Wednesday, October 21, 2009

The mouse is dead, long live the mouse.

Why doesn't everybody get rid of their old rollerball mice. They fill up with crud and end up making the mouse pointer jump all over the screen. I have just bought an optical laser mouse for under a fiver. It is smooth as silk, does not require a mousemat and does not get clogged up with bits of old crap.

The (rollerball) mouse is dead, long live the (optical) mouse.

... but on the other hand I am not prepared to embrace the wireless mouse because I do not want the bother of changing the battery and the signal strength gradually weakening and all the hassle that that involves.

In summary.

Rollerball mouse = "Rubbish !"
Optical mouse (with cable) = "Superb !"
Optical mouse (with wireless) = "Pain in the ass"   :-(

The petulant geek has spoken.