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06-18-02, 11:56 PM
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Mouse
Do many people still use the mouse that has a ball on the bottom of it? I use the kind with a red light at the bottom and was wondering if these ever go bad?
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06-19-02, 01:03 AM
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Damn you woman!
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I believe that they are supposed to last much longer. I've had my optical mouse for over a year without any trouble...
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06-19-02, 05:08 AM
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I use a scroll mouse with a ball. One of these days Im going to an an optical mouse, its a PITA to clean the lint out of the damn thing every 2 weeks. Are all optical mouses USB or are there PS/2 ones? I'd hate to waste a USB port on a mouse.
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06-19-02, 09:49 AM
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Damn you woman!
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They come with an adapter to convert the USB to PS/2, so it will work with any PS/2 port.
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06-19-02, 10:13 AM
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My optical Microsoft mouse here at work is PS2. I use a cordless logitech ball mouse at home...I love a cordless optical mouse for home, but the opticals really go through batteries fast!
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06-19-02, 11:06 AM
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What kind of batteries does it take?
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06-19-02, 12:43 PM
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2 AAA batteries.
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06-19-02, 12:45 PM
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Steve:
You'll enjoy the optical mouse. My cousins were here and they used mine and went out and bought one ASAP.
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06-19-02, 05:33 PM
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I still use a mouse with a ball. It also has a wheel that you can use to scroll down web pages.
The mouse is the last thing that I worry about. I'd rather spend my money on more RAM than a high-tech mouse.
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06-19-02, 06:08 PM
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My mouse gets so filed with lint and dust it becomes hard to use. My room is a huge dust emporium. I dust almost every 3rd day. I can clean my monitor then 3 hours later there a pretty good coating up dust on it already. I use Endust for Electronics on my electronics along with the condenced air stuff and I use Orange Glo for my entertainment center, desk and bed. I even vacuume my mouse pad. Looks like it's 'bout time for another mouse cleaning...
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06-19-02, 07:49 PM
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The mouse is the last thing that I worry about. I'd rather spend my money on more RAM than a high-tech mouse.
The mouse is like the thing I use almost 100% of the time so it's well worth it IMO.
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06-19-02, 08:19 PM
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what the plural of mouse? Mouses? Mice? Mices? Mesis?  |
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06-20-02, 12:30 AM
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Damn you woman!
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Rage is absolutely right. I probably use the mouse more than even the keyboard. There is nothing more annoying than a dirty mouse!!
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06-21-02, 07:58 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Rage
What kind of batteries does it take?
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I have a cordless Logitech Optical Mouse. It uses two AA batteries and goes through them rather quickly. Still, I love the unit and use it most of the time. I occasionally replace it with a cordless Logitech ball mouse, which uses two AAA batteries. |
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06-21-02, 11:48 AM
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Quote:
Originally posted by Rage
The mouse is the last thing that I worry about. I'd rather spend my money on more RAM than a high-tech mouse.
The mouse is like the thing I use almost 100% of the time so it's well worth it IMO.
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So I take it that those looong, looooong rants of yours are all cut and paste? Who are you plagarizing if you aren't typing it yourself? |
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06-23-02, 06:57 PM
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I type it myself you bastard.
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Now Rage, be nice.
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