KVM for DVI?

Now that I've gone and ordered a new Pro I will soon have 3 desktops and a laptop. I've been using one monitor (a Dell 21" 1600x1200) for the two desktops (one on the DVI and the other on the VGA inputs) and seperate keyboards and mice. The laptop has been standalone. It looks like that will not be a workable solution with 3 keyboard/mice combinations and only a S-video or RCA input left open on the monitor. It'd also be nice to hook up the laptop. It looks like choices are limited for KVM switches that are both 4 port and use DVI. Here is what I've found:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0009UFOTS/sr=8-6/qid=1155042798/ref=pdbbs6/002-3893310-0869648?ie=UTF8
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000A7NR8A/sr=8-11/qid=1155042798/ref=pdbbs11/002-3893310-0869648?ie=UTF8
Anyone have any experience with these or any other recomendations?

That's what I thought. Your problem is going to find a KVM that supports 1600 x 1200 and higher resolutions. When you look at the specs many don't support 23" display resolutions.
One option you may not have thought of given your Dell display is to use its input ports rather than go with a KVM. All you would need to do is to find decent enough DVI to VGA adapter and a DVI to Component adapter and you can just plug each computer into each of the inputs on your Dell display and select between them. I'll be doing this with Dell 24" display even though the DVI to VGA adapter that came with my Mac mini isn't really up to the job (the mini will be a server so image quality is not high in the list of importance - just as long as it works which it does).

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