For a little while now I've noticed my back pain has been getting worse and I think it's a result of leaning in close to my laptop to try get on eye level with it. So I bought one of these Alto Cordless gadgets on the weekend for my desk at work.
My overall opinion: it's swish, but I'm returning it.
Why, you may ask...? Especially after this photo:
Well it may look all funky and swish, and the USB ports may be really handy, but it just doesn't work. The first time I hooked it all up it did some wacky things. It would accept some key strokes, but not others. Then it would stick on a key. Then it would just stop working all together. It took me over an hour before I gave up pressing the connect button to pull out a USB keyboard. I at least wanted to use the stand...
Not long after I gave up, I discovered that the keyboard was magically working so I thought I'd keep it. Today, on my second day, I've decided that the dream is over. I went through the same pain this morning trying to reconnect the keyboard even though I left it plugged into the power overnight. When I gave up again and tried to plug in a USB keyboard, it didn't work. After punching a few keys I punched some keys on the wireless keyboard and it worked perfectly. Coincidence...? I think not.
Anyway, I think Logitech need to do some work to get this thing functioning and update their support site to say more than "this should just work with Vista".
Returning the set tomorrow to replace it with a $10 USB hub and a $20 stand.