Bluetooth and two mac minis

I have a Mac Mini PowerPC which I have a dlink bluetooth adapter for and I just got a new Mac Mini Intel Core Duo with build-in bluetooth.
I would like to buy a cheap KVM that can handle the DVI so I can share a monitor and I was wondering how I could use a one bluetooth mouse and keyboard between both computers. I currently use a USB keyboard and mouse and a KVM w/DVI and USB is expensive. Does anyone have any experience using bluetooth as an alternative to a USB KVM switch on two computers running at the same time. How would I move back and forth between computers using bluetooth? Before I buy a bluetooth keyboard and mouse, I was just wondering if any one out there had tried it and how well it worked? Or should I forget the bluetooth and buy a KVM w/ DVI and USB support.

In this instance I've found it easier to go all-USB rather than switching bluetooth around; use a cheap KVM switch and you can go back and forth instantly from machine to machine using the same keyboard, mouse and monitor. Set up the older machine to share its DVD drive over your LAN and you're good to go.
Another solution that works really well is to use Teleport by abyssoft.com. It's a pref pane that automatically shares your BT devices between different Macs. For example, f I have my laptop set up next to my iMac and both running the software. I'm using a wired keyboard and BT mouse. If I move the cursor to the left of the iMac's screen it automagically jumps to the laptop's screen, and I continue working on the laptop with the same keyboard and BT mouse. It even will carry across clipboard items from one machine to another. Super cool, and works especially well if both computers have their own monitor (if both share the same monitor you would still have to either run one headless with screen sharing, or use a hardware monitor switch (BTW, some monitors can take two inputs and use a button to switch say between VGA and HDMI, or even switch automatically. Maybe you're lucky enough to have one of those).
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