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Article #42201Optical Mice (was Re: New mouse design... WHY?!)
From: Ken Konecki
Date: Tue, 09 May 1989 14:32
Date: Tue, 09 May 1989 14:32
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In article <2600@nmtsun.nmt.edu> weevil@nmtsun.nmt.edu (Jeff Eliasen) writes:
>When is Apple going to ship the Macintosh standard with optical mice? I
>figure maybe an increase in price of $50, which is small enough that it
>could probably be ignored...
Hopefully never. I have to use an optical mouse everyday with my Sun
and I *hate* it. Not only are you restricted to movement on that silly
little pad, but the mouse must be oriented properly on the pad in order
for the thing to work as expected. The only advantage an optical mouse
has over a normal mouse is no moving parts. It still has to be
cleaned frequently in order to maintain smooth movement.
Just my opinion.
Cheers,
-Ken K
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