I hear what you're saying...my frustration is that Apple sells a lot to schools (our district is a big Apple district)...those mice are very pricey. There is no money in our budget for anything (I'm in California)...so, when the problem seemed like a design flaw, and the tech was saying he had never heard of the problem...(maybe he hadn't...but it had to be In their database because the other middle schools had contacted them about the same problem...and so had I earlier in the year)...well, I was quite frustrated. Here I am, a computer teacher with mice not working and no money to replace them.
On 3/31/03 3:02 PM, "Jeremy Derr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday, March 31, 2003, at 04:57 PM, Jeremy Derr wrote: > >> really, it's a mouse + EDU combination... it doesn't matter who makes >> it or whether it's being used "correctly" or not. we saw very little of >> this, on macs or pcs, when i worked at the university (several thousand >> seats), nor at the ad agency (almost a thousand seats). > > bad form and all, replying to myself... i got pulled away before > finishing this, and sent it without proofing when i got back. :P > > basically, i think kids are just rough on mice. as the age of the > typical users goes up, the incidence of this issue on any given type of > mouse goes down considerably. it was widespread at the K12 district i > was at, fairly rare yet not uncommon at the university, and almost > nonexistent at the ad agency. > > today, when i see this issue, it's either a kid coming in with the > mouse, or a parent coming in and blaming the kid. > -- The iMac List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | - Epson Stylus Color 580 Printers - new at $69 | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> iMac List info: <http://lowendmac.com/imac/list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/imac-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
