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| Topic: mice, keyboards what do you like? | |
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Edited by
Atlantis75
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Thu 07/08/10 07:19 PM
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It seems like they don't know how to make a good keyboard -or even worse- a good computer mouse anymore.
I'm kinda tired of the cordless mice, I tried several through the past few years...only one stood the test of time (logitech MX 300 or something) which was one of the very first laser mouse every come out. Unfortunately It eats batteries like no tomorrow, plus it's just so used up after like 2 years and its missing the battery compartment cover and it just won't slide well anymore. I went to Staples to try out some of the mice and the best and most comfortable to use was a 15 dollar corded mouse from Microsoft, it's like the same design from like 10 years ago. I tried 30-40-80 dollar mice, they all felt like crap, don't know what's the big fuss about them. Yes, corded, I'm tired of the wireless thing..just eats up batteries and not very accurate. My keyboard I have is a wireles combo with a terrible microsoft mouse, of which I hate the wheel, which feels mushy and just doesn't click when I turn and don't like that. The reason I got this mouse/keyboard combo was because it was an open-box for like 30 bucks, while it would have cost about 80 dollars otherwise. So tomorrow I'm gonna go and buy a corded mouse, since the one I used to have is broken, I used it for over 7 years. This is it: http://www.staples.com/Microsoft-Wheel-Mouse-Optical-Black/product_573109?cmArea=page_rr For keyboard, I'm not buying anything yet, the one I like is way too expensive for now..so I'm sticking with this MS wireless keyboard, which has a few keys already starting to stick or won't click down right. here is the one I like: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Logitech+-+Illuminated+Keyboard/8986662.p?id=1218006405801&skuId=8986662 |
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For me, any Optical mouse will do. But I refuse to use any USB mouse. (Because problems with a Logitech USB mouse I had) So its gotta be PS2.
For a keyboard, I like the older Compaq Internet keyboards. (PS2) The older Dell internet keyboards are also nice. I can't stand having one of those new keyboards that weighs practically nothing. They tend to scoot around to easily on my desk. So I like a heavier thicker keyboard. |
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Depends on the use of the mouse. Mice with a lot of buttons and wheels come in handy for avid gamers (usually gamers that make money by gaming). Usually a simple corded optical mouse is good enough, I don't like the old school ball mice, those things sucked.
I hate my Logitech Cordless mouse, eats batteries like I chug Mountain Dew. |
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Apple's old 'extended' keyboard and the 'Mighty Mouse' - both in WIRED versions. I don't need - or want - anything 'wireless'. The things we think are 'progress' aren't always better - or beneficial. I don't need anything broadcasting a signal over Wi-Fi or BlueTooth. I'm quite happy with my present wired setup and see no need to change it now - or ever.
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Edited by
Atlantis75
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Sat 07/10/10 08:22 AM
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Ok I ended up getting a corded mouse from logitech for a mere 10.95. The next mouse i liked was the "gaming mouse" from logitech for 60 bucks, also wired.
Anything between those 2 were crap, including the all laser and optical and "blue tracking" (whatever that is), they all felt like I'm gonna get a carpal tunnel syndrome within 2 minutes. The biggest scam ever are those tiny mice made for laptops. People are just stupid, they think they need a small mouse if they got a laptop and it must say "laptop mouse". No you don't. Just plug in your corded mouse whichever you got (10 bucks) and also feel the difference between the battery ran mice vs. corded, when the corded mice are always more accurate and needs no batteries. And it doesn't have to be small, and it's not healthy to use those tiny things anyway. It's gonna ruin your hand and your wallet. That is why the "gaming mouse" is wired, the very reason is because it's more accurate and less straining to use over extended periods of time and even if you don't play games on your pc, you still better off if you really want to spend 60 bucks on a mouse. Otherwise get a wired mouse for no more than 20 bucks and forget about those tinker toy crap that only looks good but otherwise just big scams. Also the keyboards. You don't need all those super function keys that you will never push anyway. Get a keyboard that is comfortable to type on. I go for how it feels , how it clicks the keys..I hate certain keyboards, because they click in a way that is just annoying. I like the rubbery feel and not the ones that feel like pushing buttons made of porcelain or glass. Always test them if they got display models, Don't just buy it for looks. I like the ones with the palm rests, mine has leather cover..but I hate the keys on it. Microsoft has the right idea with the natural comfort keyboards, but I hate the way the keys feel, actually some of the keys on my keyboard are already wearing out and they are shiny now and slippery. Others don't want to pop in and out right..cheap garbage really, good thing I didn't pay much for it. When it starts to go worse, I'm gonna have to research the keyboards more, especially how the keys feel, because it can be just annoying as hell when the keys don't feel right. |
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I'm still using the wireless keyboard & mouse from Dell when I had this pc built 4 years ago.
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I gave up on the cordless mouse.
When you have cats, it just doesn't work. So I go through a mouse about every 3 months. But, I did think I had to get that small mouse for a laptop, thanks for the heads-up on that Atlantis, I will get a full size. |
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Ok I ended up getting a corded mouse from logitech for a mere 10.95. The next mouse i liked was the "gaming mouse" from logitech for 60 bucks, also wired. Anything between those 2 were crap, including the all laser and optical and "blue tracking" (whatever that is), they all felt like I'm gonna get a carpal tunnel syndrome within 2 minutes. The biggest scam ever are those tiny mice made for laptops. People are just stupid, they think they need a small mouse if they got a laptop and it must say "laptop mouse". No you don't. Just plug in your corded mouse whichever you got (10 bucks) and also feel the difference between the battery ran mice vs. corded, when the corded mice are always more accurate and needs no batteries. And it doesn't have to be small, and it's not healthy to use those tiny things anyway. It's gonna ruin your hand and your wallet. That is why the "gaming mouse" is wired, the very reason is because it's more accurate and less straining to use over extended periods of time and even if you don't play games on your pc, you still better off if you really want to spend 60 bucks on a mouse. Otherwise get a wired mouse for no more than 20 bucks and forget about those tinker toy crap that only looks good but otherwise just big scams. Also the keyboards. You don't need all those super function keys that you will never push anyway. Get a keyboard that is comfortable to type on. I go for how it feels , how it clicks the keys..I hate certain keyboards, because they click in a way that is just annoying. I like the rubbery feel and not the ones that feel like pushing buttons made of porcelain or glass. Always test them if they got display models, Don't just buy it for looks. I like the ones with the palm rests, mine has leather cover..but I hate the keys on it. Microsoft has the right idea with the natural comfort keyboards, but I hate the way the keys feel, actually some of the keys on my keyboard are already wearing out and they are shiny now and slippery. Others don't want to pop in and out right..cheap garbage really, good thing I didn't pay much for it. When it starts to go worse, I'm gonna have to research the keyboards more, especially how the keys feel, because it can be just annoying as hell when the keys don't feel right. Get the wired Apple extended keyboard and a wired 'Mighty Mouse' ... problems solved. |
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I like the large logitec trackball over a mouse ... less repedative strain.
its optical so less cleaning ... that is the big problem with ball mice. slowly got used to my laptop keyboard because of it being slightly smaller in spacing of keys .. and don't like the position of the touch pad . |
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After my Logitech G7 gaming cordless mouse died, I went out and bought a Logitech Performance MX. It doesn't go through batteries like a drunken sailor and comes with NiMH batteries so you can just charge through USB even while you're using the mouse (although it gets quite warm).
One of the main reason why I got it is because of the ergonomic shape since I'm a heavy computer user and my hand rests naturally on the mouse. |
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any new mouse you get you have to give it enough time to get use to it, I use Laptop so no need for it, but for work I perfer usb mouse.
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My refurbished computer doesn't have a PS/2 port anywhere on it. Oddly, after poor luck trying to find a decent keyboard for the machine, I ordered a relic.
When new, this keyboard cost over $100.00, and believe me, it was well worth it. It truly is a cadillac of computer keyboards. After fifteen years, the keyboard still works and is in excellent condition. But it's PS/2 cable was not only incompatible with the machine, but the keyboard also needed an "active" PS/2 to USB Dongle. After some research, I found the correct part and ordered it. The keyboard is an old I.B.M. PS/2 "Clicky" Keyboard. It's design was originally used on the I.B.M. PC Keyboard {which also still work well, even after thirty years, although they have a peculiar layout}, so you know it's good. Ironically, I.B.M. stopped making those keyboards because nobody was buying them. Complaints about the keyboard included cost and noise. Each time you press a key, the keyboard makes a distinctive "click" noise, the result of a spring under the key flexing to press a rocker in to the sensor on the board below. No one has ever made a keyboard nearly as nice since. |
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My refurbished computer doesn't have a PS/2 port anywhere on it. Oddly, after poor luck trying to find a decent keyboard for the machine, I ordered a relic. When new, this keyboard cost over $100.00, and believe me, it was well worth it. It truly is a cadillac of computer keyboards. After fifteen years, the keyboard still works and is in excellent condition. But it's PS/2 cable was not only incompatible with the machine, but the keyboard also needed an "active" PS/2 to USB Dongle. After some research, I found the correct part and ordered it. The keyboard is an old I.B.M. PS/2 "Clicky" Keyboard. It's design was originally used on the I.B.M. PC Keyboard {which also still work well, even after thirty years, although they have a peculiar layout}, so you know it's good. Ironically, I.B.M. stopped making those keyboards because nobody was buying them. Complaints about the keyboard included cost and noise. Each time you press a key, the keyboard makes a distinctive "click" noise, the result of a spring under the key flexing to press a rocker in to the sensor on the board below. No one has ever made a keyboard nearly as nice since. I remember those, I used to have like 3 of them..people were throwing them out I got them for free. Now I use a Micro$oft keyboard and I just hate these keys now. Some of them are hard to press down and it just clicks in a "cheap" way, like some plastic toy. I'd rather have a keyboard that doesn't click , but act more like a notebook key (like my powerbook G4) or click in a way like those old ones! Is that the one which also came with this see-through platic cover that was available to make them spill resistant? |
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