working card to do _anything_ with this card; I'm just saving it in case I need a replacement later.

Overall Review: I already wrote a review submitted 4/28/ or 4/29/2020

Pros: I have an old G4 Digital Audio Mac connected to a GefenTV Dual Link DVI to Mini DP Converter, which is in turn cabled to an ATEN CS782DP KVM switch. Lately, when I switched my KVM switch to the G4 once a week, the video on the G4 failed to connect to the KVM switch—as shown by the EDID Sync LED on the Gefen failing to light. The KVM switch works fine connected to my other Mac, and swapping GefenTV converters (I have two because of a drown-instead-of-return RMA that didn't disable the "drowned" Gefen) didn't make any difference. I thought the old ATI video card in the G4 might be failing, but decided to try a new DVI-D dual link cable. For the last month I have had no further G4 video problems.

Overall Review: I would purchase this product again, in the unlikely event that I need another cable of this type. I recommend it to others who need it.

Pros: Every Saturday I run full backups of 3 drives and a subvolume over 7 hours, beginning with a 4-hour backup-and-compare of a MacBook Pro over my LAN. For a period of 4 weeks earlier this summer, the Mac Pro "backup server" computer was getting a "network connection timeout" after about 2 hours of backup. With this pair of Gbps switches replacing my old Netgear Gbps switches, the LAN backup-and-compare runs to completion.

Cons: The LEDs on these switches are smaller than the LEDs on the Netgear switches, so it's more difficult to see them blinking from across my bedroom to know whether the LAN part of the backup is running. Fortunately I also have a Motorola MoCA adapter with larger LEDs in the bedroom, so I can see those blinking instead.

Overall Review: These were a temporary bargain I snapped up. NewEgg should make that bargain permanent, because Gbps switches are being obsoleted by 5Gbps and 10Gbps switches for LANs that are through-cabled for those speeds—which my LAN is not because it has a MoCA segment.

Pros: Not applicable

Cons: Not applicable