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arg!* (rant warning)

 

so i have a regular 30$ logitech mouse.. was fine for months - all of a sudden - the right button doesnt really work (need to really click hard)

 

so.. i thought - ill grab ye ol stand by - the MS OEM 20$ mouse. I have used these off and on for years - and though they are cheap they have always worked great.

 

Grab it - plug it in... for some reason - the cursor continually disappears and goes to far left of the screen (huh)

 

i have 3 monitors so that means - looking to find the cursor..oh there it is..slide slide slide ...back to left monitor..

 

After a week i got tired of this (and was rather disturbed*an old standby was no good anymore.

 

Was at Staples (again) and saw new MS 100$ super ergo wireless 6000 mouse.* Felt great in hand so i got it.. (hey whats a hundered bucks for a great mouse you use every day)

 

Plugged it in... it lasted 4 minutes before i went back to the logitech BROKEN mouse..

 

The wireless thing just*wasnt responsive enough... it would take a milisecond to respond - and by then your hand had moved - so the cursor would jump across screens..

 

I went to control panel / mouse to try to fix it (you know thats bad if you even have to go there) ... tried faser...slower...

 

none worked..it was just laggy.

 

The best mouse (mice) i have ever used came from MS - namely - the first ergonomic one - hard, heavy plastic with a ball

 

*yes the ball got dirty but it worked.* Perfect tracing around images in photoshop... the new one not only lagged but was so light and cheap plastic it just couldnt go straight.

 

Im sure no one at MS hardware is interested in going back in time to make a proper mouse that works - but anything would be better than the 100$ mouse i just got - that was literally un-usable.

 

Enjoy the 100$ ms!

 

 

*ok thats enough threads for today ...sorry :p

 

 

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